Counterfeit $20 sábanas Type 1

The characteristics listed in the notice of 21 March 1914 are as follows:

The notice of 24 March 1914 lists:

On 26 March 1914 Pedro Maese, the collector of customs at Ciudad Juárez and the expert who determined which money was counterfeit and which genuine, testified before a United States commissioner's court in El Paso, in the case of J. G. Sperro, charged with having in his possession forged and counterfeit money of a foreign country^{El Paso Herald, 26 March 1914}. Maese outlined the following differences:

In March 1914 the El Paso Herald^{El Paso Herald, 27 March 1914} reported that local businessmen were doing a bit of expert money examination on their own initiative. Having obtained one of the notes that has been restamped in Ciudad Juárez, they compared all money that was offered them and if it compared well they accepted it in payment for goods and in exchange for American money at the prevailing rate. There were many ways to distinguish between bad and good rebel money. By placing two of the notes side by side, the difference could be readily seen but the only difficulty was is in telling which was genuine and which was bogus. The newspaper said that the $20 sábanas had been most widely counterfeited and the differences it listed were:

GENUINE	COUNTERFEIT
	printing in background is much paler green
	serial number in the upper right hand corner several shades lighter
	letters used for printing bolder
	impression much heavier
'CHIH.' in printers' imprint	'CHTH.'
green 'viente' easy to read	'viente' does not appear plainly
rubber stamp	stamped with steel die

The notice of December 1914 also mentions:

GENUINE	COUNTERFEIT
comma after ‘Gobernador Provisional del Estado’	no comma

These notes, which include the three examples from the Supreme Court in Chihuahua, also have

GENUINE	COUNTERFEIT
comma after ‘VALIDO’	no comma
	dot just below the curve of the P of ‘PESOS’

A report on A 11093 was "(1) the line "VEINTE PESOS" on the face is 3 mm shorter than on other notes. (2) Its black border lines, both outer and inner, are thicker and more prominent. (3) Its bold black signatures appear to have been printed as a part of the note plate, instead of having been added later. (5) Its face under-print which should be light green is virtually invisible, as well its large letters reading VEINTE $20 PESOS and the rest of the background design. (6) Its serial numbers are in bright red with some orange mixed in, as opposed to the brownish red on other notes. (7) It is printed on a whiter, slightly heavier paper than other notes".

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