yb751 (10/5/2015)

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Well wasn't the original seed value 1?

IDENT_SEED

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-CA/library/ms189834.aspx

Returns the original seed value (returned as numeric(@@MAXPRECISION,0)) that was specified when an identity column in a table or a view was created.

DBCC CHECKIDENT

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms176057.aspx

Checks the current identity value for the specified table in SQL Server 2016 and, if it is needed, changes the identity value.