Counterfeit $20 sábanas Types 2 - 6
Counterfeit $20 sábanas Type 2
The December 1914 notice mentions three counterfeit issues. In the first
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| the two strokes of the $ on the reverse are thinner and without points | strokes are thick and end in thicker points |
Counterfeit $20 sábanas Type 3
Whilst in the third
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| ink is an intenser green (verde más subido) |
The notice from Parral adds:
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| ink is an intenser green (verde más subido) | |
| '1' of '10 de Diciembre' lacks serifs | |
| Larger and more irregular typefaces | |
| In the seal the inner and outer circles are perfect, the letters too big and the eagle a little smaller |
Counterfeit $20 sábanas Type 3a
This counterfeit has a deeper colour and larger typefaces but does not have the other characteristics of Type 3.
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| ink is an intenser green | |
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no period after 'Estado' |
Counterfeit $20 sábanas Type 4
The other document of December 1914 lists:
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| the paper is thicker | |
 Tesorería seal is rubber |
 seal is metal |
| colour is light brown (café claro) | colour is dark brown (café obscuro) |
| - between ‘veinte’ and ‘pesos’ | no - between ‘veinte’ and ‘pesos’ |
Counterfeit $20 sábanas Type 5
The document of January 1915 lists:
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| the whole impression is coarser | |
| black double edging is composed of sections and one can see joins in the corners and along the sides | black double edging is continuous |
| flourishes (bolitas) on the left and right of the ‘S’ of ‘Serie’ | no flourishes on the ‘S’ |
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letters ‘O’ of ‘VALIDO AL PORTADOR POR’ are incomplete with a twist towards the centre |
letters are closed and completely round |
| the horizontal lines in the centre of the green letters ‘VEINTE PESOS’ are well defined and separate | the horizontal lines appear as a smudge |
These notes have a frame width of 156mm whilst genuine notes have a frame width of 158mm.
Counterfeit $20 sábanas Type 6
The notice from Parral lists:
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In Chao’s signature the stroke of the ‘o’ is just the continuation of the earlier stroke |
The stroke of the 'o' begins in the centre of the preceding ‘a’ |
Counterfeit $20 notes were still being produced in November 1915 as we know of a sheet of three notes, overprinted on the reverse ‘REVALIDADO POR DECRETO DE 17 DE DICIEMBRE DE 1914’, with the annotation ‘Recuerdo de la Fábrica de cartones y billetes falsos descubierta por la Policía Especial de la Comandancia Militar, al mando del Mayor de E. M. Manuel Palomar, México, Noviembre de 1915. El Jefe Mayor de E. M.: M. Palomar’Offered for sale in the Nicanor Vega auction, México, July 1979.