As with many other fakes in our gallery, this one is printed on stiff stock. The band's relief is too intense -- from the raised dots running along the top and bottom to the coins flanking the centerpiece. The coins are also not properly aligned. Moving on to the band's text, the font of this fake is too small and too sharp in comparison with an authentic band's thick and slightly hazy words. Last, in the centerpiece of a real Partagas, each shield owns a dabble of white in its decoration, but this fake shows no evidence of such detailing.
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