Counterfeit $20 notes

On 15 June 1915 Luis Pruneda, the Inspector at the government printing works, reported that they knew of two types of counterfeit $20 Monclova notes^{CEHM, Fondo XX1, carpeta 43, legajo 4641}. Bogus $20 notes had been mentioned in the Cinco de Mayo affair^{Tucson Daily Citizen, 8 March 1914}.

GENUINE	COUNTERFEIT
	signatures lithoprinted
	smaller sized numerals in corners

Counterfeit $20 notes - Type 1

Some of these were marked 'FALSO' by the authorities.

Monclova 20 D 1316425

Monclova 20 D 1316425 reverse

GENUINE	COUNTERFEIT
	poorer detail in frame

GENUINE

COUNTERFEIT

poorer detail in frame

Counterfeit $20 notes - Type 2

Monclova 20 D 1323574

By early March 1914 counterfeits with the corrected 'VEINTE' had appeared^{Tucson Daily Citizen, 8 March 1914}. A notice from Parral dated 6 November 1914 said that the $20 notes with the correct spelling 'VEINTE' were false^{AMP, Tesorería, Tesorería, Correspondencia, caja 168, exp 3}.

GENUINE	COUNTERFEIT
'VIENTE'	heavy print in frame, and 'VEINTE' corrected

GENUINE

COUNTERFEIT

'VIENTE'

heavy print in frame, and 'VEINTE' corrected

We can also add

The ‘D’ of “Serie D’ is larger and narrower

'20' is wider

On 12 September 1914 the presidente municipal interino of Magdalena reported that he had confiscated fifteen $20 notes from Quirino Miranda in the belief that they were counterfeit. He marked them ‘no sirve’ on the face and reverse^{information and images from Guzman Sanchez-Schmitz}.

Monclova 20 D 1324962

Monclova 20 D 1341201 reverse

Counterfeit $20 notes - Type

Another notice lists the following indications of counterfeit $20 notes:

	The 'o' of 'No.' is larger
	The accent of the 'é' of 'México' is shorter and wider
The ornaments in the frame 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'
The ‘D’ of “Serie D’ is larger and narrower
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	green tones, and impression very imperfect and smudged

Counterfeit $20 notes - Type

In a notice published in Baja California^{ABCS, Gobernación, vol. 642, exp. 150} there is the following characteristic:

GENUINE	COUNTERFEIT
The details (adornitos) of the bottom frame are formed of very fine and visible curved lines	The adornitos are formed by a series of small dots