You can spend a lot of money on
Pantone color printing guides.
I really recommend buying old used ones on ebay. You don't need the latest and greatest. Nor do you need all of their
products to be a designer.
As far as the "aging" goes, unless it
has been left laying in the sun for years open (very rare), the colors
will be fine.
Coke and Pepsi have shelf-life expiration dates on them,
too. But they are not required by law for their products because they
have an infinite shelf-life. They only put the dates on to encourage
turnover. and it works great for them.
That's the same for Pantone. Old
fans and swatch books are fine.
Do not worry about that "replace by" date. It's a ploy.
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