Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web5203.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.97]) by strange.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id tfu92u.md1.37kbi0u for ; Sun, 13 May 2001 20:18:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20010514001836.29705.qmail@web5203.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [205.188.199.166] by web5203.mail.yahoo.com; Sun, 13 May 2001 17:18:36 PDT Date: Sun, 13 May 2001 17:18:36 -0700 (PDT) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 337 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 337 Sunday, May 13, 2001 MPC FEST II Series 011 MPC 3rd in a series To date, David Seelye As you may recall, I am very interested in MFC Series 011 notes (and the Series 521 notes too for that matter). I have an excel file with 288 entries. This file contains, by serial number except the $1.00 specimen issues, from 25 cent to $20.00, including the VOID $10.00. Also included are the counterfeit notes,( I still need the $5.00). There are differences in; the UV underprint, serial number, position number, location of position number, serial number skips, lack of UV underprint. I wrote emails to the FEST II participants. I asked that they send me their notes for inclusion in the survey, post paid by me both ways. Most have sent me their notes. Even Fred found the time to send me his envelope. Those of you who haven't sent me theirs yet, take the 5-10 minutes to get them in the mail to me. In the GRAM, readers who could not attend have a chance to obtain a set at face value. ( I still accept at par on any items in my fixed price lists, Bank Note Reporter ads, or web site lists. Premium paid for replacement notes.) That means there are a number of readers that have MPC FEST II series 011 notes that haven't sent their notes to be included in the survey. If you will send them to me for study, they will be handled with care and returned in 24 hours. I will pay postage both ways! I can say that there has been found a counterfeit $20.00, to go with the known $5.00 and $10.00. The $10.00 note has a companion genuine note with the same serial number. There is a $5.00 with an inverted $10.00 back! On the $1.00 the serial number changes from 8 digits to 9 digits, then back to 8 digits. The position number changes from 1 to 2 than back to 1 again. The UV underprint also changes. On the $2.00 the serial number changes from 8 digits to 9 digits, then back to 8 digits without the suffix letter F. The position number changes from 2 to 3 than back to 2 again. The UV underprint also changes. On the $5.00 the serial number changes from 8 digits to 9 digits. The position number changes from 4 to 5, along with the placement. The UV underprint also changes. The replacement notes have differences in the UV underprint. On the $10.00 the serial number changes from 8 digits to 9 digits, then back to 8 digits. The position number changes from 3 to 4. The UV underprint also changes. The replacement notes have differences in the UV underprint. On the $20.00 the serial number changes from 8 digits to 9 digits, back to 8 digits then 9 again. The position number changes from 5 to 6. The UV underprint also changes. The replacement notes have differences in the UV underprint. While it is unrealistic to expect that the entire series will be down on paper by serial for analysis, this is the first time that a concerted effort is being made to document an issue, at the time it was still "current". So far I have tabulated about 50% of the series. This obviously includes only the issued notes. The stocks that the "MPC FEST II issuing authority" still has are note included. At the Memphis Paper Money Show in June, I will have the tabulation at the show with all the updates. If you attend the show you can look. at it. Webmaster Doug said he can have it posted on the papermoneyworld.com site. If you have any FEST II series 011 notes that I haven't documented, please let me know. They will be handled with care and returned in 24 hours. Your comments and notes are welcome. David E. Seelye =============================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------------- Happy Mother’s Day! We do not have many MPC collectors who are mothers, but we also do not have many MPC collectors who did not have mothers (those extraterrestial collectors are rare indeed) and many others live with mothers, so even active collectors had to take at least part of the day off today! We hope that they will make up for this break time by sending in more articles, letters, questions etc. to the Gram next week! =========================================== Mail Call ---------------------------------------------------- Dear MPC Gramsters, I just wanted to say that MPC Grams 335 & 336 were the best yet for me. I am a longtime military history buff as well as a new war related \ military