Help in Dating - Dan Tobacco - Old Ironside Tins

[cshubhra]

I am starting a few threads, to date tobacco tins, which do not have a manufacturing date stamped - but is coded. This is the first in the series.
I recently purchased a couple of this. I need help in dating them to manufacturing date.

Also - as per the picture, is it manufactured in 1999 ???

 

[stvalentine]

I believe it is much younger. The give away is the area which is reserved for the "generals surgeons warning" which is about 50% of the lable. This is a relatively recent EU-law.

 

[cshubhra]

Thank you valentine! Is there some resource which I can look up?

 

[stvalentine]

It is quite difficult to see through the laws. There was a change in 2015 and another one in 2017. I have no special source but remember that I have read it anywhere. I would say that your tobacco is around 2014/2015 but I canß´t be sure.

 

[cshubhra]

Thank you!

 

[mlb55]

I checked a tin of Old Ironsides that I bought in Feb, 2017. The code on it is 19538.7. I have no idea what that means.

 

[mso489]

Help in dating? At first I thought this was posted on the wrong site!

 

[agnosticpipe]

I got some of this a couple of weeks ago and it has the same 199936 number that yours does. I did like you did and just dated it when I got it as I had no idea of it's actual production date. I have enough stuff open now, so it will get cellared for a while.

 

[kanse]

1999 does not seem to be the year of production, I am not even sure that tag represents the manufacturing date.
This photo makes things a bit more confusing.

Why not get in touch with folks at https://i.imgur.com/WaveuIIl.jpg ?

 

[stvalentine]

I am not even sure that tag represents the manufacturing date.

That was what I was thinking too!

 

[cshubhra]

Got it! Thank you!
@mso - I now date only tobacco tins! The single malts come with a minimum age statement. :wink:

 

[pipestud]

Howdy cshubbra. Your tin is very recent production within the last year or two. The labeling for Old Ironsides, as well as the tin size itself has changed several times over the years. Up through 2004 or 2005, for example, the Old Ironsides tins not only were smaller in circumference, they bore the CAO Import logo on the front of the tins. So, those are two of the reasons your tin can't be 1999 (which, by the way, is a code and not a date).
It's good tobacco and if you like Latakia, you'll like Old Ironsides.

 

[cshubhra]

Thank you @pipestud!

 

[thediscobiscuit]

It could be that Dan Tobacco's short number codes are factory ID. Some of the longer coded tins by other companies have day, month, year, and machine codes or possibly days of the month? I forget exactly. But, they are for factory reference basically. I just bought 3 different variety from Dan Tobacco and my tins all have "20" as the first two numbers.

 

[wyfbane]

Whoa. Long time lurker. Hi there biscuit!