Never.
You can't
no because serial numbers all have a unique number
The Engine Serial Numbers Must Match The Serial Numbers on the ID Plate of the car......... Also the transmission and differential are serial numbered as well as the engine. The numbers matching refers to those numbers matching the original build sheet on that particular car.
National Match
50-1000 USD depending on specifics
Find books on your weapon with sn data.
about 1962 In 1957 colt re-introduced the National Match model with serial numbers from 26-NM to 37025-NM
Hold it up to the light. The watermark portrait should match the printed one. Also, make sure the serial numbers on a bill match, and look at them carefully. Fake bills may have serial numbers that are not evenly spaced or that not perfectly aligned in a row.
National Match serial numbers have NM, MR or 70N as part of the serial number. If the serial number is 32597NM; 1969. If not, possibly a NM slide was placed on a 1913 frame.
about 1876
In an official match they have to have numbers, so that players can be identified. If players are just practicing or fans are buying shirts, then they don't have to have them.
Depending on the car numbers can actually match the VIN (serial #) Most older cars what you do is check the VIN for the original specification of the car, then check all the components to see they match that spec. For example I had to source a matching numbers trans for one of my bosses old Dodges. The serial number stamped into the bell housing told us that it was the correct specification for a charger with 440