How to Read Levi's Date Code | How to Spot Vintage Levi's

I show you how to read the manufactured date code on Levi's from the 1970's to present day.
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  • @faithreyes8797
    @faithreyes879710 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much! I know basic Levi information but some tags are still so hard to decipher. I started my own collection of Levi’s last winter. I keep collecting, today my new to me ones just got here. They are 501’s from 1978, the year I was born. They fit like a glove!❤

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    10 ай бұрын

    Awesome,. Yea the older were much better. Some older are tricky cause there were a bunch of different tags. If you ever need help just message me on IG(If you are on there) and i'll try y best to help you, just send me pics.

  • @fadedjate7230
    @fadedjate7230 Жыл бұрын

    Very helpful, been trying to figure out what the modern ribbon tags meant, with all the codes, letters, and numbers.

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it helped

  • @robertwashenfelder2853

    @robertwashenfelder2853

    Жыл бұрын

    0:36

  • @Shelacy
    @Shelacy9 ай бұрын

    One of the best videos you have ever done...thanks a million!

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    9 ай бұрын

    Glad you liked it!

  • @alexisbourgeois3648
    @alexisbourgeois3648 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Helped me figure out my Levis denim trucker jacket is in fact vintage - 1999 based on the video.

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it helped!

  • @erinmullins5069
    @erinmullins506910 ай бұрын

    I have a pair made in March of 1994 with the fabric tag. Thanks for the info!

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    10 ай бұрын

    cool! Glad it helped

  • @user-bd3nq6yj6p

    @user-bd3nq6yj6p

    9 ай бұрын

    @@PickRollI just got a pair with the fabric tag but made in December 1990..

  • @courtneyrobertsauthor
    @courtneyrobertsauthor4 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for this video! The most helpful one I've seen on vintage Levi's!

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    4 ай бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @joecamerer2865
    @joecamerer2865 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome, I sell lots of Levi's and could only figure out the easy ones from the 90's. Thanks so much for the info.

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    Yu're welcome. Yes 90s to present are easy. 70s/80s can be tricky

  • @LifeByMelinda
    @LifeByMelinda Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this information! Wow, I never knew. So helpful

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful! Yes all Levi's have the codes, date, wash/color, factory#, style,

  • @whyhihigh
    @whyhihigh Жыл бұрын

    best video on the topic - thank you so much!

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    Appreciate it.

  • @robcc21
    @robcc215 ай бұрын

    Thanks so much. I have a vintage Levi’s jacket I love. I knew it was from the ‘80s era but just confirmed it was made in Australia in 1983. Good to know!

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    5 ай бұрын

    Does it have hand pockets? Because 83 is supposedly the year they started the pockets,

  • @Chwiny
    @Chwiny Жыл бұрын

    Great vid I was wondering about this. Thank you!

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @gibbysgirls
    @gibbysgirls Жыл бұрын

    Wow! That was super helpful. Thank you so much!

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    You're welcome

  • @noamchomsky1342
    @noamchomsky134211 ай бұрын

    you’re the best. so helpful

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    11 ай бұрын

    Happy to help!

  • @MaxmumSpeed
    @MaxmumSpeed4 ай бұрын

    Thank You ! Love my vintage Levis !

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks

  • @mmbroseph
    @mmbroseph Жыл бұрын

    This was extremely helpful, thank you

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @mrcrvon4781
    @mrcrvon4781 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this info. I have been trying to find out approximately when i bought these jeans because my family and friends constantly ask me where i got them from. These jeans are unique because the back pockets are DEEP. When i say deep, i mean the back pocket goes down almost to the back of my knee. I tell them that I have had these jeans for over 20 years, and they don't believe me. Now i can decipher the date and found that these are levis silvertab that were made in 8/03. I wish they would bring them back.

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it helped, they rereleased Silvertabs, but not like the 80s-90s style

  • @jaxsonsthreds9626
    @jaxsonsthreds962611 ай бұрын

    Very helpful. I’m a huge Levi’s fan. I have a pair with a gold tag, 550’s, Made in Egypt. Date code looks like 0709.

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    11 ай бұрын

    cool, thanks. I've seen a bronze/brown tab, maybe its same.

