High Standard http://www.histandard.info/PDF/Sears%20Shotguns.pdf
JC Higgins Model 20 Shotgun does not have a serial number. Guns were not required to have a serial number before 1938
There is no serial number on your shotgun. Serial numbers were not required befroe 1968.
no serial noreg
what is a J C Higgins Model 583.9 20 gauge worth
High Standard shotguns made before 1969 did not have serial numbers except for some exported models and the Model 10-A bullpup. Your shotgun has no serial number.
Early 1950's
your shotgun was made in 1947 guns made back then were not required to have a serial no. It was not until the Federal gun control act of 1968 that rifles or shotguns were required by federal law to have a serial number.J C Higgins brand guns were sold from 1945 to 1962 You will never see a J C Higgins rifle or shotgun with a factory serial number.
Your shotgun was made by High standard in 1960 for Sears. The model 21 was first introduced by Sears in the spring of 1958.
Which model are you asking about?
Without a serial number, the question can not be answered. Even then, you will have to find a book that has been published with serial number data.
When was the J.C. Higgins Model 101.0 12Gauge Shotgun Made
Stevens made jc Higgins shotguns ,the model 311 interchanges with the jc Higgins