Excuse me while I whip this out...

[tx_tuff]

Doesn't everyone love looking at pictures very nice!

[AragornElessar86-cl]

Originally Posted by Tha Criddler

Nice setup...are those fake Dominican Cohibas?

Probably not. I thought that as well, but I've been told that the Dominican Cohibas used to look like that until... I don't remember exactly. Something about a trademark battle between the Cuban gov't and the Altaidas (?) people. I think. Anyway, the point is that supposedly they're not necessarily fake

[leojvs]

lovely!!

[tobacmon]

I need one of these--those cohiba's look pretty good!

[Webmeister]

Originally Posted by AragornElessar86

Probably not. I thought that as well, but I've been told that the Dominican Cohibas used to look like that until... I don't remember exactly. Something about a trademark battle between the Cuban gov't and the Altaidas (?) people. I think. Anyway, the point is that supposedly they're not necessarily fake

I bought these from a reputable online source years ago. No reason for me to think they are fake. You'll find this band in the Stogiefresh collection http://www.stogiefresh.com/cigar_ban...Cusano.html#46

Someone pointed me at the counterfeit gallery at http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar..._copage16.html which gave me pause for a moment. Note the comments on that page:

General does not sell their Cohiba or claim ownership in the Dominican Republic, where several other companies make cigars under the Cohiba name. Who owns Cohiba in the Dominican Republic is a matter for the Dominican courts.

and...

"Illegitimate" is probably a more appropriate term than "counterfeit" for the band above

Sounds more like a squabble of who owns Cohiba in the DR than anything else. I believe Cody is correct though. These boxes were sealed with a Dominican tax stamp. The vast majority of what I've seen in researching Cohiba counterfeits are the cubans, not the dominicans. I have seen these for years in all kinds of places.

[mrgatorman]

WOW...great assortment. Really quality sticks. great looking humi.

[Tha Criddler]

Originally Posted by Webmeister

I bought these from a reputable online source years ago. No reason for me to think they are fake. You'll find this band in the Stogiefresh collection http://www.stogiefresh.com/cigar_ban...Cusano.html#46

Someone pointed me at the counterfeit gallery at http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar..._copage16.html which gave me pause for a moment. Note the comments on that page:

General does not sell their Cohiba or claim ownership in the Dominican Republic, where several other companies make cigars under the Cohiba name. Who owns Cohiba in the Dominican Republic is a matter for the Dominican courts.

and...

"Illegitimate" is probably a more appropriate term than "counterfeit" for the band above

Sounds more like a squabble of who owns Cohiba in the DR than anything else. I believe Cody is correct though. These boxes were sealed with a Dominican tax stamp. The vast majority of what I've seen in researching Cohiba counterfeits are the cubans, not the dominicans. I have seen these for years in all kinds of places.

Right on. It's just I've seen tons of fake Cohibas w/ those same bands. Actually the cellos even looked the same. I have even seen them in boxes and bundled. These wacky FL distributors call the shop I work at all the time and try to sell "Yellow band Cohibas" to me a ton. In the past I tried them just to see what they looked like. All that said, in 1997 I bought a cigar w/ a band just like the ones you have there and it was amazing.

[burritosdaily]

Amazing stash there... man you guys know how to make a guy jelous...
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