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Pictures will help, otherwise the number won't tell anything.

 

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Did you read reviews thread on spotting a fake? Start there.

 

You can Google the serial number and if you get several hits that is usually a bad sign as counterfeit pens sometimes do an entire batch with the same serial number.

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... and the best way to avoid buying counterfeits: buy at an authorized Montblanc dealer or a Montblanc boutique. ;)

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Montblanc collector since 1968. Former owner of the Montblanc Boutique Bremen, retired 2007 and sold it.
Collecting Montblanc safeties, eyedroppers, lever fillers, button fillers, compressors - all from 1908 - 1929,
Montblanc ephemera and paraphernalia from 1908 to 1929,
Montblanc Meisterstück from 1924 up to the 50s,
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But being new to all this, I cant justify buying new I may not like them and no one local supplies them. Im not the first and will not be the last just looking for help.

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The MB market has exponentially more knowledgeable buyers than sellers of worthy pens, all actively seeking to add to their collection.

 

If it's a superbargain chances are it's not real.

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Many people want a MB because they believe it is the very best pen. MB does have the best marketing and folks know the brand in the same way that most people have heard of Bose audio products. In reality there are many manufacturers of high quality equipment in both fields and that list includes MB. All of this is a preamble to inquiring if the original poster has looked at the offerings of Pelikan, Pilot, Sailor, etc. There are a lot of good pens out there.

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Ahh got it its a FP

 

It's an FP? That's easy then: a picture of the section including the nib and half of the barrel will help. If it's a 146 piston filler, with an ink window and an internal fixed piston, then it's authentic. If it's a C/C filler, it's a bit more tricky, but we would need to see the nib and feed.

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