The legend of superscripts
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Lagavulin 1 | Statement of the Auctioneer |
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Bottle no. 2218 of 2580 2 | Information on the backlabel or sidelabel |
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Bottle no. 369 of 6200 3 | Information on the box |
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Bottle no.137 4 of 313 | Information on the certificate |
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SC 999 5 | Information at the bottom of the bottle |
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1981 6 | Information on the tax stamp |
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25 7 years old | Misprint |
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97/700 8 bottling year/rotation no. |
Information on the frontlabel, which is visible from the back |
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95/46 9 bottling year/rotation no. |
Information on the backlabel, which is visible from the side |
William Larue Weller Spring of 1997 10 b.Fall of 2007 10 10 10 Years old |
Information from the homepage of the distillery or the bottler | |
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L 229 MC K 28:05 11 bottle code |
Information printed on the glas bottle |
Bottom code: n/a, n/i, n/r |
Bottom code: |
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AB/BBAE = 12/2215 = bottled 2012 bottling no 2215 in this year |
At Gordon & MacPhail bottlings: |
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Filling Level |
The line on the sticker shows the current |
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Filling Level, till 2018, in the History: |
Gerhard the Great, "de grote Gert" (1293 - 1340) Temporarily he held sway over complete Denmark. |
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Ceramics |
For ceramics and nontransparent bottles we estimate the filling level. Of course all items are original closed. 75% full means: The contents may change in case of evaporation and differ from the original quality. |
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Additional capsule |
Some collectors use additional capsules to prevent evaporation. In this case we leave it on the bottle. |
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with 2 icons |
To describe the bottle differences, we use the number of icons, mostly on the back label.
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