Other counterfeits from Parral

During the rest of 1914 various people were arrested in Parral for possessing or attempting to circulate counterfeit sábanas, mainly ten pesos. The cases recorded in the local archives^{AMP, Judicial. The references are Luis Fuon no ref; Juan Martín Santillana caja 4, exp 76, rollo 307, toma 499; Antonio Amparan caja 3, exp 30, rollo 306, toma 634; David Reyes caja 4, exp 77, rollo 307, toma 516; Aida Zaravia caja 3, exp 34, rollo 306, toma 666; Nicolás Renteria caja 3, exp 37, rollo 307, toma 8; Enrique Woo caja 3, exp 40, rollo 307, toma 28; Antonio Ontiveros caja 3, exp 43, rollo 307, toma 73; Guadalupe Chavez caja 3, exp 45, rollo 307, toma 90; Ramón Terrazas caja 3, exp 47, rollo 307, toma 101; Angel Flores caja 4, exp 49, rollo 307, toma 116; Jésus Saenz caja 4, exp 51, rollo 307, toma 135; Trinidad Felix caja 3, exp 56, rollo 307, toma 213; and Pedro Zubiate caja 3, exp 66, rollo 307, toma 335} are:

In the investigations most witnesses claimed ignorance and were released after they demonstrated how they came by the notes: Santillana and Reyes were released into the custody of the local Jefe de Armas, presumably as either willing or reluctant recruits.

Counterfeits were obviously widespread. When Reyes was told in the Dulceria de Atenas that his notes were counterfeit, he still gave some to his sister who spent them on a case of Carta Blanca beer. Reyes claimed that he did not believe that the notes were counterfeit, because the proprietor of the dulceria had pointed out the gaps in the corners and the abbreviation 'No.' but he supposed that these notes were legitimate and still accepted them in his own shop.

Most of these notes were the same type of counterfeit, and the distinguishing features were

GENUINE	COUNTERFEIT
SERIE A in smaller type	SERIE A notably larger
Numbers stamped in red ink	Number stamped in pink (solferino carmesí)
Black 'Núm.' at right	Red 'Nº.'
	'Gral Francisco Villa' in smaller type
'F' of 'Francisco' has a simple crossbar	'F' has a downstroke
'V' of 'Villa' is a Roman letter	'V' is manuscript letter
Point at centre of the five rays on either side of DIEZ PESOS	Square
Corners lightly separated	Corners more widely separated (bastante desprendidas)
Tesorería General seal at least 40mm in diameter Eagle is quite detached (bastante desprendida) Small space between “ESTADO LIBRE Y SOBERANO DE CHIHUAHUA” and “TESORERIA GENERAL” in seal on reverse	Seal is 39½mm in diameter Eagle is very (arrimada en la poste de arriba) Much greater gap between “ESTADO LIBRE Y SOBERANO DE CHIHUAHUA” and “TESORERIA GENERAL”

These are counterfeit Type 2.

Three of Reyes’ notes were a different type of counterfeit. These were numbers 16551, 8115, and 11845

There were a couple of instances of false $20 sábanas. On 22 May Miguel Tinoco tried to pay his taxes in the Recaudacion de Rentas with a Series A, 2111. He did not know where he obtained it but probably from the Ketelsen and Degetau store in Chihuahua^{AMP, caja 3, exp 33, rollo 306, toma 655}.

On 28 August Manuel Reyes handed in $20 A 8978^{AMP, caja 3, exp 54, rollo 307, toma 196}