Counterfeit $1 notes

Counterfeit $1 notes - Type 1

A notice, in November 1914, reported counterfeits of all denominations.

GENUINE	COUNTERFEIT
	Poorer printing
Decoration inside numbers are symmetrical patterns and chains (cadernas)	Decorations are simple lines
	The decoration on the reverse is badly reproduced
On the reverse, above the denomination a small circle surrounded with pointed leaves	smaller leaves

Grover C. Criswell in World Coin News, 20 April 1982, identified a counterfeit done by photo-offset printing. The characteristics he listed were:

GENUINE	COUNTERFEIT
	‘N’ is GOBIERNO and CONSTITUCIONALISTA have a tip at upper left which extends past the vertical beginning line of each N
1/16” space between No and number	No space between No and number
Signatures handstamped: more grey than black	Signatures printed in same shade of black as text of note
Heavy, fairly good quality bank note paper	Very white paper
	Minor difference above and below 1 on reverse

but we can add

floral design at top left and right enclosed by border

floral design at top left and right not enclosed

guilloches at bottom left and right are narrower

guilloches at bottom left and right are wider

the small arc between UN PESO and VALE POR has a dot in the centre

no dot

On the reverse, above the denomination a small circle surrounded with pointed leaves

smaller leaves

Several notes were the subject of an action by the Juez Inst. Militar of Monterrey, Nuevo León.

This is also known with the number separated from the 'No.'

In another notice^{source unclear, but possibly El Estado de Sonora, 22 September 1914} the indication of counterfeit $1 notes were as follows:

GENUINE	COUNTERFEIT
	The ‘o’ of ‘No.’ is larger
	The accent of the ‘é’ of ‘México’ is shorter and wider
The ornaments in the frame (guarda o marco) are very clear	The ornaments are almost black
The numbering is totally uniform and clear	Numbering is imperfect and smudged
The dots of the 'i's in 'que la Tesorería recibirá y pagará de acuerdo con el Decreto del 26 de abril de 1913' are further from the letters	The dots are very near the letters
The second '1' of '1913' is separate from '9'	'1' is joined to '9'
On the back the accent of 'É' of 'MÉXICO' has a little line or shadow under it	No shadow
On the back predominately white tones (tonos blancos)	Dark green tones (tonos verdes obscuros)