Is there a difference? Some sights list the 8-5-8 and others list the 8-9-8...69

I thought the 8-9-8 was Ashton and the 8-5-8 was AF. I could be wrong though.

KC

Try them both and you won't forget the difference.

898, as I recall, was first a designation of how the cigars were boxed. 8 on the bottom, 9 in the middle and 8 on the top. Those are the boxes with the rounded out centers.

Ashton has the line called the 898, a good cigar but not to my taste.

There is also a mfg of cigars made in Jamaica called 898.

I have absolutely NO idea why the 858 is called that, but it is a really good cigar.

My .02
Dan (JustDanD)

Yea the Ashton is the 898 and the AF is the 858

There is also a Partagas 898, that comes in either a varnished, or non-varnished box ...

... The Arturo Fuente Flor Fina 858's first two numbers signifies Patriarch Arturo Fuente's age when he passed away ... the remaining number -5- I have not been able to get a difinative answer on ...

Oops again ... that should have been, "the remaining number -8-" not 5, in the numbers 858 ...

How many wives and chlidren did senior Fuente have? X

LOL @ X ... the world may never know ... 😉

My guess is 8,he he. X

Slim the word I got was that it was the number 85 both right to left. ROb

Now that makes a heck of a lot of sense!!!

Thanks for the info ...

Fuente will tell you for $858 dollars....LOL!

The real question is what does the "33" stands for on a bottle of Rolling Rock.

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_044 

KC

Thanks KC...I've read most of the stories but didn't think there was a definate answer.