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Fake NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL Championship Rings Worth $1.4M If Real Seized by US Customs

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The Cincinnati Bengals have never won a Super Bowl and the Cincinnati Reds' last World Series title was 34 years ago, but hundreds of championship rings recently generated headlines in the city of Cincinnati.

Hundreds of fake championship rings, that is.

Victoria Moorwood of the Cincinnati Enquirer reported Tuesday that U.S. Customs and Border officials seized a shipment of 345 championship rings from Hong Kong at the Port of Cincinnati in April.

Experts determined every single ring in the shipment to be fake, although the total retail value would have been $1.