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The pre-1920 Heddon lure and box |
Heddon Lure Color Chart and Box Numbers |
Knowledge for Advanced Collectors of Heddon and Shakespeare
Heddon Fishing Lure Colors and Lure Box Numbers
By Dr. Michael Echols
Heddon chart copyrighted 1997
The following color chart will help guide you to the correct color number for pre-1930 Heddon boxes. The boxes tended to be lightly imprinted in red. Heddon lure boxes were usually hand stamped after the box was printed. Earlier picture or wood boxes had the name or number included in the original printing. Unfortunately fakers use this information to create marked boxes with unmarked boxes with fake stamps to match the color of the lure.
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Color No. On end of box |
Description of colors |
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0 |
Green crackle back, fancy green back, white belly (GCB) |
| 0, 00, 900 | (0, 00, 900 lures) White body, red and green decorations |
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01 or 001 or 901 |
(0, 00, 900 lures) Yellow body with red and green decorations |
| 02 or 002 | (0,00 lures) Red body with black decorations |
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0S |
White body, green and red spots or decorations |
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White body, narrow green back stripe, red blended spots |
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1 |
Rainbow, green back, pink and yellow sides, white belly |
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1D 1F 1G 1R 1S |
Coast 1D: Dark green, scale
finish Coast 1F: Green crackleback Coast 1G: Dark green back, gold speckled Coast 1R: Rainbow Coast 1S White body, red and green decorations |
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2 |
(old) All white, blended white, or slate back with white belly |
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2 |
(new) White body, red head (RH) |
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2RET |
White body, red eyes, tail |
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2M |
White body, red gills (used on salmon plugs) |
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2 LUM |
White luminous body, red eyes and tail |
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3 |
Aluminum (also silver body with green back later) |
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4 |
All Red body |
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Red, dark green blended back |
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Red, with dark red back? |
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5 |
Yellow body, red & green spots, green back |
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Yellow body, narrow green back stripe, red blended spots |
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All copper |
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6 |
Gold |
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Gold body, greenish cast back |
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6 |
Rainbow, grn back, orag & yelw. horiz. stripes, white belly |
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7 |
(old) Fancy Sienna (brown & yellow crackle back) |
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7 |
(new) White body, slate back (see old 2) |
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8 |
White body, gold specks (flitter) |
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Yellow body, brown & red spots |
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Yellow body, green & black spots |
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Plain green back, white belly |
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Red body, black spots |
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Yellow body , fancy mottled back |
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Black sucker (used on 1300 only) |
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9 |
White body, silver specks (flitter) |
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9A |
Yellow perch, yellow, orange & dark green slanted stripes |
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9B |
Green spotted frog, also called frog coloration |
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9BB |
Meadow frog |
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9BF |
Bull frog (new in 1928) |
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9BK |
Brook trout |
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9BP |
Blue Pearl |
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9BW |
Black & White crab |
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9BWH |
Black body, white head |
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9C |
Natural crab (used on Crab Wigglers) |
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9D |
Green scale (new in 1917), first scale finish by Heddon |
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9E |
White body, greenish black spots |
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9F |
Yellow body, black head |
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G |
Black |
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9G |
All black |
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9H |
Red scale (new in 1919) |
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9J |
Frog scale |
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9K |
Gold fish scale |
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9L |
Yellow perch scale |
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9LD |
Light green scale |
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9M |
Pike scale (new in 1921) green |
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9MRH |
Pike scale body, red head |
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9N |
Red Dace scale |
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9P |
Shiner scale |
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9PAS |
Stripey, Shiner scale back, red head & body stripe |
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9PBH |
Blue Herring scale |
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9PG |
Golden shiner |
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9PL |
Pearl |
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9PLB |
Blue pearl |
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9PRH |
Shiner scale body, red head |
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9R |
(old) Natural scale |
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9Sh |
Silver herring |
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9 SPRH |
Spotted body, red head |
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9SS |
Silver scale (silver flash) |
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9T |
Dark green back, gold specks |
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9V |
Orange body, black spots (also 9SO) |
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9W |
All white (see 2) |
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9? |
Blue scale |
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9Y |
All yellow |
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9YBS |
Yellow body, black stripes |
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9YF |
Yellow body, flitter |
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9YRH |
Yellow body, red head |
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9YS |
Yellow scale |
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9Y?B |
Yellow body, black back |
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Yellow body, fancy mottled back |
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Yellow body, Seinna crackled skull cap |
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RH |
White body, red head, red collar |
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White body, red head, red tail |
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White body, yellow head |
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Trouted |
Yellow body, with red green and black spotted effect |
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Trouted |
White body, with red, green, and yellow spotted effect |
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Trouted |
Yellow body, with red green, and yellow spotted effect |
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Trouted |
Red body, with black decorations |
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Trouted |
White body, with red, green decorations |
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Trouted |
Yellow body, with red, green and black decorations |
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Yellow body, with red, green and brown spots |
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9B |
Frog color |
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BH |
White body, blue head |
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