Return-Path: Received: from web5205.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.86]) by niles.mail.mindspring.net (Mindspring Mail Service) with SMTP id t51e73.l86.37kbi1o for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 12:05:39 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20010101170538.1059.qmail@web5205.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [64.12.101.152] by web5205.mail.yahoo.com; Mon, 01 Jan 2001 09:05:38 PST Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 09:05:38 -0800 (PST) From: MPCgram Subject: MPC Gram 213 To: mpcgram@yahoo.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii ==================================================== MPC Gram ==================================================== Covering the Entire World of Military Numismatics ---------------------------------------------------- Series 002-Number 213 Monday - 1 January 2001 Past is prolog by Bill (Kansas) Krondak Earlier this year my dad passed away. He was a World War II Army vet and had a lot of stories (Normandy landing, wounded in France, 5 month recuperation in England, post-recovery duty as a guard at a PW camp near Paris, etc.). When I was going thru some of the stuff this month, I came across a small package of notes. It included an English pound, a French 10 francs, an Italian Lire, and a Phillipine Rizal Monument note 1 peso (see page 626 in WWII Remembered). I can understand how he got the pound, the franc note, and maybe even the lire (although he did not say he had been to Italy). I really don't know how he got the 1 peso note. Maybe did some collecting and trading with Pacific vets. The point of the story is that if the MPC collectors want to get the stories from the World War II and Korean War vets, you better hurry. They are passing on in great numbers. ==================================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------------- It is certainly no great insight on my part to say that 2000 was an amazing MPC year. It was probably the most significant in MPC collecting history since 1946 although there have been many milestones along the way. That is the good news. The better news is that 2001 is also certain to surprise. I cannot say that it will surpass 2000, but in its own way it will be great--but probably better than that. Of course this is something of a self fullfilling provicy as we hold many of the keys to a successful 2001 in our hands. The more we dig, the more we research, the more we analyze, the more we communicate, the more of these things we share with the community the better the year will be and it will be stupendous--count on it! Finally, without doubt the most important thing to do today is to wish every gramster a joyous new year. If we consider the gram as the ultimate communication media among MPetC collectors, we can say that this is a new year's greeting from 175 readers to 175 readers. That means that this one message has substituted for 175 factorial messages! If I knew how to figure out what that number was, I would tell you. Happy New Year. ==================================================== Mail Call ---------------------------------------------------- Forecasts for 2001 from Bill K(ansas) 1. A great discovery will be made in the field of MPC. 2. The attendance at MPC Fest will be greater than ever. 3. The MPCGram will reach publication number 300 (sometime during the year). "2001 Aspirations & Hopes" from Ed Beaman #1. "Buy Less, Trade More" #2. Shake The Hand, Of Those I Trade With. #3. "Stop Paying Higher Auction Prices". #4. Learn More History, Pedigree, Of Each Note I Acquire. #5. Benefit & Contribute To Collecting Military Notes. #6. Be A Good Indexer...."Still Need Your Ideas" Dear Gramsters, Interesting date on 1 Jan 2k1 01/01/01!!!!! The first in many to come. Computer crash so I lost the link to the Tuy Hoa note. Do you still have? See everyone in March!!! Nick Happy Holly Days!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR **** !! ** Dear Gram, I loved Howardâ€'s column in Sundayâ€'s gram. Joe =================================================== Departments --------------------------------------------------- WWII numismatics seminar at ANA Summer Seminar 2001 --------------------------------------------------- Not only does the scholarship fund have an official identity but also has a bank account! Any further donations should be paid to the order of "Military Numismatists Scholarship" and sent to: Military Numismatists c/o Marcus Turner 8103 East US Highway 36 Suite 163 Avon, IN 46123 THE UPDATED LIST OF SCHOLARSHIP BENEFACTORS 11/22/00 Mike Cummings Ed B. Doug Bell R. A. Medina Harold MPCKid Kroll Bill McNese Marcus Turner Larry Ski Fred PK6 Joel Shafer World Wide Ventures John & Nancy Wilson Neil Shafer ----------------------------------------------------- MPC Fest II ----------------------------------------------------- MPC Fest is the annual feast of MPC. After some difficulties of coordination we have not changed the dates and tentatively scheduled 9-11 March 2001 for MPC Fest II. If these dates cause a problem, please write the gram immediately. ==================================================== Post/Base Exchange (PX/BX/NEX) Dump your dupes! Your classified advertisement for items for sale will be run here for free. Send your ads to the gram. This service is for everyone, most humble dealer or most advanced collector. The point is to make the gram more interesting. Send in a list of items for sale and we will list them here in the gram. In all cases confirm your order via email first. MPC Series 641 $10 with flipper serial number (the number is still a number when held upside down) f-vf, $22. verify at fred@papermoneyworld.com. ============================================== Staff: publisher and editor: Fred Schwan - fred@papermoneyworld.com; assistant editor - Phil Goldstein critic: Harold Kroll - MPCKid@papermoneyworld.com; index manager: Ed Beaman webmaster & technical advisor: Doug Bell - (Wiz): doug@papermoneyworld.com; The Boss: Judy Schwan ===== MPC Gram is published by BNR Press and papermoneyworld.com as a free service to the community of military money collectors. Your suggestions, criticisms, complaints, editorial contributions, letters, and even praise are very welcome. The entire contents including linked illustrations are copyright protected by the publishers. In the case of contributors, the copyright is protected on behalf of the creators. Please send all correspondence regarding the gram to MPCgram@yahoo.com. 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