Does anyone know how to date these JC blends, made by STOP? I know they’re produced by Lane. Please advise.
John Cotton's Number 1 - How Do I Date?
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The date most reliable is your date of purchase. Every tin you buy or bulk you jar can be dated by you on putting it in the cellar. Manufacture dating out outside of Pease and C&D is irregular. Sometimes the tin art or the manner of the words can be used by digging around on the internet.
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Well, it won't be any earlier than 2015, since that's when the blends hit the market. Other than that, what saltedplug said.
Urine analysis is generally beyond the scope of this forum..... 
Weak, I know.
There may be a way to read the bar code, but Russ, Dan, Simon would have to chime in.
Weak, I know. There may be a way to read the bar code, but Russ, Dan, Simon would have to chime in.
@Samw74 I have emailed Russ and asked him if he has any ideas how to date the tins in question. I will report back on his response when I get one.
I have a request in to Lane asking for a key to decode their date stamps. I will post when I have an answer.
Russ
Russ
Here it is:
E A S Y T O F I N D C B
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1st letter - Last digit of year
2nd letter - Month
3rd & 4th number - Day of the month
Russ
E A S Y T O F I N D C B
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
1st letter - Last digit of year
2nd letter - Month
3rd & 4th number - Day of the month
Russ
So, the 34th of February, 2011? (hypothetically, at least!)
But that system on a tin of Smyrna would be: Jan of 2017, but the 73rd day!
But that system on a tin of Smyrna would be: Jan of 2017, but the 73rd day!
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