Shag tobacco "Pfennigfuchser"

Shag tobacco "Pfennigfuchser" is held by Roscheider Hof Open Air Museum. Museum description: The shag tobacco "Pfennigfuchser" was manufactured by the tobacco factory Rapp und Sohn, from Mühlacker-Württbg.

The shag tobacco was produced specifically for small pipe bowls. It was delivered in a tin box coated all around in lime green colour. The lid is prominently printed with the brand name "Pfennigfuchser", as well as with further information such as "50 gr. Shag, Feinste Virginia-Orient Mischung, Tabakfabrik Rapp und Sohn, gegr. 1803 in Mühlacker-Würrtbg." There are no further details, for example on the inside.; The former tobacco tin was donated to us by the Poor Clares Convent "der ewigen Anbetung" in Mainz.

Originally, the nuns from the St. Clara Convent in Trier had used the tins to store small parts. St. Clara in Trier was dissolved in 2016. The remaining sisters came to Mainz to the Poor Clares convent, with which The museum record gives measurements Length: 135 mm, Height: 25 mm, Width: 70 mm, Weight: 75 g. These details come from the holding museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.