Counterfeit $1 dos caritas

There were no counterfeit $1 dos caritas. Notes are known perforated (in batches) and overprinted 'FALSO' but these are genuine.

M920k $1 dos caritas o/p FALSO

These might have been connected with an incident in Cananea.

$1 dos caritas circulated profusely in Cananea but in April 1915 some $1 notes that had been restamped FALSO by the Inspector of paper currency in Nogales began to arrive and caused alarm, though the Prefecto Interino, Francisco Zepeda, decided that the notes were actually genuine. As no expert had yet arrived, on 10 and 11 April Zepeda wired Maytorena for permission to send someone to Chihuahua with the notes to consult the Tesorería del Estado about the matter. On 13 April Maytorena’s Secretario Particular and Jefe del Estado Mayor, Coronel R. de la Vega, replied that because it had been confirmed that there were no false $1 dos caritas and in order to avoid serious harm to poor people, $1 notes would continue not to be subject to revalidation and were of forced circulation. Zepeda relayed this to the public and reiterated Villa’s decree and Maytorena’s decree establishing the death penalty for counterfeiters. All this was worthy of a special edition of the Voz de Cananea which includes copies of the telegrams and decrees^{Extra for La Voz de Cananea, 14 April 1915}.