M6

• Code numbers - 10 404-black, 10 412-titan, 10 414-silver, 10 440-M6J-chrom
• Production era - 1984-1998
• Variants - 1051 platinum, 1300 gold, 2000 black lacquer, 50,876 silver, 82,831 black anodized aluminum, ca. 6000 titanium; M6J M-series 40th anniversary edition with 0.85 viewfinder (1640 cameras); 0.72 and 0.85 viewfinders.
• Special editions - see Puts Pocket Pod for list of 38 M6 special editions (Wikipedia has 11,970 special edition cameras)
• Materials - Unlike earlier and later M-cameras, the M6 top and bottom plates are zinc, with a paint finish and without top inscription, except for special editions.
• Power supply - CR 1/3N lithium battery

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Leica M6 Serial Numbers

^ Camera 1649649 is M6 prototype (black)
^^ Camera 1961028 is M6J (chrom)

SN Start	SN End	Product	Year	Batch
1649251^	1651250	Leica ^M4-P	1984-85	[2000]
1657251	1659250	Leica M6 (black ELW)	1984-85	2000
1665351	1669350	Leica M6 (assumed Schwz)	1985	4000
1674351	1678350	Leica M6 (black)	1985	4000
1678351	1682350	Leica M6 (black)	1985	4000
1682351	1682950	Leica M6 Hell	1986	600
1687951	1691950	Leica M6 (assumed Schwz)	1986	4000
1691951	1692950	Leica M6 (assumed Schwz)	1986	270*
1701451	1704600	Leica M6 (black)	1986	3150
1704801	1705450	Leica M6 (assumed Schwz)	1986	650
1705451	1707450	Leica M6 Hell	1986	2000
1707451	1711450	Leica M6 Schwz	1986	4000
1711451	1714450	Leica M6 Hell	1987	3000
1724451	1728450	Leica M6 Schwz	1987	4000
1728451**	1732450**	Leica R6 Schwz	1987	4000**
1738451	1741450	Leica M6 Hell	1988	3000
1741451	1745450	Leica M6 Schwz	1988	4000
1755451	1758450	Leica M6 Hell	1988	3000
1758451	1762450	Leica M6 Schwz	1988	4000
1772501	1775000	Leica M6 Hell	1989	2500
1777001	1777500	Leica M6 Hell	1990	500
1779001	1782000	Leica M6 Schwz	1990	3000
1783001	1786000	Leica M6 Schwz	1990	3000
1790001	1790500	Leica M6 Hell	1991	500
1790501	1791000	Leica M6 Hell	1991	500
1793001	1794500	Leica M6 Hell	1991	1500
1794501	1797000	Leica M6 Schwz	1991	2500
1903501	1904500	Leica M6 Hell	1991	1000
1904501	1906500	Leica M6 Schwz	1991	2000
1906501	1907500	Leica M6 Hell (+titan)	1991	1000
1914001	1915000	Leica M6 Hell	1992	1000
1915001	1918000	Leica M6 Schwz	1992	3000
1918021	1919020	Leica M6 Hell (+titan)	1992	1000
1926001	1928000	Leica M6 Hell	1992	2000
1928001	1931000	Leica M6 Hell (+titan)	1992	3000
1931001	1932000	Leica M6 Hell	1992	1000
1935001	1936000	Leica M6 Hell	1993	1000
1936001	1937000	Leica M6 Hell	1993	1000
1938000	1938150	Leica M6 LHSA engraving chrome*	1993	151**
1941001	^^1991000	Leica ^^Mini Zoom	1993	[50000]
1991001	1993000	Leica M6 Hell	1993	2000
1995001	1997000	Leica M6 Schwz	1993	2000
2000011	2000999	Leica M6 Hell	1994	989
2001000	2001353	Leica M6 gold Brunei*	1994*	350
2001354	2001999	Leica M6 Hell	1994	645
2002000	2002100	Leica M6 royal	1994*	101**
2002101	2003000	Leica M6 Hell	1994	900
2003001	2004000	Leica M6 Schwz	1994	1000
2004001	2005000	Leica M6 Hell	1994	1000
2005001	2005941	Leica M6 Hell	1994	941
2005942	2007000	Leica M6 Schwz	1994	1059
2009001	2011000	Leica M6 Hell	1994	2000
2063001	2065000	Leica M6 Schwz	1995	2000
2168001	2170000	Leica M6 Hell	1995	2000
2171201	2173000	Leica M6 Schwz	1995	1800
2174001	2176000	Leica M6 Hell	1995	2000
2176001	2176700	Leica M6 gold Thai Jubilee	1995	700
2177001	2177250	Leica M6 platinum Brunei*	1995	250
2179001	2181000	Leica M6 Schwz	1995	2000
2178001*	2178211*	Leica M6 platinum Brunei*	1995	200
2184001	2185000	Leica M6 Hell	1995	1000
2235001	2236000	Leica M6 Hell	1995	1000
2239001**	2240000**	Leica M6 Schwz	1996	1000**
2278001	2278211	Leica M6 platinum Brunei*	1996	200
2278301	2278588	Leica M6 platinum Schmidt*	1996	151
2279001	2280500	Leica M6 Schwz	1996	1500
2281001**	2281400**	Leica M6 (assumed Schwz)	1996	400**
2283001	2283125	Leica M6 platinum with diamond Brunei*	1996	125
2283201	2283325	Leica M6 gold with diamond Brunei*	1996	125
2283401	2283525	Leica M6 platinum*	1996	125
2283601	2283625	Leica M6 gold*	1996	125
2284126	2284999	Leica M6 Schwz	1996	874
2287501	2288500	Leica M6 Hell	1996	1000
2288501	2289500	Leica M6 Schwz	1996	1000
2289501	2290500	Leica M6 Hell	1996	1000
2295001**	2297000**	Leica M6 Schwz	1997	2000**
2300000	2300000	Leica M6 Ein Stück for Museum	1997	1
2300001	2300996	Leica M6 Ein Stück	1997	996
2331001	2332000	Leica M6 Hell	1997	1000
2414001	2416000	Leica M6 Schwz	1997	2000
2418001	2419000	Leica M6 Hell	1997	1000
2419001	2420000	Leica M6 Hell	1997	1000
2422001	2423000	Leica M6 Hell	1997	1000
2423001	2425000	Leica M6 Schwz	1997	2000
2425001	2427000	Leica M6 Hell	1997	2000
2431501	2431600	Leica M6 Hell	1998	100
2431601	2431800	Leica M6 Schwz	1998	200
2431801	2433800	Leica M6 Schwz	1998	2000
2455801	2457800	Leica M6 Schwz	1998	2000
2463801	2463850	Leica M6 Hell	1998	50
2463851	2464100	Leica M6 Schwz	1998	250
2470101	2470300	Leica M6 Schwz	1998	200
2490000**	2490150**	Leica M6 150 Jahre		151**
2500001**	2502000**	Leica M6 Schwz Lackiert	1999	2000**
Total	assigned	serial numbers	1984-1999	158,309

. * Serial numbers and batch total from Gandy's List
** Serial numbers from Serial Numbers Leica Cameras with computed batch total.
Unmarked SN's match between both lists and Gandy's batch total was used without recalculation.
Schwz - Black anodized aluminum known as "black chrome"
Hell - Clear anodized aluminum known as "silver" or "chrome"