Counterfeit $20 sábanas Types 2 - 6
Counterfeit $20 sábanas Type 2
The December 1914 notice mentions three counterfeit issues, though with little information to identify them. In the first
| GENUINE | COUNTERFEIT |
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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 |
| comma after 'Gobernador Provisional del Estado' | no comma |
Counterfeit $20 sábanas Type 3
Whilst in the third
| GENUINE | COUNTERFEIT |
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| ink is an intenser green (verde más subido) |
The notice from Parral adds:
| GENUINE | COUNTERFEIT |
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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 (this will mean that the seal was metal) |
Counterfeit $20 sábanas Type 3a
This counterfeit has a deeper colour and larger typefaces but does not have the other characteristics of Type 3.
| GENUINE | COUNTERFEIT |
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| ink is an intenser green | |
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no period after 'Estado' |
Counterfeit $20 sábanas Type 4
The notice issued in Querétaro on 17 December 1914 lists:
| GENUINE | COUNTERFEIT |
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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
Jesús Ramos, the Tesorero General of Sonora, issued a notice in January 1915 which listed:
| GENUINE | COUNTERFEIT |
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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.
These notes are known with the misprint 'VIENTE' for 'VEINTE'.
Counterfeit $20 sábanas Type 6
The notice from Parral has this characteristic as a separate item, as though this type of counterfeit had recently been discovered.
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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.
This sheet of three notes, overprinted on the reverse ‘REVALIDADO POR DECRETO DE 17 DE DICIEMBRE DE 1914’, has 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’ (Souvenir of the factory for counterfeit cartones and notes discovered by the Special Police of the Military Command, under the command of Major E. M. Manuel Palomar, Mexico, November 1915. The Chief of Staff, M. Palomar) and no doubt came from the operation run by Salustio Bárcenas and others.
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