I'm smoking a great LGC wavell this evening. Sometimes these cigars are just spot on :-)

I find it hard to believe , however, that no one in this community has been able to crack their box code:-)

I mean it's only a 3-letter/digit code: 4MS

I know the M indicates this cigar was rolled in Miami, but the box code algorithm changed a while ago -- has anyone solved the new code ???

I would think that some of the Ybor City crew may have cracked this code -- no ??
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What's the purpose of having a code in the first place?

What information would be gained by cracking it?

date rolled? location?

I've never heard of this.

:-)
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It usually offers the month/year they were rolled. It also tells which factory it was rolled at (at least on the CC side of codes)
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yeah with Cubans I know it's to protect against counterfeiting but I've never heard of NC brands coding their factory location and roll dates.
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Check the bottom of you Pepin boxes. Most, if not all will have date stamps. No code just a straight date stamp. Cuban cigars are the same, although they do have some additional letters on boxes from recent years noone has been able to come up with a code of any consistency. As for NC's 99% of them are made in the same factories so I see no reason for factory codes. :-)
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agreed

Every NC box I've ever bought just had a simple date stamp, and a far as CC box codes go, I don't even try to decode them. I trust the vendors for authenticity and I'm not serious enough as a collector to care what factory my smokes came from.

I hope my first post didn't come off as being snarky. I've just never heard of NC companies using secret codes.
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Agreed -- the Pepin stamps are straight forward. La Flor Dominica has a more complex code that is discussed elsewhere. And yes, no need for a factory code in most cases. LGC, however, is one company that rolls both in the DR and in Miami, so a "country" code comes in handy. There may be others. I asked only about LGC , but many of the other cigars by General (Partagas, Macanudo, etc.) have similar box codes, which followed a predictable pattern until several years ago. :-)
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BTW --- Fuente, Padron, and a lot of NCs do not have any age-dating codes, but this thread describes the details and companies that do:

http://tinyurl.com/pvqtxh
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I would love to see plain dates on boxes for packed date..is good..
Gives me a reference as I age sticks...boxes
Tom
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That's what it is all about. A few -- Pepin and some of the JR boxes have plain dates (for example ERDM). If anyone has a recent box of ERDMs (or some of the other JR brands, perhaps we could crack the General code. :-)

My last box of ERDM rectangulares is dated before the paradigm shift :-)
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a few years back I ordered a box of ERDM Tinos from JR. It must not be a popular size because the date code put them at over 6 years old. :-)

possibly the tastiest NC box I've ever purchased
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:-) and you didn't re-order:-) Guess I'll just have to pick up another box of ERDM and crack the code :-)
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