  • @melissahasart4969
    @melissahasart4969 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much. This was very helpful.

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @Cyanapanasati
    @Cyanapanasati5 ай бұрын

    excellent info, great presentation! Thanks! 🎉😀

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    5 ай бұрын

    thanks

  • @stphnmrsify
    @stphnmrsify5 ай бұрын

    Brilliant video. Thank you very much.

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    5 ай бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @katelyningaglio2202
    @katelyningaglio220214 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much for this!!

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    13 күн бұрын

    thanks

  • @rayisthemostbeautiful
    @rayisthemostbeautiful7 ай бұрын

    thank you so much, i just got me a black 501 from the 90s 🖤

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    7 ай бұрын

    Cool. You're welcome

  • @otnipdrofflips6893
    @otnipdrofflips6893 Жыл бұрын

    Great video Steve. Thanks

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @thriftymommyclo7359
    @thriftymommyclo7359 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much! That is a very helpful video…

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    You are welcome!

  • @238dwen
    @238dwen2 ай бұрын

    Great info

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    2 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @lizlazfigueroa8930
    @lizlazfigueroa8930 Жыл бұрын

    THANKS!! Very helpful

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it helps

  • @basketcasemamafabfinds
    @basketcasemamafabfinds Жыл бұрын

    Super helpful thank you so much

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @poshbird65
    @poshbird65 Жыл бұрын

    I have a cloth tag nearly identical to the one in the photo dated 0698

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    98/99 is crossover years where you will see those years on cloth and paper batwing tags. There isnt a clear date line switching from one tag to the next

  • @cryptochrome3090
    @cryptochrome309011 ай бұрын

    Thanks! So easy.

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    11 ай бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @Putzing
    @PutzingАй бұрын

    You the man

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Ай бұрын

    thanks

  • @LMicheleS
    @LMicheleS Жыл бұрын

    Good info - thx!

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @alexbondeson2931
    @alexbondeson29316 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    6 ай бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @MSSMB34
    @MSSMB345 ай бұрын

    Very helpful

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    5 ай бұрын

    Glad it helped

  • @mije419
    @mije4193 ай бұрын

    I'm guessing you worked for Levi Strauss. Very informative. Thank you

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    3 ай бұрын

    No, I resell, so I see alot and learned from research so I know what I'm looking at. thanks

  • @iluvdogz94
    @iluvdogz94 Жыл бұрын

    I believe I found a women’s 519 style with a date of 10/98. Black batwing paper tag. I bought it for $10 while thrifting. Thank you!!!

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    Cool, thanks.

  • @robertwashenfelder2853

    @robertwashenfelder2853

    Жыл бұрын

    0:01

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    @@robertwashenfelder2853 ??

  • @dawnneill7770
    @dawnneill7770 Жыл бұрын

    I have the cloth red bat wing tag, made in USA, women’s 501 button fly but the date numbers are 0996. I thought they were 99 at earlier?

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    Theres an overlap of years at each change of tags, no exact line.Its ok.

  • @avitaldobo
    @avitaldobo5 ай бұрын

    Just bought a pair of old black 501 with a tab that should be from the early 2000s according to this video (red cloth tab), but the date says July 98 😊. Looks almost new, hard to believe it's more than 25 years old

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    5 ай бұрын

    nice, yea cloth tag started about 97, there is no hard line from tag to tag, crossover years

  • @hungnguyenviet2298
    @hungnguyenviet22985 ай бұрын

    thanks sir

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    5 ай бұрын

    You're welcome

  • @gavinrpage
    @gavinrpageАй бұрын

    I have a pair of 501s with the early 2000s tag front says Made in USA back reads 0297 in the bottom middle grouping. Do you think these were made in February 1997?

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Ай бұрын

    Sounds like it, Yes. So it's the cloth style tag? not the paper black batwing. Tag styles overlapped, there is no clear cut off line/year between styles.

  • @chloetsang5665
    @chloetsang5665 Жыл бұрын

    thank !!!

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @crow4130
    @crow4130Ай бұрын

    I have a Denim metal.buttons shirt that has a black tag snd also a tag at the bottom of the shirt LEVIS red tab . Made in hong kong. How do we date shirts ?

