5-PACK ESCUDO 50g 25+ YEARS-OLD (LATE 1990s)
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Description
The most popular Virginia/Perique blend ever produced, famous for aging gracefully. It doesn’t get better than this, and if you’ve experienced one of these late 1990s-early 2000s painted top tins, you already know what a treasure this sealed 5-pack is.
This auction is for a perfectly preserved, factory sealed 5-pack hand dated to 2001, produced by A&C Peterson between 1997-2000.
Blend description: A combination of full bodied Virginia from North Carolina and Virginia blended with Perique from Louisiana are the cornerstones in Escudo. The blend is pressed and matured before it is spun and cut into coins. This process ensures the unique character of Escudo. Produced by the Cope brothers from 1912 to 1952, at which point they were bought by Gallaher, which produced Escudo until discontinuing it in 1994. A&C Petersen began production in 1997, with the original recipe and presses. Escudo was pulled from US market in 2000 but sold elsewhere. In 2004, production was moved to Orlik/STG and Escudo was reintroduced to the US in 2006.



