Halberg Royalites, TWDB Updates and One Hell of a Coincidence!

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Royal page updated! Wed, 12 May 2021
The Royal (Diana) and Royal (Halberg) sections of the Royal serial number age list has been updated with information from the Parts manuals of these models, and dating information has been clarified and expanded. Enjoy! :D

Halberg page updated Wed, 12 May 2021
Updated the Halberg age list with the latest research and re-dated a bunch of the Halberg Galleries. Much info! More precision! :D


Here’s that One Hell of a Coincidence, visualized:

Year Royal A/Messa Halberg/Adler
1954 2787735-2977900  
1955 2977900-3177500 3000001-3160000
1956 3177500-3449287 3160001-3385300
1957 3449287-3770781 3385301-3730500
1958 3770781-4053056 3730501-3952180
1959 4053056-4200000 3952181-4280765
1960 4200000-4500000 4280766-4544659
1961 4500000-4800000 4544660-4927715
1962 4800000-5200000 4927716-5292116
1963 5200000-5584967 5292117-5743811
1964 5584967-5958589 5743812-6098916
1965 5958589-6474796 6098917-6580453
1966 6474796-6910000 6580454-6800000
1967 6910000-7260000 6800001-7100000
1968 7260000-7590000 7100001-7400000
1969 7590000-7870000 7400000-up
1970 7870000-8110000  
1971 8110000-8350000  
1972 8350000-8570000  
1973 8570000-8970000  
1974 8970000-9030000  
1975 9030000-9070000 below 10110300
1976 9070000-9110000 10110300
1977 9110000-9160000 10181175
1978 9160000-9190000 10430001
1979 9190000-9220000 10679101
1980 9220000-9245000  
1981 9245000-9265000  
1982 9265000-9280000  
1983 9280000-9300000  
1984 9300000-up  
1985  
     

ORANGE BACKGROUND = Approximations

Updated: May 14, 2021 — 1:02 am

3 Comments

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  1. I’ve got to look through my stash and see which manuals I may still need.
    Thanks again for all your fine work on the TWDB.

  2. I’ve run across a lot of antipathy to Royalites in the typosphere. But they were very popular in their day. I wonder whether there are some things that commonly get out of whack that can be fixed with the valuable information you’re now providing.

  3. Well, this is all very exciting for me, as you well know. Long live Halberg Royals! (And that will be an easier achievement now, thanks to you, sir!) Admittedly a bit concerning about the coil binding. Is that even still an issue?

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