Ray

A jury convicted defendant of possessing counterfeiting apparatus (Pen. Code, § 480 [subsequent undesignated section references are to this code]), possessing materials with intent to make a destructive device (§ 12312), and possessing an explosive device (Health & Saf. Code, § 12305). The jury also found defendant was armed with a firearm in the commission of these offenses. (§ 12022, subd. (a).)

Sentenced to state prison, defendant contends (1) the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction for possessing counterfeiting equipment, (2) the court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant (§ 1538.5), (3) the evidence is insufficient to support his conviction for possessing materials with the intent to make a destructive device, and (4) the information was improperly amended beyond the statute of limitations to charge him with possessing an explosive device. We shall affirm. In the published part of the opinion we hold that the term “bills” used in section 480 includes “Federal Reserve notes.”

Facts

On May 23, 1990, pursuant to a warrant, officers searched defendant’s residence in Shingletown. In a loft they found a…