Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web5202.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.170]) by hazard.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id thlt85.5kp.37kb01i for ; Sun, 3 Jun 2001 22:40:04 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20010604024003.23091.qmail@web5202.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [172.134.223.120] by web5202.mail.yahoo.com; Sun, 03 Jun 2001 19:40:03 PDT Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2001 19:40:03 -0700 (PDT) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 354 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 354 Sunday, June 3, 2001 Amey Takes Lead in Scholarship Donations David Amey is the new leader in donations to the scholarship fund. He is the leader in that his name goes first in the alphabetical list of donors! More importantly, his donation points out the importance of continued donations. It is likely that the seminar will be held in 2002 and beyond so donations will always be accepted and important. See information below on making donations. Book Review of ; "The Standard Reference Guide to Indian Paper Money" by Kishore Jhunjhunwalla, Self-published, Mumbai, India, 457 pages, 2000. By Howard A. Daniel III As most of you know, I specialize in Southeast Asian financial instruments period, so I sort of ignore most references from other parts of the world. But at the last ANA Convention in Philadelphia, I had some time in front of the table shared by Ian Marshall and Fred Schwan and I picked up a copy of this book to look at it. In the early notes, I started to see Rangoon as a place of issue and got very interested because this was the capital of Burma and in my area of Southeast Asia. I went back to the first pages and started going through them one at a time. The first thing I noticed was the excellent quality of the pages and hardbound binding, and the color photographs of the notes. Excellent job! There was also lots of little details about each piece that is rarely found in any paper money reference. Excellent information! The first "Rangoon" was found on page 63 and going up to page 116. I have not checked these pages against the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money but I am sure there must be some in this reference that are not in Pick. Within a few more pages starts the issues of King George V and notes issued during the early years of World War II. The "Rangoon" notes appears on pages 139, 140 and 141, and this chapter contains many very nice unissued designs. Now we start to really get into World War II with King George VI at page 155. The first note for me was "Some of these notes were overprinted for use in Burma?" on page 158 and several more are in this chapter. Good stuff! There are also many dates within World War II too. Then the jackpot starts on page 173 with the chapter title of "Indian Notes used in Burma & Pakistan"! There are many notes for Burma right up to page 190! Then there are a few pages for Pakistan, and a large number of pages for the notes issued after independence follow them. The "Cash Coupons of Princely States" starts on page 331 and this first page mentions World War II causing "a serious crunch in metallic supplies during the war?" and "many Princely States in India?..issued coupons to replace coins??" Page 337 starts "Prisoner-of-War Coupons" and World War II pieces go to page 385, and then there is one page for the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. There is a chapter for Portuguese-issued notes but there is nothing connected to Southeast Asia or World War II that I could see. There is also a chapter for the French colonial notes and they are very close to what was issued in Indochina but nothing I can add for Southeast Asia or World War II. But the chapter for the "Indian National Army and It's Note Issue" is definitely Southeast Asia and World War II. A lot of neat stuff here! The last chapter starts on page 447 and mentions World War II. Sure enough, there are Assam Tea Garden Coupons on page 449 issued during World War II. The Bibliography shows the author did some serious research and found some excellent references and files. For the serious collector of Southeast Asia and/or World War II, this is one book that should be in their library! For some reason, I did not buy the book from Fred or Ian at the ANA Convention in Philadelphia. When I saw one or both of them again at another show, it was not on either of their tables. Then I saw it in someone's personal library and called Fred about it. He said he had a copy to sell me and would bring it to the last CICF in Chicago. He forgot it and I left there to visit C.M. "Niel" Nielsen in Salt Lake City. I noticed two in his possession and one was still in the original packing. I bought the extra one from Niel and called Fred to tell him I bought it. That was not a problem for Fred. If you want to buy a copy of this reference, please contact Ian Marshall, Fred Schwan and Scott Semans in that order. The first two likely have one copy each for sale and Scott might have one, but he can acquire anything from India for you. It may take some time, but he can get it. Ian's email address is iam@total.net; Fred's is Fred@papermoneyworld.com; and Scott's is SSemans@aol.com. If you know of another source of this book outside of India, please send an email to me at Howard@SEAsianTreasury.com. Good luck at acquiring a copy for your library. =============================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------------- I spent Saturday at the United States Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio. I have been there before, but I am excited every time. It is not only the largest aviation museum in the world, it is also one of the really great military museums. There are not a lot of numismatic items on display, but there are some. There is a short snorter and some various minor WWII paper money issues. We probably want to try to help them develop along that line. There are quite a few Medals of Honor on display and other military decorations and award/commemorative medals. Doolittle’s MOH AND the award certificate are there. I really liked seeing the certificate! The unique gold congressional medal awarded to Billy Mitchell is on display. Just about every military operation, theater of operations, war, or conflict that we are interested in numismatically is represented in some way. I look forward to my next trip! =========================================== Mail Call ---------------------------------------------------- Hello , My name is Sam Feeback and I recently found out I was lucky enough to be selected to attend the seminar on a scholarship , and I wanted to thank everyone who contributed to the scholarship fund. I am very honored to be able to attend the Seminar and am looking forward to it very much. I have had an interest in military coins and paper money for a long time and have been a collector off and on since the early to mid sixties. I can hardly wait to attend the seminar and also am looking forward to joining the ANA. Once again, thank you very much for allowing me to attend the seminar. Sincerely , Sam Feeback Dear Gram, I just got off eBay, and looked at some of the MPC offered there. When I was over In Vietnam, I had already started to collect US currency, and so saved one complete CU set from 70 - 71. I even had a couple of times as Class A Agent (Pay Officer). I always got out early, because I knew how to flip a new pack of notes and watch the numbers fly by. Alas, never a hitch, never a replacement. (Sigh). Had I known then what I know now . . . But how many times can you hear that story? I have a few of the VC issued currency, payable six months after they won the war. You would have to kill me to get those notes, but I have a high quality color copier, and would be most happy to send copies if you can use them. (Maybe I should wait for the book and see what you have pictured already!). Hope all is well with you, and will look forward to your book, and, of course, tomorrow's Gram. Buoi Doi, Greg Dear Gram, Why nickel/dime quarter/50 cents' paper? It didn't make noise in your pocket and give you away to the enemy. Nick ================================================ 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. David Amey, 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. You items for sale support the gram by making it more interesting for everyone! "Republic of Viet Nam Coins and Currency" by Howard A. Daniel III (Howard@SEAsianTreasury.com) describes, illustrates and values overstamped notes for POW camps and a propaganda leaflet using the design of a 5 Dong note among the legal tender pieces. The publisher and author is out of stock of this book, but 9 copies were recently found in Scott Seman's stock. His address is P.O. Box 2347, Issaquah, WA 98027 and email is SSemans@aol.com. Please directly contact him for your copy. Howard A. Daniel III 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. 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