Local Spec's Liquor has them in their own separate locked humidor for $10-20 a stick. I have an $8 credit and was thinking of putting it towards one of them. I have a Padron (5000 or 6000 I believe) that I received in a bomb but I haven't smoked it yet. It's back home in the FL humidor. Connecticut or Maduro?

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The underband should have a serial number on it, make sure its there before you spend the cash. The Padron principe's are great little smokes, I'd highly recommend you trying some.
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You mean on the bottom of the cigar? Or are you implying I rip the band off and look underneath haha

This is the one I have at home. Not sure what kind.
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You might be able to slide the upper band up a little to make sure the serial number is on the green and white underband, it should look something like this:

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The second band should be visible under the band with "1964" on it because it extends below it. I see both bands on the picture you took.
The Principes are great, so are the Exclusivos. Maduro is my preference.
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Had no clue. Thanks for the heads up guys. I'll pick up one up maybe tomorrow. Any wrapper preference? I'm too new to really distinguish which one I like more.
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MADURO!! In my humble opinion.
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Well in my opinion they do have a more elegantly tasty look :-) Likely what I'll get.
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+1 for the maduro the 64 maduro is one of my favorites
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Maduro, can't go wrong with the Maduro
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I prefer the maduro on the '64s, and the natural on the '26s.
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I'm not a huge maduro fan in general, but the 64 Principe maduros are one of my all time favorite NCs. :-)
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It's a little suspicious to me that the serial number is not visible on any of the cigars in that pic. And, I don't want to be an alarmist, but I've seen an awful lot of Padron Anniversaries in my day and, to a one, they've all had "drier", rougher-looking wrappers than those. I don't know- it could just be the lighting/photography, but between that and the serial number underbands, my red flag is saying PEEK-A-BOO!
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I have one waiting for me in my humidor that I'm really looking forward to try!
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:-)

The first thing that caught my eye is that no serial number is visible on any of the cigars, it's like every gold band has been meticulously placed to cover up the area where the S/N should be.

Next thing, and this might just be the photography through the glass with a cell phone camera, those bands look flat - Padron and the dots on the sides of the band should be raised.

Lastly, the gold looks "wrong" and the lettering doesn't seem sharp. Again, this could be the camera, light and the display case.
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The maduro 64 and maduro 26, any size will do, are some of my favorite NC's.
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Looking at a PAM64 now to make sure my memory is correct...

The serial number band and the gold band are stuck together slightly to prevent slipping.

I could see one or two bands sliding, but all of them?

Also, even if the top band slid down, the serial numbers and the "No " designation are so long that at least part of it should peek out from either side of the gold band.

Not getting a good feeling about those.
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I'm surprised no one's commented on the color of the "naturals" on the right. That was my first flag. I have never seen a natural with much of a difference in color from the maduros(pretty much always had to rely on the box to be sure). Also the prices on those look a little low, especially for a store that doesn't sound like it specializes in cigars. Then throw in the lack of the serial numbers, I HIGHLY doubt those are legit.

That said, the 64 maduros are my second favorite stick(a very close second to Hemingway Maduros(save for the WOAM, which I dislike comparatively)). Try one if you can find it.
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price, bands, serial number 2nd band and the 'natural's' light wrapper all throw up red flags for sure. Unusual to hear of these being faked but at the prices they go for I'd think it an attractive candidate
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Its not that unusual to hear of them being faked as thats the reason they added the second band, but its definitely not common. I've never personally seen fakes.
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