Virginia Tobacco Prices and Exports, 1615-1789
A complete and accurate price table would be virtually impossible to compile. Some of these averages represent only single individual quotations, or the average of only two or three such quotations. These charts are intended to give the reader a general picture of the prices during the Colonial period.
| Year | Average Price per Lb. | Average Price per Cwt. | Pounds Exported | ||
| 1615 | 3s | 2,300 | |||
| 1617 | 3s | 20,000 | |||
| 1618 | 3s | 41,000 | |||
| 1619 | 3s | 44,879 | |||
| 1620 | 2s | 6d | 40,000 | ||
| 1621 | 3s | 55,000 | |||
| 1622 | 3s | 60,000 | |||
| 1623 | 2s | ||||
| 1625 | 2s | 4d | |||
| 1626 | 3s | 500,000 | |||
| 1628 | 3s | 6d | 500,000 | ||
| 1629 | 3s | 1,500,000 | |||
| 1630 | 1d | 1,500,000 | |||
| 1631 | 6d | 1,300,000 | |||
| 1632 | 6d | ||||
| 1633 | 9d | ||||
| 1634 | 1d | ||||
| 1637 | 9d | ||||
| 1638 | 2d | ||||
| 1639 | 3d | 1,500,000 | |||
| 1640 | 12d | 1,300,000 | |||
| 1641 | 2d | 1,300,000 | |||
| 1642 | 2d | ||||
| 1644 | 1-1/2d | ||||
| 1645 | 1-1/2d | ||||
| 1649 | 3d | ||||
| 1651 | 16s | ||||
| 1652 | 20s | ||||
| 1655 | 2d | ||||
| 1656 | 2d | ||||
| 1657 | 3d | ||||
| 1658 | 2d | ||||
| 1659 | 2d | ||||
| 1660 | 2d | ||||
| 1661 | 2d | ||||
| 1662 | 2d | ||||
| 1664 | 1-1/2d | ||||
| 1665 | 1d | ||||
| 1666 | 1-1/5d | ||||
| 1667 | 1/2d | ||||
| 1669 | 20s | ||||
| 1676 | 1-1/2d | ||||
| 1682 | 1-1/5d | ||||
| 1683 | 2d | ||||
| 1684 | 1/2d | ||||
| 1685 | 2-1/2d | ||||
| 1686 | 1-1/5d | ||||
| 1688 | 18,295,000 | ||||
| 1690 | 1d | ||||
| 1691 | 2d | ||||
| 1692 | 1d | ||||
| 1695 | 1-1/2d | ||||
| 1696 | 1-1/5d | ||||
| 1697 | 1/2d | 22,000,000 | |||
| 1698 | 20s | 22,000,000 | |||
| 1699 | 20s | 22,000,000 | |||
| 1700 | 10s | average | |||
| 1701 | average | ||||
| 1702 | 20s | ||||
| 1704 | 2d | 18,000,000 | |||
| 1706 | 1/4d | ||||
| 1709 | 1d | 29,000,000 | |||
| 1710 | 1d | ||||
| 1713 | 3s | ||||
| 1715 | 2s | ||||
| 1716 | 11s | ||||
| 1720 | 1d | ||||
| 1722 | 3/4d | ||||
| 1723 | 1d | ||||
| 1724 | 1-1/2d | ||||
| 1727 | 9d | ||||
| 1729 | 10d | ||||
| 1731 | 12s | 6d | 34,000,000 | ||
| 1732 | 9d | 34,000,000 | |||
| 1733 | 2d | 34,000,000 | |||
| 1736 | 2d | 34,000,000 | |||
| 1737 | 9d | average | |||
| 1738 | 3d | average | |||
| 1739 | 2d | average | |||
| 1740 | 34,000,000 | ||||
| 1744 | 2d | 47,000,000 | |||
| 1745 | 14s | 38,232,900 | |||
| 1746 | 2d | 36,217,800 | |||
| 1747 | 37,623,600 | ||||
| 1748 | 16s 8d | 42,104,700 | |||
| 1749 | 2d | 43,880,300 | |||
| 1750 | 15s | 43,710,300 | |||
| 1751 | 16s | 43,032,700 | |||
| 1752 | 2d | 43,542,000 | |||
| 1753 | 20s | 53,862,300 | |||
| 1754 | 45,722,700 | ||||
| 1755 | 2d | 42,918,300 | |||
| 1756 | 20s | 25,606,800 | |||
| 1757 | 3d | ||||
| 1758 | 3d | 22,050,000 | |||
| 1759 | 35s | 55,000,000 | |||
| 1760 | 55,000,000 | ||||
| 1761 | 22s 6d | 55,000,000 | |||
| 1762 | 11d | 55,000,000 | |||
| 1763 | 2d | 55,000,000 | |||
| 1764 | 12s 6d | 55,000,000 | |||
| 1765 | 3d | 55,000,000 | |||
| 1766 | 4s | average | |||
| 1767 | 3s | 10d | average | ||
| 1768 | 22s | 6d | average | ||
| 1769 | 23s | average | |||
| 1770 | 25s | average | |||
| 1771 | 18s | average | |||
| 1772 | 20s | average | |||
| 1773 | 12s | 6d | average | ||
| 1774 | 13s | average | |||
| 1775 | 3-1/4d | 55,000,000 | |||
| 1776 | 12s | 14,498,500 | |||
| 1777 | 34s | 12,441,214 | |||
| 1778 | 70s | 11,961,333 | |||
| 1779 | 400s | 17,155,907 | |||
| 1780 | 1,000s | 17,424,967 | |||
| 1781 | 2,000s | 13,339,168 | |||
| 1782 | 36s | 9,828,244 | |||
| 1783 | 40s | 86,649,333 | |||
| 1784 | 30s | 10d | 49,497,000 | ||
| 1785 | 30s | 55,624,000 | |||
| 1786 | 19d | 60,380,000 | |||
| 1787 | 15d | 60,041,000 | |||
| 1788 | 25s | 58,544,000 | |||
| 1789 | 15d | 58,673,000 | |||