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Ай бұрын

    I just listed exact shirt. Should be a small white tag inside on side near bottom, mine does, but could be missing. Either way that is a 90s. Mine is 1998.

  • @vancraftedstudio2973
    @vancraftedstudio2973 Жыл бұрын

    What if the bottom, middle number on the tag from the 70’s/80’s is ‘81’? I’m lost and any insight would be so appreciated! Thanks for making this vid 🎉

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    is it the same small tag as the example in video? hard to say without seeing it, theres different tags. dm me a pic on IG , my ig is in the video description box

  • @chicosuave2966
    @chicosuave2966 Жыл бұрын

    Pick & Roll where does the number 5152 tag manufacture plant come from? It’s not in your list of numbers

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    Not sure, I havent seen a complete list

  • @tarkkh9787
    @tarkkh97875 ай бұрын

    I just bought a second hand pair of levi's 501 and dated them back to late 2012 thanks to your video. However there isn’t the typical print that tells "this is a pair of levi's" on the inside of the pocket. Do you believe this is abnormal? There is also no tag at the back of the inside where it is generally written 501 in large which confuses me

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    5 ай бұрын

    Ive seen some without pocket print.

  • @tarkkh9787

    @tarkkh9787

    5 ай бұрын

    ​@@PickRollthank you for your answer🫡

  • @davidsperring
    @davidsperring7 ай бұрын

    Is it possible the early 2000s tag starts in 96? I have the early 2000s tag and the middle numbers on the last line is 0896.

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    7 ай бұрын

    The cloth tag, yea. I think thats about the earliest for it. There are few crossover years when 2 tags were made , no fine line between changes,

  • @flippingwithcain5451
    @flippingwithcain5451 Жыл бұрын

    Do you have other videos on other brands as well? I feel like somebody needs to cover wrangler because especially the vintage wrangler western shirts are often not vintage when people list them online. I think they don’t know what the actual tag time periods are lol

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    I dont

  • @johnv339

    @johnv339

    10 ай бұрын

    Why not ?@@PickRoll

  • @johnv339

    @johnv339

    10 ай бұрын

    They do not know, and many do not care.

  • @flippingwithcain5451

    @flippingwithcain5451

    10 ай бұрын

    @@johnv339 yeah, I’ve gathered that I did research on a lot of wrangler western tags when I bought a lot of 180 western shirts to resell. And after figuring out the large majority of the ones I had were vintage according to wranglers tagging system and then looking at other peoples listings, I started noticing that a lot of people selling “vintage wrangler” we’re not actually selling vintage wrangler, and I think along the way other people just started looking at their listings and assuming that the tags that they saw in their pictures must be vintage so they called there’s vintage too lol.

  • @margotlescargot
    @margotlescargot7 ай бұрын

    Hi, I have a cloth tag from 2:30 that dates 0497 fyi 😇

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    7 ай бұрын

    Yes thee are some, not common, 97/98 was the crossover where the batwing was still made and this started, no fine lines from tag to tag

  • @ericacon02
    @ericacon02 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve got a cloth tag with 1194. Made in the US…does the cloth tag date that far back?

  • @ericacon02

    @ericacon02

    Жыл бұрын

    Also, thank you! This video was so so helpful!!

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    Yea, Ive seen them. Is it the tag with red stripe that is square but bigger than the paper batwing tags?

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it helps

  • @janetcooke384
    @janetcooke384 Жыл бұрын

    Seems that the pants I have fell through the cracks. They seem to be from 08. Guess I will just keep trying to identify them. Useful info, for sure though. Thanks.

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    Not sure what you mean by fell thru the cracks? what are you trying to identify?

  • @johnv339

    @johnv339

    10 ай бұрын

    I'm sure. In plain English, there are labels unaccounted for.@@PickRoll

  • @juanmanuelrodriguez8408
    @juanmanuelrodriguez84084 ай бұрын

    los pantalones 501 shrink to fit hechos en la actualidad encogen mas de lo que dice la etiqueta, todos mis pantalones lo he comprado en tienda oficial levis y lo puedo comprobar con imagenes, los ultimos cuatro pantalones que compre los compre en diciembre del 2022 y encogieron demasiado.... aclaro que yo siempre he usado esas prendas desde la edad de 10 años

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    4 ай бұрын

    english?

