What do you think of this supposed 40yr old Cuban???

[dpricenator]

I think it should look like this.......I could be wrong....http://pages.ripco.net/~whizstrt/cuban1.htm

A forty year old Monte band would look similar to today's band with the already noted changes. Monte has had that basic brown and white band since the 40s.

just wondering, what time period is the band that Oldglory posted from?

 

[oldglory]

A forty year old Monte band would look similar to today's band with the already noted changes. Monte has had that basic brown and white band since the 40s.

Thanx Ken good to know.(I was just taking a shot in the dark)

 

[Kurtdesign1]

Shane, I'm not labeling it a fake from the photo, I would label it a fake if the band that is pictured was on the cigar, although that question still hasn't been answered. You are correct, one can't really tell much from this picture other than it is a badly damaged cigar. It would help if we had proper dimensions and closer shots of the cigar. The band may very well be legit but it, as you well know, doesn't belong on a cigar that is supposedly 40 years old. If the band was on the cigar and passed off as a 40 year old cigar, something smells.

Ditto - If the bands on the cigar; this is over. Since it's not, we shouldn't assume it is a contributing factor. To address others comments, the statement about the band being questionable (to me) is justified by the reflection of the flash. Even pristine dunhill Monte bands don't have enough gloss to reflect back like the one pictured is.

 

[tubaman]

Ditto - If the bands on the cigar; this is over. Since it's not, we shouldn't assume it is a contributing factor. To address others comments, the statement about the band being questionable (to me) is justified by the reflection of the flash. Even pristine dunhill Monte bands don't have enough gloss to reflect back like the one pictured is.

Not to mention the fleur de lis shape is totally wrong for an aged Monte.

 

[BestCigarIEverHad]

Looks moldy, age can be a negative.

 

[uncelnino]

just wondering, what time period is the band that Oldglory posted from?

According to MRN in "the Bible", the band changed sometime in the 40's, without giving an exact date. He also said the band had remained unchanged although the book was written in '02.

As for the mold... I don't think it is mold as much as water damage as previously stated. The mold to be worried about is blue/green not white anyway.