Counterfeit 25c sábanas

Counterfeit 25c sábanas Type 1

In January 1915 Mexico City police discovered a workshop producing counterfeit sábanas^{La Opinión, 27 January 1915}. The magazine La Ilustración Semanal  had a picture of the counterfeits, including 25c sábanas series N and K (single No., large numbers)^{La Ilustración Semanal, Año II, Núm. 70, 2 February 1915}.

Counterfeit 25c sábanas Type 2

In June 1915 Leandro Mancillas, Pedro Silva, Ceferino Silva and Subteniente J. Felíx Arévalo, were publicly executed in Aguascalientes for counterfeiting Chihuahua paper currency^{two on 10 June (Prensa, 23 June 1915}. In addition to six hundred and ten false 25c notes and some other counterfeits, the authorities recovered two clichés, ink and a “Tesorería General del Estado. Chihuahua” seal.

The notes were poor imitations, particularly the 25c notes which could be recognised by the state of the reverse seal^{AAG, caja 12-B, exp. 17; Vida Nueva, 13 June 1915; 14 June 1915)}.