This is the story of Pinar cigars:

We are now proud to carry the Pinar pre-embargo Cuban tobacco cigars from Puros de Armando Ramos. If you have always wanted to try a Cuban cigar now's your chance - legally! The story of this Cuban tobacco is quite interesting. When Puros de Armando Ramos acquired this pre-embargo Cuban tobacco in 1999 it was the buy of a lifetime. More than 46000 pounds of well-preserved Cuban tobacco from 1956,1958, and 1960 was bought from the estate of Murray "Big G" Grossman a cigar maker in Tampa in the 1940s, 50s and 60s. After the embargo was declared on Cuban goods by President Kennedy in 1962, all shipments of Cuban tobacco were stopped. Mr. Grossman filed for bankruptcy in the mid 60s and his inventories of tobacco were liquidated by the court but before this was complete Mr. Grossman died. During the intervening years and court actions judges ordered that the tobacco be kept in salable condition with frequent inspections.

I know of a few shops that sell these, some very good shops at that. The legitimacy of the story is questionable though. And Agawawe, the guide to fakes would not apply in this case since the tobacco is supposedly pre-embargo Cuban tobacco, so it is not illegal and so rolled somewhere, who knows where, and can be brought in and out of the United States without a problem. It is thus not a product of Cuba, and all that applies to finding counterfeit cubans would not matter. The question then becomes one of legitimacy on behalf of the company that produces these cigars. Oh, and the price of 17 per cigar is a rip. My shops had them at around 8-11 dollars a pop for singles.

I believe Bigpoppapuff might have an answer for us about Pinars, so we will await his word...