found on reddit most there dont seem to get this is a good thing lol
source https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19590924.2.13&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-------- TIL that during Khrushchev’s 1959 visit to the Mesla Machine Company steel plant in Pittsburgh, a worker named Kenneth Jackey handed him a cigar. Khrushchev didn’t smoke and in return, gave Jackey his wristwatch. Later, Jackey had the watch appraised for insurance and was told it was worth only $14.
Weren’t cigars back then worth even less than $14 and were frequently given to children as prizes for winning a carnival game?
Hard to know for sure but this considering was a 50’s steel plant I’m going to guess that the quality was less Cuban and more swisher sweet, which google tell me are currently $1.19 for two although it was pre-cuban revolution so hq cigars were probably more available back then but I don’t think they would have exceeded $155.42(adjusted for inflation) individually
So yeah educated guess it was maybe a couple of dollars probably much less
So, the worker absolutely came out ahead. Which is how an interaction like that should go. Also, irrespective of the monetary value, the thing the worker got was a practical item with a use value, which is what really matters.