lost encrypted wallet backup, but have an older back up of that encrypted wallet

[The Dude]

So long story short something happened to my most current backup , but I still have a backup of that encrypted wallet, but a few coins were sold after that backup was made. Does that matter at all?

I am almost done loading up the blockchain, I see my wallet and the amount I last had in it. I just want to make sure I'm not missing anything.

[cr1776]

If you have the wallet.dat (assuming bitcoin core), you should have the private keys, so you should be okay assuming the backup isn't several years old - 99% likely. Make another backup (or two) now though to be extra safe.

If you sent some of the coins, some remaining ones could have gone to a change address but it is likely in the wallet.dat too. (And if it is a recently created HD wallet, even better.)