Tile 2x2

Written By Michael Kuroda

Part Number: 3068
First released: 1965 without groove, 1972 with groove

Four variations of 2×2 tile with groove

Examples include:

  1. only mold position in lower left (from 1 to 12), no mold number, no extra markings (parts from 1979 to 1990)

  2. “LEGO” but no part number

    • variation 1:

      • upper left: mold position

      • upper right: “LEGO”

      • lower: blank, no marks

    • variation 2:

      • upper left: “LEGO”

      • upper right: mold position (from 1 to 4?)

      • lower left: mold number (e.g. 21)

      • lower right: “pat pend” partially obscured

    • variation 3: (shown)

      • upper left: “LEGO”

      • upper right: mold number (e.g. 23 or 24)

      • lower left: mold position (from 1 to 8?)

      • lower right: “pat pend” completely obscured

  3. with part number “3068”

    • variation 1:

      • upper left: mold position (from 1 to 14?), hyphen, mold number (e.g. 36 to 38)

      • upper right: blank, no marking

      • lower left: part number

      • lower right: “LEGO”

    • variation 2:

      • upper left: mold position (from 1 to 15?) followed by a hyphen

      • upper right: mold number (e.g. 37 or 38)

      • lower left: part number

      • lower right: “LEGO”

    • variation 3:

      • upper left: mold position (from 1 to 14?), no hyphen

      • upper right: mold number (e.g. 39)

      • lower left: part number

      • lower right: “LEGO”

    • variation 6:

      • upper left: mold position (from 1 to 16?), space, mold number (e.g. 40)

      • upper right: blank, no marking

      • lower left: part number

      • lower right: “LEGO”

    • variation 5: (shown)

      • upper left: “LEGO”

      • upper right: part number

      • lower left: blank, no marking

      • lower right: mold position (from 1 to 16?), hyphen, mold number (e.g. 41 or 42)

  4. without supports

    • variation 1: large text

      • upper center: “©LEGO”

      • lower left: part number

      • lower right: mold position (from 01 to 19?), hyphen, mold number (e.g. 44)

    • variation 2: small text

      • upper center: “©LEGO”

      • lower left: part number

      • lower right: mold position (from 01 to 19?), hyphen, mold number (e.g. 47)

    • variation 3: italics (shown)

      • upper center": “©LEGO“

      • lower left: part number in italics

      • lower right: mold position (from 01 to 15?), hypen, mold number (e.g. 50) underlined

Sources

Published Feb 15, 2026
Updated Mar 15, 2026

Michael Kuroda