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Before I went on holiday I bid on an old Players Navy tin and contents which I didn't really expect to win
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I didn't really expect to win it but I guess no one else looked past the gallery picture to check out the contents
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Thanks to the internet I was able to pay for it from my phone. Now I'm presenting the contents to our experts to identify as best they can as I can't get any decisive results from the internet. The cigars are actually lined up with the zero setting on the ruler but the camera angle makes it look not so.
First up a pair of Bolivars measuring 120mm, the ring is hard to gauge because they have been pressed in a box at some stage but appears to be 40-42. The band appears to be band A on the Cuban Cigar website so 1960s - 2002. I have examined the medals on the side of the band with a magnifying glass and they are a match
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Next up a pair of La Coronas measuring 137mm x 42-44, bearing standard band A, 1989-1999, probably a Corona less its cello. I suspect the sizes have become distorted over the years
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Now a Romeo y Julieta Perfecto measuring 107mm x 42-44, probably the perfecto discontinued in 2003 again without cello
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Now a mystery stick that Google draws a blank on, presented in a square plastic sleeve this is a Lord Richard Short Coronas
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And finally an Embassy President tubo 'made in Bristol'
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There is no provenance with these but they all feel and smell smokeable.
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I didn't really expect to win it but I guess no one else looked past the gallery picture to check out the contents
FullSizeRender 2.jpg
Thanks to the internet I was able to pay for it from my phone. Now I'm presenting the contents to our experts to identify as best they can as I can't get any decisive results from the internet. The cigars are actually lined up with the zero setting on the ruler but the camera angle makes it look not so.
First up a pair of Bolivars measuring 120mm, the ring is hard to gauge because they have been pressed in a box at some stage but appears to be 40-42. The band appears to be band A on the Cuban Cigar website so 1960s - 2002. I have examined the medals on the side of the band with a magnifying glass and they are a match
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Next up a pair of La Coronas measuring 137mm x 42-44, bearing standard band A, 1989-1999, probably a Corona less its cello. I suspect the sizes have become distorted over the years
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Now a Romeo y Julieta Perfecto measuring 107mm x 42-44, probably the perfecto discontinued in 2003 again without cello
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Now a mystery stick that Google draws a blank on, presented in a square plastic sleeve this is a Lord Richard Short Coronas
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And finally an Embassy President tubo 'made in Bristol'
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There is no provenance with these but they all feel and smell smokeable.
Nurse them in the humi for a year or so and they'll probably come back around but start at low, low humidity to avoid split wrappers
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