In December 2017 Ebay seller carplatespro and jbeerd (both the same person) from Moscow in Russia was trying to sell these replica EUPOL (EU police in Afghanisten), Cameroon, Egypt and EULEX (EU rule of law mission in Kosovo) plates. He does not say how many copies he has but he usually has many.
Do you really want in your collection a fake plate that is not only wrong but that many other people also have? Why not just make a drawing of the plate on a piece of cardboard of have a picture printed on card from the www of a real plate and put that in your collection. Much cheaper and better than a fake plate.
As usual with his replicas, these plates all have something wrong with them like wrong bases, no watermarks, incorrect overprinting and wrong fonts.
The big problem is going to come later when some of these plates get into the market. From a photo during a sale or trade it could be difficult to tell if the plate or plates are genuine or not.
This just makes everything difficult for everyone. Reproductions are very bad for the hobby and if you care about the future of the hobby, it is better you do not buy reproductions, especially poor quality ones like this seller makes.
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