Leitz Minolta CL - Odd Serial Number

[hipsterdufus]

So, I just took possession of a Leitz Minolta CL with the serial number 1036119. According to everything I've seen, this serial number should not exist. According to Cameraquest, these are the production serial numbers:

7/16/1971- 35 000 cameras - from nr. 1 300 001 till 1 335 000
2/25/1974 -15 000 cameras from nr. 1 395 001 till 1 410 000
6/7//1974 - 15 000 cameras from nr. 1 425 001 till 1 440 000

Does anyone have any ideas about what's going on here? Thanks in advance.

 

[sepiareverb]

Mis-engraved? Contact Leica and ask.

 

[splitimageview]

That's a Minolta serial number?

 

[css9450]

I think there are numbers outside of those ranges. Maybe its a Leitz/Minolta CL vs. Leica CL thing?

Mine is 1038323.

 

[hipsterdufus]

I think CSS9450 nailed it. I e-mailed Peter Coeln at Leicashop and this was his response:

"Sorry your camera is within the numbers, we had quite a few around this number."

Mystery (if that's what you want to call it) solved.

 

[Palaeoboy]

That's a Minolta serial number?

Splitimageview is correct. The serial numbers you have listed are for Leica's version of the CL the Minolta labelled versions had their own set of batch numbers. I have three and your number is withing 120 of one of those. So all is normal for a Leitz Minolta CL.