Germain’s Tin Dating

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newportpipe

Starting to Get Obsessed
Oct 7, 2011
216
303
Newport Beach, CA
Picked up two tins with 22A061 and 22A021. I’ve looked around and can’t find a cheat sheet on deciphering date codes. Any help is appreciated.

 

newportpipe

Starting to Get Obsessed
Oct 7, 2011
216
303
Newport Beach, CA
Thank you, litup.
Front tin art has different codes entirely...
  • 002C021 on tin art front could be 2/2000
  • 022A021 on tin art front could be 2/2002
These are tins of Century which I understand are made infrequently. Man, I must be nuts to care about this. :crazy:

 

ericusrex

Lifer
Feb 27, 2015
1,175
3
Century was first released only 2-3 years ago, iirc, so those dates don’t sound right. I’ve seen it hit the markets (in the US) only a couple of times since then so probably you should just assume they are from either 2017-18.

 

cobguy

Lifer
Oct 18, 2013
3,742
15
Not much info out there that I could find.

I recently popped open a tin of Best Brown that I know was around 20 years old.

There were two codes on the tin ... one ended with "01" and one with "02".

I figure, if either one is right, it's the last two number that tell the year.
THIS IS ALL JUST GUESSING BASED ON THE AGE OF MY OWN TIN.

 

cossackjack

Lifer
Oct 31, 2014
1,052
647
Evergreen, Colorado
newportpipe

I have one tin of Germain's Century; its codes are 022A021 on the top & 22A021 on the bottom label:
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I purchased it at my local tobacconist on 18 May 2018; it was on the shelf for less than a week. I suspect that it was manufactured in early 2018.
I think that all Germain's & Esoterica code's terminal 3 digits represent, not the month & day, but the numerical day of the year.

The 021 would be 21 January, & your 061 would be 2 March.

 

newportpipe

Starting to Get Obsessed
Oct 7, 2011
216
303
Newport Beach, CA
Thanks for the info gang! The tins look way too new for ‘00 and ‘02. I’ve looked at cossackjack’s info and 021 makes sense however, 061 being March 2 seems a little fuzzy to me. 8O

 

cossackjack

Lifer
Oct 31, 2014
1,052
647
Evergreen, Colorado
newportpipe

If the terminal 3 digits represent a serialized calendar day, where 001 would be 1 Jan & 365 would be 31 Dec (Julian non-Leap Year calendar), then 061 would be the 61st day of the year, or 2 March.

Like this...

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This is all supposition.

 
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