Tinned Tobacco dating to the 1960s & Earlier
Written by John C. Loring
Contributed by Yang Forcióri
(Key to Tin Type: CT = coin twist; RUB = has an exposed, probably deteriorated, rubber stopper; PT = pop top; KL = knife lid; LT= lever top; ST= canister type. KL tins are further described as "EX" meaning the inner top is puffed out & I suspect it more then likely that the tobacco will be sound upon opening, or "OK" meaning the inner top is not puffed out and my best guess is that the tobacco will have to be rehydrated; or "Bd" meaning that I have serious reservations about whether the tobacco can be successfully rehydrated.)
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MANUFACTURER |
BRAND/BLEND |
TINTYPE |
WEIGHT |
DATE |
#Tins |
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Balkan Sobranie |
759 (Black) |
PT |
4oz |
60S/70s |
7 |
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Balkan Sobranie |
759 (Black) |
PT |
8oz |
60s/70s |
3 |
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Balkan Sobranie |
Original (White) |
CT |
1oz |
60s/70s |
3 |
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Balkan Sobranie |
Virginian No. 10 |
KL - Ex |
2 oz |
50s/60s |
2 |
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Balkan Sobranie |
Virginian No. 10 |
KL -OK |
4 oz |
50s/60s |
1 |
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Barling (Ogden) |
1812 |
KL - OK+ |
1 oz |
60s |
3 |
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BBB |
Blue Label Mild English Mixture |
CT |
2 oz |
50s |
1 |
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BBB |
Constantinople |
CT |
2 oz |
50s |
1 |
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BBB |
Dardanella |
CT |
1oz |
50s |
2 |
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BBB |
Dardanella |
CT |
2oz |
60s |
2 |
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BBB |
Green Lable Mild English Aromatic Mixture |
CT |
2 oz |
50s |
1 |
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BBB |
Heather |
CT |
2 oz |
50s |
1 |
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BBB |
Safari |
CT |
1 oz |
50s |
2 |
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BBB |
Safari |
CT |
2 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Carreras |
Cravan Double Broad Cut |
KL -OK |
3oz |
40s |
1 |
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Carroll's - Ireland |
Dunore - Medium |
KL - OK- |
4 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Carroll's - Ireland |
Glamis Matured Virginia Tobacco |
KL - OK+ |
2 oz |
40s |
1 |
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Carroll's - Ireland |
Irish Wolfhound |
KL - OK- |
4 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Carroll's - Ireland |
Mick McQuaid Cut Plug |
KL - OK |
2 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Carroll's - Ireland |
Mick McQuaid Cut Plug Ready Rubbed |
KL - OK |
2 oz |
50s |
2 |
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Carroll's - Ireland |
Traveller's Joy |
KL - EX |
4 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Carroll's - Ireland |
Two Flakes |
KL - EX |
2 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Carroll's - Ireland |
Ye Olde Virginia |
KL - OK+ |
2 oz |
40s |
1 |
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Cohen Weenen |
Afrikander |
KL - Ex |
2 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Cope's |
Escudo |
CT |
50 gr |
60s/70s |
3 |
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Cotton - Scotland |
#1 Mild |
KL - OK |
4 oz |
40s/50s |
1 |
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Cotton - Scotland |
#1 Mild |
KL - Ex |
2 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Cotton - Scotland |
#1 Mild |
KL - Wk |
2 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Cotton - Scotland |
#1 Mild |
KL - Ex |
1/2 lb |
50s |
2 |
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Cotton - Scotland |
#2 Strong |
KL - OK |
4 oz |
40s |
1 |
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Cotton - Scotland |
#s1 & 2 Medium |
KL - OK |
2 oz |
40s |
1 |
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Dobie & Son |
Curlies (purple) |
CT |
3/4 oz |
40s |
1 |
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Dobie & Son |
Dobie's Mixture # 7 |
CT |
2oz |
60s |
1 |
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Dobie & Son |
Matured Virginia (purple?) |
CT |
2oz |
60s |
1 |
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Dobie & Son |
Original Mixture (blue) |
CT |
3/4 oz |
40s |
1 |
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Dunhill |
10 |
KL - Ex |
4 oz |
WWII |
1 |
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Dunhill |
965 |
CT |
1 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Dunhill |
American Mixture |
CardBd |
1/2 lb |
WWII |
1 |
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Dunhill |
American Mixture |
CardBd |
1 lb |
WWII |
1 |
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Dunhill |
Aperitif |
KL - Ex |
4oz |
50s |
1 |
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Dunhill |
Early Morning |
KL - Ex |
4 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Dunhill |
London Mixture |
KL - OK |
4 oz |
40s |
1 |
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Dunhill |
Prince of Wales |
KL +++ |
4 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Dunhill |
Rough Cut Virginia |
CT |
4oz |
50s |
1 |
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Dunhill |
Ye Olde Signe |
KL - OK |
4 oz |
50s |
1 |
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FDB Cigar - Danish |
221 Baker St |
CT |
2 oz |
60s |
2 |
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Frank - Ireland |
Irish Flake |
KL - OK |
4 oz |
30s |
1 |
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Fryer's |
1803 Smoking Mixture |
CT |
2oz |
50s |
8 |
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Fryer's |
Allan's Pibroch Cut Cake |
CT |
1 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Fryer's |
Allan's Pibroch Old Bonded |
CT |
1 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Fryer's |
Allan's Pibroch Scotch Cut |
CT |
1 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Gallaher's - N Ireland |
Connemara |
CT |
1 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Gallaher's - N Ireland |
Connemara |
CT |
50 gr |
60s |
4 |
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Gallaher's - N Ireland |
Connemara Ready Rubbed |
KL - OK |
2 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Gallaher's - N Ireland |
