[CR] Rene Herse serial number question

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Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:56:22 -0500
From: "jay hartman" <rjayhartman@gmail.com>
To: <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] Rene Herse serial number question


Does anyone here know how the Rene Herse serial numbering system worked?
>From what I have been able to figure out the early ones had a two or three digit serial number. Then around 1950 it was switched to a two digit date followed by two or three digit number. My bike, however, has a serial number that begins with 109, which doesn't fit in with this system. Were these bikes made during the transition from one system to the other? Or possibly sub-contracted? I would rather not get into whether these bikes are worth the hype, since that has been covered here before, but any information I could get on my bike would be appreciated.

Jay Hartman
Montclair NJ US