MARTIN GUITAR serial numbers

MARTIN GUITAR

serial numbers

Dating Your Martin Guitar

Year	Last Serial No.
1898	8348
1899	8716
1900	9128
1901	9310
1902	9528
1903	9810
1904	9988
1905	10120
1906	10329
1907	10727
1908	10883
1909	11018
1910	11203
1911	11413
1912	11565
1913	11821
1914	12047
1915	12209
1916	12390
1917	12988
1918	13450
1919	14512
1920	15848
1921	16758
1922	17839
1923	19891
1924	22008
1925	24116
1926	28689
1927	34435
1928	37568
1929	40843
1930	45317
1931	49589
1932	52590
1933	55084
1934	58679
1935	61947
1936	65176

Year	Last Serial No.
1937	68865
1938	71866
1939	74061
1940	76734
1941	80013
1942	83107
1943	86724
1944	90149
1945	93623
1946	98158
1947	103468
1948	108269
1949	112961
1950	117961
1951	122799
1952	128436
1953	134501
1954	141345
1955	147328
1956	153225
1957	159061
1958	165576
1959	171047
1960	175689
1961	181297
1962	187384
1963	193327
1964	199626
1965	207030
1966	217215
1967	230095
1968	241925
1969	256003
1970	271633
1971	294270
1972	313302
1973	333873
1974	353387
1975	371828

Year	Last Serial No.
1976	388800
1977	399625
1978	407800
1979	419900
1980	430300
1981	436474
1982	439627
1983	446101
1984	453300
1985	460575
1986	468175
1987	476216
1988	483952
1989	493279
1990	503309
1991	512487
1992	522655
1993	535223
1994	551696
1995	570434
1996	592930
1997	624799
1998	668796
1999	724077
2000	780500
2001	845644
2002	916759*
2003	978706
2004	1042558
2005	1115862
2006	1197799
2007	1268091
2008	1337042
2009	1406715
2010	1473461
2011	1555767
2012	1656742
2013	1755536
2014	1857399
2015	1972129
2016	2076795
2017	2161732

* Does not include serial numbers 900001 to 902908. These numbers were used on Sigma-Martins back in 1981-1982.

Dating Your Martin Mandolin

Year	Last Serial No.
1895	23
1896	112
1897	153
1898	359
1899	577
1900	800
1901	881
1902	1171
1903	1348
1904	1507
1905	1669
1906	2026
1907	2357
1908	2510
1909	2786
1910	3098
1911	3431
1912	3847
1913	4162
1914	4462
1915	4767
1916	5007
1917	5752
1918	6370
1919	7237
1920	8761
1921	9627
1922	10245
1923	11020
1924	11809
1925	12520
1926	13359

Year	Last Serial No.
1927	13833
1928	14170
1929	14630
1930	14892
1931	15290
1932	15476
1933	15528
1934	15729
1935	15887
1936	16156
1937	16437
1938	16580
1939	16747
1940	16957
1941	17263
1942	17405
1946	17641
1947	18303
1948	19078
1949	19559
1950	20065
1951	20496
1952	20902
1953	21452
1954	21952
1955	22254
1956	22629
1957	22985
1958	23111
1959	23262
1960	23512
1961	23663

Year	Last Serial No.
1962	23938
1963	24139
1964	24339
1965	24439
1966	24564
1967	24639
1968	24839
1969	24989
1970	25039
1971	25139
1972	25239
1973	25339
1974	25679
1975	25895
1976	26070
1976	260020*
1977	26101
1979	26112
1980	26156
1981	26215
1982	26225
1983	26247
1984	26254
1985	26263
1986	26273
1987	26279
1988	26281
1989	26283
1990	26291
1991	26297
1991	509122**
1993	533213

*1976 Serial numbers 259996-260020 were also used.
**1991 C. F. Martin & Co. begins using one set of serial numbers for guitars & mandolins.

1994-2002 Mandolins are custom order only.
2002 Mandolin production ends.