How much for a pack of cigs in 1909 ????

[mybuddyinc]

Hope this isn't conceived as "another T206 thread" (not that there's anything wrong with that. )

Sure Piedmont and Sweet Cap. are most common, due to distribution (both in volume and number of years distributed) and price. And would imagine the other brands follow proportionally.

Without going into my convoluted ideas between the two factors (and keeping things simple), I'd just like to get some feedback (or facts) on price.

Simply looking at the back of Coupon Cigs., we know in 1914 you got 20 cigs. for 5 cents (4 cigs./cent). In 1919, Coupons jumped to 16 cigs. for 10 cents (1.6 cigs./cent). That's a 2.5x decrease in cigs./cent. Doing a purely speculative backward multiplication to 1909: 20 cigs./5 cents x2.5 = 50 cigs for 5 cents (10 cigs./cent).

So:

Is there any documentation of cig. prices in 1909-11 (advertisements I know exist) ?

Is 10 cigs./cent a good/believable "low end/cheap" cigarette price ?

Did a pack of American Beauty or Tolstoi cost twice as much as a pack of Piedmont/Sweet Cap. ?
Or a pack of Lennox cost 10x of Pied./Sweet Cap ?
Or does distribution start to be a factor over price ?

Am I just rehashing things ?



Scott

Roll my own:
Buglar/Topps - $4/pouch *
Drum/Bagi Shag - $8/pouch
American Spirit - $12/pouch





* Personally would rather smoke shredded newspaper for free