Cigar Prices in 1883

(National Cigar History Museum) When Museum visitors and fans of my Q&A column in CIGAR MAGAZINE ask about cigar boxes they frequently say, “I know it must be old because the cigars cost only five cents.”
I usually respond something like this: “Sadly, there is very little correlation of price to age. There were penny cigars in 1840 and penny cigars in 1940. There were dollar cigars in 1860 and dollar cigars in 1960. Continued

Photo: Library of Congress