Im station here in Iraq and so far some folks have told me theres nothing but counterfeit cubans here. I went to one of the cigar shop today at the base and purchased a Monte Cristo petit tubos. I ask the gentleman about the counterfeit issue of Cuban in Iraq and he handed me a brand new box of Cohiba Sublime and told me to open it. Inside was 3 piece of paper of authenticity ( wish I took pics of that)...The were also marking in the bottom of the box if I remember it says Cuba Habana S.A.
So i ended up purchasing a stick for about 6 dollars ( monte cristo) I been researching for a few minutes and everything seems to check out, or this could be a hella of a counterfeit. Please drop in and tell me what you think about this.

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sorry for the crappy pictures.
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Yes, Yes and Yes
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Hard to tell by the picture, but the brown bordering around the white marking on the band looks way to wide for that to be an authentic Montecristo.
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the color of the band looks a little ight to me. The white on the band also looks a little thick....

^^^ Two things that could be caused by the camera.

I do not know if it is fake.
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The ones I ran into when I was in Kirkuk at FOB Warrior were all fakes. If you can get up to Dahuk in Kurdistan they have a great cigar shop that has the real deal. Or so I've been told. :-)


Chris.....
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thanks for the input...ill see if i can get some good lighting and take a good picture of it
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This website, http://www.cubancigarwebsite.com/, will have good information for you.
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Remember, as with any thread in this or any other forum, feedback comes from people with various levels of knowledge and experience on the subject matter.
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thanks a whole lot for this website...learning a bunch.
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Its crazy how its almost so similar even from the band and especially the box it came from. I need to go back and take pictures of the box and post it here
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