Summary
1924 (Loar Period) manufacture date (traditional estimates)
1924 shipment date, according to Spann's Guide to Gibson
Mandolin, Style A2Z
Serial 76010
Factory Order number: 11934-1
Description
VGC+, very rare model with snakehead peghead, truss rod, natural finish top, sheraton brown finished back and rims, adjustable ebony bridge stamped "PAT'D JAN 18-21", ivoroid-bound fretboard with pearl dot inlays, 1-1/8" nut width, ~13-7/8" scale, ivoroid-b-bound top, ivoroid-bound back, pearl "The Gibson" inlaid in headstock, "The Gibson" engraved in tailpiece, dual b-w-b-w-b soundhole rings (separated by a thick white plastic piece) around around the oval soundhole, 4-in-a-line open back tuners with ivoroid buttons, pickguard missing, professionally refretted, all original, with OHSC (green lining)
DB- also arrow-end tuners,