Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web5202.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.170]) by farley.mail.mindspring.net (Mindspring Mail Service) with SMTP id t7usit.7j84.37kbi1c for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2001 22:41:17 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20010206034116.13940.qmail@web5202.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [64.12.102.184] by web5202.mail.yahoo.com; Mon, 05 Feb 2001 19:41:16 PST Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 19:41:16 -0800 (PST) From: MPCgram Subject: MPC Gram 245 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 245 Monday 5 February 2001 Military Money Seminar Scholarship by Marcus Turner I would first like to announce that the Series 701 set that was anonymously donated to the scholarship fund is now posted for sale on eBay. This auction will end on Feb-09-01 at 19:20:24 PST. The auction can be found though the following link: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1212214874 The scholarship fund has also received a donation from Mrs. R.C. Matherne of Beaumont, Texas. The correspondence I received states that she read an article in “Coin World” Magazine about the scholarship. “Coin World” was not one of the publications that I submitted a press release to, but I am delighted to discover the news made its way into the magazine. Thank you to Mrs. Matherne and “Coin World” magazine. I wonder if Marv Mericle has anything to do with the story appearing in “Coin World”? Has Harold Kroll had pointed out; we are currently in a position where we need to be making some decisions about eligibility requirements and the selection process for the scholarship. Here is my proposal: Requirements: Candidates must be a novice military collector or a collector interested in starting a military collection. Candidates must be an ANA member or must be willing to join the ANA at their own expense should they be selected to receive a scholarship. Suggestions: Any YN’s that should have an interest will be eligible, but will be encouraged and assisted to find alternative scholarship opportunity through other clubs or organization. I have chosen to carefully use the term collector above. Our intent is to grow the community, not inundate the market with new “dealers.” I have also received a suggestion to make one of the awarded scholarships a mandatory award to a female to promote the further widening of the demographic of military money aficionados. While I personally do not support a mandate, I do encourage any female interested in attending the course meeting the above criteria to make their interest known as early as possible. As for the selection process, I am proposing that we ask candidates to explain who they are, and why they are interested in military numismatics. These questions might be addressed in writing or verbally. A committee of three who will make the final decision will review the responses. I am also proposing that scholarships be awarded as the funding becomes available. Yes, I am suggesting that we award scholarships right away. The sooner we can register attendees, the less likely it will be that the ANA will cancel the course. This method will also allow us fully utilize our money, in that we can plan for transportation expenses for specific individuals. I agree that it would better to select a given number of individuals from a large pool of candidates however the earlier we can register individuals, the more likely it is that the class will run as scheduled. These are just my suggestions. Your input is needed! It is not my intent to decide how your money is invested in the hobby so let me know what you think. Concurrence or criticism is needed and encouraged. If you do not want your comments published in the gram please e-mail me at marcus@papermoneyworld.com. Hobby Looses Leader by Fred Schwan According to a news item in the February 6 Numismatic News (that coin publication with the leisurely weekly schedule), Frank J. Katen died on January 21. That was his 98th birthday. Katen was a legendary dealer and gentleman. His credits as listed in NN include opening a "coin" shop in 1945. He had been dealing for at least seven years before that. Imagine the wonderful World War II and military money that must have been available and no doubt passed through the shop virtually unnoticed in those early days. Later he was a leader in organization dealer organizations and later still was a prominent dealer in numismatic literature. I believe that the literature was his passion as he also had a significant numismatic library. Frank certainly was not a military money specialist, far from it, but he did know a little about MPC. Indeed, his name will remain in MPC history because it is associated with one of the Series 461 specimen books that now resides in another private collection. If Frank related whence it came and other details of the history of the booklet when he sold it, they have unfortunately been lost. The booklet, nonetheless will retain his name on the pedigree as long as there are collectors. ==================================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------------- The pending sale of the donated MPC Series 701 set for the benefit of the ANA WWII numismatics seminar scholarship fund is exciting. At "press" time the high bid is over $1500. The auction closes on the 9th. We will post the daily bid here each day through closing. If you do not have a 701 set (or even if you do), you can aid the scholarship fund and add some wonderful notes to your collection by bidding! Thanks again to the donor and Marcus Turner