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Tepuzques (oro falso)
THE COUNTERFEITING OF METALLIC COINS
Alchemists and smelters manufactured counterfeit coins through the casting process. Tepuzque coins (counterfeit gold coins) provide an example.

Tlacos
THE COUNTERFEITING OF “TLACOS” AND "CUARTILLAS” (1807). Extensive counterfeiting of these coins took place in San Luis Potosí.

TWO COUNTERFEITERS ARE SHOT (1915)
Carlos Bringas and his son were executed in Puebla at the Escuela de Tiro (Shooting School).

ENRICO SAMPIETRO. One of the most famous counterfeiters, he was dedicated to producing domestic and foreign counterfeit banknotes of extraordinary quality (1930s to 1940s).

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DIGITAL COUNTERFEITERS (1990s to date)
Technological advances have led to an increase in counterfeiting using digital technology.

periodos en la hst de la falsificacion en Mexico

CACAO COUNTERFEITING The contents of the bean were extracted and substituted with soil.
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THE MINT OF MEXICO FOUNDED (1535). Coin manufacture officially begins in Mexico.
 Casa de Moneda de México

COUNTERFEITERS PUNISHED (1653). Matías Pinto was executed and Diego Barcina was deported to the Philippines.

COUNTERFEITING OF “BILIMBIQUES.” Bilimbiques were counterfeited massively, augmenting a currency circulation problem in Mexico.
Bilimbique

THE PRINTING OF "COUNTERFEIT-PROOF" BANKNOTES. These disappeared quickly due to devaluation.
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THE FOUNDING OF THE BANCO DE MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS.
In the 1940s, Doctor Quiroz Cuadrón started this project with the aim of investigating paper money counterfeiting in Mexico.
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