currency collector. There is nothing better than a first hand account of history. Thank you so much Howard A. Daniel III and Trung T. Nguyen for your articles in the gram and I am eagerly awaiting more from articles from the two of you. Your recollections are very much appreciated by me and are what makes collecting MPC's interesting. Sincerely, Gavin Quinn Dear Gram, As I wandered over to Bell Hall at Fort Leavenworth to review some new Command and Control hardware, I noticed one of the display cases had a display promoting Military Law. The case had a number of interesting Military Law items (old gavels, batons, etc.) The piece that caught my eye was a Series 681 5 cent MPC serial number C07090953C autographed by William L. Calley. LT Calley had been sentenced to 20 years in Fort Leavenworth Disciplinary Barracks for his involvement in the My Lai massacre but was freed by the Secretary of the Army after serving only a short portion of that sentence. I called the person responsible for the display to inquire regarding the owner of the MPC. He said it was his. He had purchased it from a "collector" or "dealer" who was a Vietnam vet from Georgia and who had obtained Calley's signature on several MPC. I wonder if the collector or dealer is on your MPC mailing list. If he is, he may want to tell us the "rest of the story." P.S. The owner knows Fred Schwan but said he obtained this piece after Fred left the Leavenworth area. Bill K(ansas) =================================================== Departments --------------------------------------------------- WWII numismatics seminar at ANA Summer Seminar 2001 The American Numismatic Association offers classes each summer at its headquarters in Colorado Springs, Co. Collectively they are called the summer seminar. For the first time the ANA decided to offer a course in military numismatics. Officially it is called military numismatics since 1930. We have been calling it the World War II Summer Seminar here in the Gram. The ANA asked Joe Boling and me (Schwan) to teach (I prefer to think of it as lead or guide) the seminar. Shortly after the seminar was announced, Gramsters decided to accept the task of creating scholarships to send people to this first ever seminar. Marcus Turner took charge of the fund raising and other activities associated with the task. Scholarships pay for registration, room, board, and transportation up to $1000 (for domestic travel almost always sufficient). Applicants must be ANA members or willing to join the association. (A worthy thing to do in its own right and hardly a hardship against a thousand dollar scholarship!) The WWII Seminar will be Saturday June 30 through Friday July 6. Unofficially we are discussing having a mini Fest in Colorado Springs on July 7. You can find more information by consulting the ANA web site http://www.money.org/sumsem2001.html. If you have an interest in MPC, WWII numismatics and that sort of thing you will probably be interested in the program. Heck, if you read the Gram you should be interested! It is for numismatists of all levels. It is likely that everyone will bring some strengths and weaknesses into the seminar. We will try to key on those to make it good for everyone. Joe and I are working toward making it an interesting, fun, and perhaps even educational week! All 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 3/22/01. 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. Many donations were received at CPMX and MPCFest. Mr. Anonymous Donor, Mike Cummings, Sue and Keith Bauman, Ed B., Doug Bell, Tom Denly, Continental Coin Invensor, Inc., Denly's, R. A. Medina, Harold “MPCKid” Kroll, Leo "Paymaster" May, Mrs. R.C. Matherne, Bill McNease, Mel and Jeremy Steinberg, Marcus Turner, Larry Ski, Guido, Fred, PK6, Joel Shafer, World Wide Ventures, Pam West, John and Nancy Wilson, Neil Shafer, W. E. Yanchick, Mark Watson, Al Glaser, Phil Goldstein, Rod Hardy, Wesley Hardy, Gary Hicks, Jack Lippincott, Ian Marshall, Kevin Maloy, David Seelye, Nick Schrier, Elmer Smith, Dan Swartz, Tom Warburton, Dick Freyser, Tim Kyzivat ==================================================== 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. FOR SALE Offers by readers for military money for sale are accepted at no charge for publication in the Gram. 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 or sale in the above section. This is a trial, if you like it, send your list. =================================================== Staff: publisher and editor: Fred Schwan - fred@papermoneyworld.com; assistant editor - Phil Goldstein IWANTMYMPC@aol.com Tueseday columnist Joe Boling – JoeBoling@aol.com Thurski cloumnist Larry “Ski” Smulczenski – ski@papermoneyworld.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. 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. 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