Vega Banjo Serial Numbers
Year | First | Last | Volume | Comments |
1880 | 0 | 999 | Fairbanks & Cole Partnership begins | |
1881 | 1000 | 1999 | ||
1882 | 2000 | 2999 | ||
1883 | 3000 | 3999 | David Lucien Day starts working for banjo business | |
1884 | 4000 | 4999 | ||
1885 | 5000 | 5999 | ||
1886 | 6000 | 6999 | ||
1887 | 7000 | 7999 | ||
1888 | 8000 | 8999 | ||
1889 | 9000 | 9999 | ||
1890 | 10000 | 10999 | 800 | F&C Partnership end. A. C. Fairbanks & Co. Fairbanks Electric intro |
1891 | 0 | 799 | 800 | Curtis Electric. Dec 30 1890 Patent appears on early serialized banjos |
1892 | 800 | 1599 | 800 | Imperial Electric |
1893 | 1600 | 2399 | 800 | Senator & Columbian. re: Columbian Exposition of 1893 |
1894 | 2400 | 13999 | 800 | Special. Incorporation of A.C. Fairbanks & Co., Inc. |
1895 | 14000 | 14899 | 900 | New Serialization. Regent. Fairbanks departs; D. Cummings & F. Dodge lead w/ Day as Mgr |
1896 | 14900 | 15799 | 900 | Metal Name Plates (A.C. Fairbanks Co) |
1897 | 15800 | 16699 | 900 | |
1898 | 16700 | 17599 | 900 | |
1899 | 17600 | 18499 | 900 | |
1900 | 18500 | 19399 | 900 | |
1901 | 19400 | 20399 | 1000 | Whyte Laydie Intro ~20XXX |
1902 | 20400 | 21299 | 900 | |
1903 | 21300 | 22199 | 900 | |
1904 | 22200 | 22499 | 300 | March 4th Fire and Vega Purchase on Mar 21st for $925 + $1 (Patents) |
1905 | 22500 | 23199 | 700 | |
1906 | 23200 | 23899 | 700 | Consalvi leaves in 1906 ~ 239XX, Absent from ~233XX-235XX |
1907 | 23900 | 24699 | 800 | |
1908 | 24700 | 25499 | 800 | A few pre-Launch Tubaphones. Patented in 1908 & fully 1911 drawings. |
1909 | 25500 | 26299 | 800 | Tubaphone Intro ~25XXX & First FB/Vega Stamp ~26000 |
1910 | 26300 | 27199 | 900 | |
1911 | 27200 | 28149 | 950 | |
1912 | 28150 | 29349 | 1200 | |
1913 | 29350 | 30749 | 1400 | |
1914 | 30750 | 32349 | 1600 | |
1915 | 32350 | 34249 | 1900 | |
1916 | 34250 | 36399 | 2150 | |
1917 | 36400 | 38849 | 2450 | |
1918 | 38850 | 41649 | 2800 | |
1919 | 41650 | 44799 | 3150 | |
1920 | 44800 | 48349 | 3550 | |
1921 | 48350 | 52349 | 4000 | |
1922 | 52350 | 56849 | 4500 | David L Day leaves~53XXX-54XXX, 1st Vega Stamp ~526XX |
1923 | 56850 | 68099 | 11250 | Vegaphone Intro ~585XX |
1924 | 68100 | 77999 | 9900 | |
1925 | 78000 | 83999 | 6000 | Vegaphone Soloist ~82XXX |
1926 | 84000 | 88499 | 4500 | Vegaphone Δ Flange ~877XX, Oettinger->Clamshell |
1927 | 88500 | 93149 | 4650 | Vegavox Intro ~926XX, New 2-Piece Resonator on Vegaphones |
1928 | 93150 | 95699 | 2550 | |
1929 | 95700 | 96899 | 1200 | |
1930 | 96900 | 97499 | 600 | |
1931 | 97500 | 97899 | 400 | |
1932 | 97900 | 98149 | 250 | |
1953 | 98779 | 98998 | ||
1954 | 98999 | 99089 | ||
1955 | 99090 | 99255 | ||
1956 | 99256 | 99425 | ||
1957 | 99426 | 99567 | ||
1958 | 99568 | 99716 | ||
1959 | 99717 | 100031 | ||
1960 | 100032 | 100865 | ||
1961 | 100866 | 101499 | ||
1962 | 101500 | 102581 | ||
1962A-1964A | 10347 | 12600 | ||
1964-1970 | 124000 | 130247 | ||
1971-1972 | 130248 | 130392 | ||
1972M-1978M | 1 | 1945 | ||
1979 | 1946 | 1969 |