  • @juanmanuelrodriguez8408

    @juanmanuelrodriguez8408

    4 ай бұрын

    @@PickRoll The 501 shrink to fit pants made today shrink more than what the label says, I bought all my pants in the official Levis store and I can verify it with images, the last four pants I bought were purchased in December 2022 and they shrank too much... I clarify that I have always worn those clothes since the age of 10

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    4 ай бұрын

    @@juanmanuelrodriguez8408 OK THANKS

  • @theaussienurseflipper.8113
    @theaussienurseflipper.8113 Жыл бұрын

    Thx mate. One question are vintage jean worth any money cheers Graham

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes vintage can be worth alot of money. Depends on style, year, etc.

  • @theaussienurseflipper.8113

    @theaussienurseflipper.8113

    Жыл бұрын

    @@PickRoll thx mate

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    @@theaussienurseflipper.8113 You're welcome

  • @mariaremick7320
    @mariaremick732011 ай бұрын

    I have some 06 Levi's that have red white and blue buttons and then they have stars and stripes on the inside lining and I can't find a thing about them online how do I know if they're worth anything or not? Anybody? thanks

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    11 ай бұрын

    I've never seen those either

  • @slow_honda_kid4355
    @slow_honda_kid4355 Жыл бұрын

    What about levi silver tabs?

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    They will have the same paper tag inside. The vtg Silvertabs are from 80s-90s.

  • @mrbanaani36055
    @mrbanaani36055 Жыл бұрын

    Hey man! Is there some way I can contact you and send some photos of my Levi's shirt? I cant figure out the age

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    Shirts dont have the same tags, but I'll take a look, I'm familiar with a few. My IG and email is in video description box

  • @jamesalbo7306
    @jamesalbo730611 ай бұрын

    The tag on mine don’t look like any of these 😢

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    11 ай бұрын

    there are other legit tags. If you want send me a pic on IG

  • @rockiiendsumlive
    @rockiiendsumlive7 ай бұрын

    But I received 1 year old 24-2022 manufacturing jeans, what do now😢

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    7 ай бұрын

    Sorry i dont understand the question.

  • @rockiiendsumlive

    @rockiiendsumlive

    7 ай бұрын

    @@PickRoll I have ordered Levi's jeans from official website and its manufacturer date is CW/24-2022. And Today date is 29 November 2023. So it is OLD jeans. According to date.

  • @zhebebe
    @zhebebe7 ай бұрын

    I have the cloth tag with 03 1997

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    7 ай бұрын

    Yea, not common to find, thats is the cross over years 97/98 where they made both the black batwing tags andd started the larger cloth tags.

  • @zhebebe

    @zhebebe

    7 ай бұрын

    @@PickRoll you must be so tired of answering this exact question

  • @zhebebe

    @zhebebe

    7 ай бұрын

    @@PickRoll tried to sell them for $38 and someone asked for a discount

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    7 ай бұрын

    @@zhebebe it's all good. When you make "how to" videos, you get questions, glad to help

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    7 ай бұрын

    @@zhebebe 38 is fair, everybody wants something for nothing, gets annoying sometimes, but thats selling on ebay

  • @janeboothby5252
    @janeboothby5252 Жыл бұрын

    Still no wiser , none of those in my pair!😢

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    Send me a pics on my IG, ill help if I can

  • @janeboothby5252

    @janeboothby5252

    Жыл бұрын

    @@PickRoll thank you I've been researching these for weeks , I will send you pics tomorrow uk time

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    Жыл бұрын

    @@janeboothby5252 no worries,

  • @johnv339
    @johnv33910 ай бұрын

    That is "your" date code ? Give "the' a try.

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    10 ай бұрын

    Really? Are you that petty

  • @johnv339

    @johnv339

    10 ай бұрын

    Yes I am, and goddamn proud of it. "Petty" ? You have a grip on the obvious.@@PickRoll

  • @PickRoll

    @PickRoll

    10 ай бұрын

    @@johnv339 Cool

  • @johnv339

    @johnv339

    10 ай бұрын

    I think I need to take a vacation from social media for awhile--or a long while.@@PickRoll