Pre Embargo: Appraisal: El Potosi

[El Presidente]

As I come across them, I will post up purported rare and pre embargo boxes which are being listed or have been listed from around the world.   Provenance/authenticity of these boxes has not been ascertained.  These threads are to be educational where  members are encouraged to contribute whatever information they can. That information can be about the the brand, period, irregularities, history etc. 

FOH members have been burnt purchasing pre embargo and rare cigars.  The intent here is to educate members  into what to look for when assessing pre-embargo and rare cigars.  This is a group exercise that should be educational and fun.  Just as importantly, to be forewarned is to be forearmed 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[El Presidente]

another band from this marque

[teamrandr]

You don't need to be an expert to tell that box has not been stored well.

[Stevieboy]

You don't need to be an expert to tell that box has not been stored well.

An expert might tell you that the box has been stored perfectly

"Gold" bands tend to oxidise over time even on perfectly stored cigars

 

[teamrandr]

2 hours ago, Stevieboy said:

An expert might tell you that the box has been stored perfectly

"Gold" bands tend to oxidise over time even on perfectly stored cigars

 

Yeah I was referring to the state of the box. 

[Akela3rd]

Yeah I was referring to the state of the box. 

It certainly has an air of 'We were cleaning out grandpa's goat shed after he died and found this'...

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[Ryan]

The "U. T. y Ca" on the band stands for "Urtiaga, Toledo y Compania". They had quite a few pre-revolution brands.

El Potisí looks like it was created by them. It was cetainly owned by them at one stage.

Later, ownership passed to Quintero, Agustin Quintero.

After the revolution, ownership of the brand passed to "Empresa Cubana del Tabaco", along with every other brand but I don't think any El Potosí were produced after the revolution.

I like the "head to foot" packaging of the piramide shape. I've only seen that once before, I think the example I saw were Hoyos, though I could be wrong. You would think that style of packaging would be great for aging, if you're of the school that less oxygen means better aging.

[El Presidente]

Nice work Andy