OK. So it looks like the serial numbers run between 04000 and 05600 based on a run of 1600 games. So I will pick 05606 just to have something on the game. I also thought about putting something out of bounds so it doesn't look like it might be the last game off the production line. Something like A1126.

Funny when I explain things that are important to pinball collectors to my friends they look at me funny. This one I will not try to explain...

I did the same thing with another game, picked a number a couple passed the range, added an R (forgot what I intended for the R) registered it on the serial web site and put in the notes this it was made up/couldnt read the original that was scratched out... they got a little pissy. I certainly would like to see every game listed on the serial db, whether it has a original serial number or not... they did not see my point of view. Yes we are an annul lot.

There exists a minty, unmolested EM Close Encounters of the Third Kind that—like your Centigrade 37—has no serial number markings anywhere. I tried to buy it years ago, but another collector snapped it up because I was too cheap. Apparently it belonged to a Gottlieb executive and wasn’t a sample or production unit. There are pictures of it on the IPDB, and the current owner posted a video of him playing it on YouTube.

Made some today for my Paul Bunyan. Better than nothing.

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I uploaded a PDF copy of this scan to my server for anybody who needs it. The embedded image is not JPEG so it has no compression artifacts.

https://jason.heiser.org/files/gottlieb-certificate.pdf

Any interest in doing a small run of these? I'd be happy to pick up the tab for the ink and paper and help.

Thanks for uploading by the way.

What type of paper is everyone printing on?