All replacement bottom covers already have numbers stamped into them. You
can put any cover on any body and you'd never know. If factory service
required putting a new bottom on to replace a dented one, there'd be no way
to tell what the original number was.
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----- Original Message -----
From: <ClassicVW@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus OM2n chrome with Serial No 1.000.000 for sale
> This has got me thinking... (I heard that, AG!) When a camera's bottom
plate
> is replaced with a new one, what, if anything is marked on that new plate?
> Does Olympus say, stamp "replacement" or something on them? If they are
> blank, couldn't someone stamp any number of their choice on it, and,
hence,
> counterfeit a "one million" or something? Do the cameras have a hidden
> serial number somewhere, like a car does?
>
> George S.
>
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