Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web5205.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.86]) by tyner.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id tgab7t.b7h.37kbi5q for ; Fri, 18 May 2001 10:09:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20010518140902.17058.qmail@web5205.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [64.12.104.37] by web5205.mail.yahoo.com; Fri, 18 May 2001 07:09:02 PDT Date: Fri, 18 May 2001 07:09:02 -0700 (PDT) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 342 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 342 Friday, May 18, 2001 Report from a Shy Collector by William E. Yanchick Phew! It has been an eventful two weeks for me. It started last week with a phone call from Marcus notifying me that I was a recipient of the scholarship. There are no words to describe how excited I was after hearing that news. The very next day I gave a presentation on MPC to a local coin club, answering the questions: who, what, where, when and why...with the main focus being on WHY we needed MPC. Of course I never pass up the opportunity to exhibit MPC when the venue presents itself, so I had a little MPC display as well. Table space was limited, but in just two display cases I was able to have a nice representation of all 15 series, showing the face and back of a fractional note AND the highest denomination note from each of the issued series. Of course I had the 691 & 701 on display, and there was even room left over for a few replacement notes, "VOID" notes and "movie" MPC. A day after that I left to go to the PAN (Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists) show near Pittsburg. I didn't add any MPC to my collection from that show, but I was able to find a few pieces of AMC I needed. More importantly I spoke with the person in charge of exhibits and secured 8 display cases for an MPC exhibit this October! I am close to completing my set, so there should be a complete set of MPC on exhibit along with some other goodies! I also met with the president of PAN as well as the editor for the CLARION, PAN's quarterly magazine. I will be writing an article on MPC for the next issue! Less than a week after PAN I was off to New Jersey for the GSNA show. I was able to upgrade some MPC in my collection and add a few more pieces of AMC and emergency issues. Unfortunately there is no room for exhibits at this show, but it is a nice show to attend. As a numismatist, all coin shows are exciting to me. I have to say that the highlight of both of these shows for me was meeting some of the Gramsters, such as Len Harsel, Dave Amey and Stuart Jones (I'm not sure if Stuart is a Gramster, but he should be). These individuals are more interested in sharing knowledge and making a friend than in making a buck; an attitude that is certainly commonplace amongst Festers. What a nice hobby we have because of people like these. I want to express my sincere gratitude to all of those who have contributed to the scholarship fund. No words can fully describe my heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all of you. Attending this seminar was a dream of mine since the day I first learned of it. Your donations have helped make that dream a reality for me, and I am deeply grateful. Thankyou. =============================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------------- For those of you who will be attending the ANA military money seminar—and those who will not—Joe and I will be very pleased to have your comments on things that you would like to do or learn about. We have some ideas that are enough to make it a great week. Some of these are pretty radical (hope that we get asked back next year), but I am sure that you have some ideas that will help make it a better seminar. Even if we cannot or do not use your ideas for the seminar, they (the ideas) are certain to be interesting and will be useful in some other way! We look forward to hearing from you! =========================================== Mail Call ---------------------------------------------------- << but I will withhold comment in the hope that some others will step forward without having been poisoned by my opinions! >> Dear Gram, Yep, your opinions are poisonous. [re yesterday’s editorial]. There is a copy of Van Elmpt's BAFSV book in the current Kolbe auction, with an estimate of $15. Seems cheap to me. [lot 819] I thought you would run my comments about why there was no Boling column this week; I wrote them with the reading audience in mind, but I guess you read them as directed at you. I shipped the first half of the Gillio lots yesterday--133 lots of Japan. 184 lots of non-Japan remain to be photographed. The digital camera is stupendous. I MAY also be able to compile images into a slide show that can be shown on a TV attached to my computer via video-out cord--for the seminar. I discovered two rolls of Kodachrome in my camera bag, along with two pre-paid processing mailers. I exposed the film and mailed the rolls today (both the Kodak labs in Calif have closed--I had to send it to Maryland). The film is at least ten years out of date, and both rolls stopped advancing at frame 26 (even though they are 36-frame rolls). Apparently the film adhered to itself in the cassette after all these years. I will be very interested to see what kind of slides come back, especially because I was shooting daylight film w/tungsten lights using the appropriate filters. If it's off, of course I'll have to attribute that to the age of the film. [or the age of the photographer-Ed!] I could not use my macro lens because I don't have filters for tungsten light for it (different filter size than for the standard lens that came with the camera). I realized as I was using it that the camera is 33 years old (bought in Pleiku). It has had 190 rolls shot through it, and never a day in the shop. [Canon] Joe Dear Gramsters, The MPC FEST II series 011 $1.00 serial number 1 note will rest comfortably next to the serial number 1 * note. new owner (smiling) =================================================== 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 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, Marv Mericle, 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 Your items for sale will be listed in the Gram for FREE. Send your listings now. MPC Series 681 $5 a wonderful, true AU, no folds just mishandling. This is a $5 position 5 note. (SN 00437142). One only available at $45. Contact fred@papermoneyworld.com (please include the shipping address in the first email). 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