Dates on Tinned Tobacco

[av8scuba]

I was wondering if there was any way to determine when a tin of tobacco was produced? My latest tin of Frog Morton shows 460813.
Any known Dick Tracy decoder rings?

 

[captainsousie]

Last 2 digits on most McClelland tins are the year it was produced as far as I know.

 

[troutface]

First two digits are the blend, second two are the batch number, last two are the year. Wish they would use month instead of batch number.

 

[av8scuba]

Super! Thanks everyone.

 

[judcole]

That only works on McClelland, though - every company has their own system.

 

[troutface]

Thanks for pointing that out Jud. I forgot to mention that in my reply.

 

[javajunkie]

Aren't Orlik blends MMDDYY? Or is it YYDDMM? Either or, your Escudos and OGS's have a 6 digit on them, and one of those is correct AFAIK.

 

[nachman]

Many European blends are YYDDMM including Dunhill and Orlik.