R.C. Allen Calculator, Adding Machine and Cash Register Years of Manufacture by Serial Number!
| R. C. Allen Adding Machines Manufacture Dates by January 1 Serial Number: |
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| Serial # | Year | Remarks | Ref. | |
| 825000 & 952000 | 1937 | Formerly Add-Index, Series changed to R.C. Allen at Serial # 825000 | 1 | |
| 848000 & 962000 | 1938 | 1 | ||
| 856000 & 971000 | 1939 | 1 | ||
| 865000 & 980000 | 1940 | 1,2 | ||
| 877000 & 988000 | 1941 | 1,2 | ||
| 892000 & 1001000 | 1942 | 1,2 | ||
| 1010000 | 1943 | 1 | ||
| 1012000 | 1944 | 1,2 | ||
| 898000 & 1022000 | 1945 | 1,2 | ||
| 1037000 | 1946 | 1,2 | ||
| 1072000 | 1947 | 1,2 | ||
| 1130000 | 1948 | 1,2 | ||
| 1190000 | 1949 | 1,2 | ||
| 1226000 | 1950 | 1 | ||
| 1265000 | 1951 | 1,2 | ||
| 1303000 | 1952 | 1,2 | ||
| 1507000 & 1330000 | 1953 | Visomatic Begins. | 1,2 | |
| 1525000 & 1351000 | 1954 | 1,2 | ||
| 1538000 & 1372000 | 1955 | 1,2 | ||
| 1558000 & 1386000 | 1956 | 1,2 | ||
| 1566000 & 1393000 | 1957 | 1,2 | ||
| 1588000 | 1958 | 1,2 | ||
| 1594000 | 1959 | 1,2 | ||
| 1604000 | 1960 | 1,2 | ||
| 1605000 | 1961 | 1,2 | ||
| 1610000 | 1962 | 1,2 | ||
| 1617000 | 1963 | 1,2 | ||
| 1622000 | 1964 | 1,2 | ||
| 1627000 | 1965 | 1,2 | ||
| 1632000 | 1966 | 1,2 | ||
| 1636000 | 1967 | 2 | ||
| 1639000 | 1968 | 2 | ||
| 1642000 | 1969 | 2 | ||
| 1645000 | 1970 | 2 | ||
| 1646000 | 1971 | 2 | ||
[1] 1967 WOMD Blue Book
[2] 1977 NOMDA Blue Book
R.C. Allen got into the adding machine business in 1937 with the purchase of the Add-Index machine, and continued past 1979, eventually encouraging their salesforce to convince customers to replace old mechanical machines for new electronic ones…
That “For Cash Register Salesmen Only” piece should be required reading for every person connected with designing, manufacturing, ordering, installing, and operating voting machines! Thanks.
Yeah, I wonder if accuracy is really Job One when the things don’t even produce a printed receipt of your vote in plain language instead of an unreadable bar code.
Hi Munk. I have an RC Allen Visomatic Business Machine serial #1608548 Model 75. I can’t find any information on this particular machine. Can you help me? Thank you Cindy
Well, I can tell you it appears to be of 1961 vintage.
Thank you so much. Going to try and sell it, I have no use for it. Thank you again.
What about a number 1334469 inside the drawer under the black tray
I’m looking at buying a register that he says the key won’t open anymore. Are they fixable? He can’t find a model number.
Hello, I have an rc allen cash register but i can’t find what year it is. there are 2 metal tags on it. top metal tag says 1000, the tag under it says 213122. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!!!
*shrug* That’s all I got. This is just incidental information collected from sources I happened to have from researching typewriters. I don’t know much about cash registers.
Ok, thanks munk.
I have a rc allen model 75 serial number 1506190, in good shape how much is it worth? Thank you.
considering that it’s the *only one* serial numbered 1506190, I’d say it’s probably worth at least 32,000 Baht, as long as it’s one of the blue ones with the floppy drive.