Counterfeit $1 Estado de Sonora note Type 4
The circular of 20 October 1914 lists the following indications for $1 notes.
| GENUINE | COUNTERFEIT |
|---|---|
| accent of ‘a’ of ‘Pagará’ is slanted to the left | accent slanted to the right |
| blue of numbering and seal tends towards black (tira a negro) | blue is very light |
| ‘El Gobernador’ followed by a comma | 'El Gobernador’ followed by a full stop |
| typeface of letters and numbers coarser | |
| lines in the shaded area of ‘El Estado de Sonora’ are very thin, separate and the impression is entirely legible | lines are very thick, with some joined to form dark smudges |
| print totally uniform and clear | print very imperfect and smudged |
Though counterfeits Type 1 through to 3 have a full stop rather than a comma after 'El Gobernador' and coarse shading to 'El Estado de Sonora' the other characteristics suggest that this is yet another Type.