for his work in promoting the scholarship fund. =================================================== Mail Call --------------------------------------------------- Hi Fred, You asked about Berlin barter units- I do have one, a 1 unit. It was in the collection I described some time back that I first appraised, then was offered to me and bought. Neil PS- I never saw anything about its relative value to goods. Would be interesting to find that out more specifically. Dear Gram, I missed the initial discussion of the Scholarship Fund. Could you please repeat what it is for? Warner Dear Warner, Every July the American Numismatic Association conducts what it calls the summer seminar. Basically, the seminar is a group of one-week courses on various aspects of numismatics. For the first time, one of the topics covered in the seminar is WWII numismatics. Imagine, a full week of looking, studying, feeling, and talking about WWII material. Mostly that means things in World War II Remembered. The instructors are Schwan and Boling. When this seminar was announced, gramsters decided to fund scholarships to pay for deserving individuals to attend at no cost or very low cost. Marcus Turner is the leader of the scholarship drive. We would love to see you participate in the summer seminar and/or the scholarship drive. Editor =================================================== 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 1/21/01. These folks have generously provided money or material to finance scholarships to the ANA WWII Numismatics seminar. Your contributions will help promote collecting WWII material and be greatly appreciated. [Updated donor list will be published on Tuesday]. Mr. Anonymous Donor Mike Cummings Ed B. Doug Bell Sam Feeback R. A. Medina Harold MPCKid Kroll Leo "Paymaster" May Bill McNease 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. Confirmed participants in MPC Fest II Doug Bell Bill McNease Al Glaser Phil Goldstein Harold Kroll Ian Marshall Larry Smulczenski Leo May Kevin Maloy Marv Mericle Bruce Potter David Seelye Nick Shrier Fred Schwan Dan Swartz Warner Talso (and Jane) Marcus Turner (We are well past last year's participation level. Can we double it, triple it, more?) If you have made a reservation and your name does not appear above, please contact the gram immediately (MPCgram@yahoo.com). PayPal and PayDirect are available, the associated email address is fred@papermoneyworld.com. Tentative schedule as of 15 January 2001 Friday March 8 1500-1900 Arrivals at Comfort Inn 1900-2030 no host dinner at Cisco and Charlies 2030-2300 bull session at Comfort Inn 2400 lights out Saturday breakfast at Comfort Inn 0730-0845 breakfast at Service Club 0900-1000 equipment issue (supply sergeant) 1000-1100 pay operations (pay master) 1100-1230 show and tell, session I 1230-1330 pizza party at Service Club (mess sergeant) 1330-1800 swap session (dealer surcharge, TBD) 1800-1930 spaghetti dinner at Service Club (mess sergeant) 1930-2030 secret operations 2000-2345 commemorative poker game at Comfort Inn 2200 MPC chat (simultaneous with poker game) 2400 lights out Sunday 0830-0900 breakfast at Service Club 0900-1000 research updates 1000-1230 show and tell 1230-1330 lunch at Service Club 1300-1500 field trip to WWII POW camp 1530 closing ceremonies Monday (optional, weather permitting) 0600-0630 breakfast at Service Club 0700-1400 Walleye fishing trip Remarks: registration is $139 per person (for reservations after February 15 $164, after March 1, $189). This includes two nights lodging (double occupancy, room assignments by first sergeant the only possible exception is married couples), Meals as indicated (Friday evening not included), equipment and amenities. The value of souvenirs and goodies distributed will likely exceed the cost of the entire Fest. Reservations accepted now at MPCGram@yahoo.com, deposits ($50 minimum) accepted at MPC Fest, 132 East Second Street, Port Clinton, Ohio 43452. Confirmed reservations will be listed daily in the gram—make your reservations now! Additional information; the Comfort Inn is located at 1723 East Perry Street, Port Clinton, Oh 43452, you may use one of the online map services to get exact driving directions. DO NOT make your own reservations or inquiries. The best airports in order of distance are Toledo (45 mins), Cleveland (90 mins), Detroit (100 mins). We will try to coordinate ground transportation, but there are no guarantees here. Questions: send your questions to MPCgram@yahoo.com. In most cases the questions will be answered in the letters section of the gram. After all, if you have the question, someone else probably does too. ==================================================== 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 692 $1 replacement, unc $900. Ian Marshall, please e-mail for confirmation. iam@total.net. MPC series 481/3 $10 VF $75.00 confirm at coinman@rochester.rr.com. MPC Series 681 $1 gem CU $18. Confirm fred@papermoneyworld.com. WANTED Collectors may submit lists of items wanted for their collections for listing here. Dealers and collectors who have these items are then encouraged to list them for sale in the above section. This is a trial, if you like it, send your list. MPC Series 661 $10 fine or better all WWII items pertaining to Camp Perry, Ohio WWII English war bonds (and savings stamps, was savings certificates and the like) =================================================== Staff: publisher and editor: Fred Schwan - fred@papermoneyworld.com; assistant editor - Phil Goldstein IWANTMYMPC@aol.com 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. 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