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Tip of the Week
Q: Why don't counterfeiters produce perfect bands?
A: Some of them do.
Many counterfeit cigars use stolen or recycled cigar bands, so a perfect cigar band is never a guarantee of a genuine cigar (although if a band is fake, you can be pretty certain that the cigar is as well). The cigar itself is the ultimate information source about authenticity.
So why do many counterfeiters produce poor-quality cigar bands, such as the ones that fill our Counterfeit Gallery? The kind of paper stock, the degree of embossing and the accuracy of details on a top-quality band (such as gold dust on a Fuente Fuente OpusX band) are usually too intricate to be easily copied. Many cigarmakers create complex bands not only for their beauty, but to make them difficult to copy.
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