Deluxe Mixture |
CT |
50 gr |
60s |
1 |
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Gallaher's - N Ireland |
Girder Circular Dark Brown Navy Cut - ready rubbed |
KL-2Ex,1OK |
2oz |
40s |
3 |
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Gallaher's - N Ireland |
Girder Circular Dark Brown Navy Cut |
KL - Ex |
2 oz |
40s |
1 |
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Gallaher's - N Ireland |
Killarney Ready Rubbed |
KL-1Ex,1OK |
2 oz |
50s |
2 |
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Gallaher's - N Ireland |
Killarney ready rubbed |
CT |
1 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Gallaher's - N Ireland |
Latakia |
CT |
50 gr |
60s |
2 |
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Gallaher's - N Ireland |
Latakia |
CT |
2 oz |
60s |
1 |
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Gallaher's - N Ireland |
Sweet Irish Rose |
CT |
1 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Gallaher's - N Ireland |
Two Flakes Medium Strength |
KL-2Ex,2OK |
2 oz |
50s |
4 |
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Gawith |
Grouse-Moor |
KL-1OK, 1Bd |
2 oz |
50s |
2 |
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GBD |
Ambrosia |
CT |
2 oz |
50s/60s |
3 |
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GBD |
Ambrosia |
KL - Ex |
8 oz |
50s/60s |
1 |
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GBD |
Aromatique |
CT |
2 oz |
50s/60s |
5 |
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GBD |
Aromatique |
KL _ Ex |
8 oz |
50s/60s |
1 |
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GBD |
Original Mixture |
CT |
2 oz |
50s/60s |
2 |
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Germain - Jersey |
Sweet Blend |
KL - Bd |
2 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Germain - Jersey |
Umpire |
KL - OK |
2 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Germain - Jersey |
Uncle Tom's |
KL - Ex |
2 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Kabatas - Turkey |
Pipo |
ST |
1 3/4 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Lambert & Butler |
Waverley Mixture coarse cut |
KL-Ex |
(2 oz ?) |
50s |
1 |
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Lane - US |
Black Knight |
CT |
4oz |
50s/60s |
1 |
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Lane - US |
House of Lords |
ST |
4oz |
50s/60s |
1 |
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Lane - US |
Mountbatten |
ST |
4oz |
50s/60s |
1 |
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Lane - US |
Mountbatten |
LT |
8oz |
60s |
1 |
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Lea (successors to) |
Chairman Medium Mixture |
CT RUB |
2 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Loewe |
Golden Horn English Mixture |
CT |
1 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Loewe |
Loewe English Broad Cut |
KL - Ex |
2 oz |
40s/50s |
2 |
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McKinnell - Scotland |
Gordon |
CT |
1 oz |
50s |
1 |
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McKinnell - Scotland |
McKenzies |
CT |
2 oz |
40s |
1 |
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Murray's - N Ireland |
Erinmore Flake |
KL - EX |
2 oz |
40s/50s |
1 |
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Murray's - N Ireland |
Erinmore Special Cube Cut |
KL - Ex |
2 oz |
40s/50s |
1 |
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Murray's - N Ireland |
Mellow Smoking Mixture |
CT |
2 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Murray's - N Ireland |
Mellow Smoking Mixture |
KL - OK |
1 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Niemeijer - Dutch |
Flying Dutchman |
KL - Ex |
2oz |
50s |
1 |
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Niemeijer - Dutch |
Royal Dutch Mixture |
CT |
2oz |
50s |
1 |
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Niemeijer - Dutch |
Windmill |
CT |
2oz |
50s |
4 |
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Niemeyer - Dutch |
Galvin's Irish Mixture |
CT |
2 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Nomoyama - Japan |
Smoking Mixture |
KL - OK |
2 oz |
60s |
2 |
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Peper's - US |
Eir-AM |
Glass |
2 oz |
WWII |
1 |
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Peper's - US |
Forest Rose Irish Aromatic |
ST |
2 oz |
40s |
1 |
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Peper's - US |
Latakia |
ST |
2 oz |
40s |
2 |
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Peper's - US |
O'Gorman's |
Glass |
2 oz |
WWII |
1 |
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Player |
Country Life |
CT RUB |
2 oz |
40s/50s |
1 |
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Rattray's - Scotland |
Black Virginia |
KL - Ex |
4 oz |
50s/60s |
1 |
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Rattray's - Scotland |
Dark Fragrant |
KL - OK |
4 oz |
40s/50s |
1 |
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Rattray's - Scotland |
Dark Fragrant |
LT |
4 oz |
60s |
1 |
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Ruddlell's - Ireland |
Irish Latakia |
CT |
1 oz |
40s/50s |
1 |
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Ruddlell's - Ireland |
Rose of Tralee |
CT |
1 oz |
40s/50s |
1 |
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Russel |
Great Dane |
CT |
2oz |
50s |
7 |
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Sinclair |
Parsons Pleasure |
CT RUB |
2 oz |
40s |
1 |
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Smoker's Haven |
20th Anniversary Mixture |
KL - OK+ |
4 oz |
60s |
1 |
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Smoker's Haven |
Our Blend # 10 |
KL - OK+ |
2 oz |
60s/70s |
1 |
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Thomson & Porteous - Scotland |
Mackenna's Mixture Broad Cut |
KL - OK |
2 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Thomson & Porteous - Scotland |
Thistle Flake Aromatic |
KL - OK |
2 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Wally Frank - N Ireland |
Irish Brogie |
KL - OK |
2 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Wally Frank - N Ireland |
Sailor's Delight |
KL - Ex |
2 oz |
40s |
1 |
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Will's |
Bulwark Cut Plug |
KL - Ex |
2 oz |
50s |
1 |
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Will's -US |
Capstan Navy Cut Medium |
LT |
7 oz |
50s |
1 |
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