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Description:<\/strong>
This is a classic John Player King Size<\/strong> A cigarette pack released in Ireland, one of the few countries where this historic British brand was produced locally.
The package features a dark blue, almost royal shade with with gold inscriptions and a coat of arms<\/strong>, which depicts two lions holding a shield \u2013 a traditional John Player<\/em> heraldic symbol.<\/p>\n

Notes in English, indicated below \u201c"Irish Government Warning"\u201d<\/em>, which confirms the authenticity of the Irish issue. On the other side is an excise sticker with the denomination \u201c20\u201d<\/strong> and serial number \u2013 common for the Irish market.
This edition is part of a revamped design of the classic Player's line, retaining the old British style but adapting it for the Irish market.<\/p>\n

Value assessment:<\/strong>
\u2013 Collectible value:<\/strong> higher than average.<\/strong> For the Irish market John Player King Size<\/em> The parcels are less common than the British ones, and their excellent state of preservation significantly increases their value.
\u2013 Condition assessment:<\/strong> great.<\/strong> Unopened, cellophane intact, surface clean, gold details unfaded.
\u2013 Historical data and popularity:<\/strong> John Player & Sons<\/em> \u2013 one of the oldest British tobacco manufacturers, founded in 1877 in Nottingham. Irish licenses have been limited since the 1990s, making this option interesting for enthusiasts of regional collections.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Brand and name:<\/strong> John Player King Size<\/em>
Manufacturer:<\/strong> John Player & Sons Ltd., Dublin, Ireland<\/em>
In the package:<\/strong> 20 pcs.
Country of origin:<\/strong> Ireland
Production period:<\/strong> around 2000\u20132010.
Package type:<\/strong> hard pack<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":23787,"template":"","meta":{"_surecart_dashboard_logo_width":"180px","_surecart_dashboard_show_logo":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_orders":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_invoices":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_subscriptions":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_downloads":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_billing":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_account":true,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[157],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23842","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-ireland","7":"desktop-align-left","8":"tablet-align-left","9":"mobile-align-left","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple","16":"add-to-wishlist-before_image"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/23842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/23842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23843,"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/23842\/revisions\/23843"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=23842"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=23842"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colligatum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=23842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}