5 Cents - Brown Brothers Cigars Detroit, Michigan ND

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Script: Latin

Lettering: 5

Comment

Royal Poker Set / Brown Brothers Cigars, Detroit. Circa 1890s. Brown Brothers, a Detroit tobacco distributor and manufacturer, issued this set as a giveaway, perhaps as a Christmas gift to preferred customers. With four rows of German silver, brass, and copper chips in denominations of 5, 10, and 25. The lid of the box and the chips advertise “La Flor De Fontella” five-cent cigars.