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 thob7i.5n0.37kbi0u for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2001 20:50:58 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20010605005057.29393.qmail@web5203.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [64.12.102.39] by web5203.mail.yahoo.com; Mon, 04 Jun 2001 17:50:57 PDT Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2001 17:50:57 -0700 (PDT) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 355 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 355 Monday, June 4, 2001 IBNS Breakfast Banquet at the IPMS By Howard Daniel If you are a member of the International Bank Note Society (IBNS), you should have already received an invitation to the 40th Anniversary Breakfast Banquet at the International Paper Money Show in Memphis. It will be held at 0730 on Saturday and it will not conflict with the show or other events. The banquet will have a lottery for the attendees that will include thousands of dollars worth of prizes, to include a U.S. $1000. note! At this time, the IBNS has space for 120 attendees but there are already about 110 confirmed reservations. If you want to attend, please contact Howard Daniel immediately at Howard@SEAsianTreasury.com to confirm your reservation. If there are more than 120 people who want to attend, there is still time and space for a few more tables. If you are not a member of the IBNS, find a member and ask to be his or her guest at only $5.00 for a sumptuous breakfast that is costing the IBNS about $25. If you cannot find a member, ask Howard to be his guest. The banquet will also see the first awarding of a new IBNS Medal to members who have greatly contributed to the success of the society. And the society president is bringing several important guests from Europe. Act now if you want to be part of this event! =============================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------------- Well, Howard is right about one thing. You should attend the IBNS breakfast at Memphis. First of all you should attend the Memphis show. Then you should come to the breakfast. However, Howard is off base on one thing. If you are not a member of the International Bank Note Society (why not?), then this is the perfect excuse to join! Support your hobby, have fun, what could be more natural! You may join at the door. You can also eamil Howard at the address in the above article for more information on membership. Ah, one last twist. If you are a member, but not yet a life member, this is an ideal time to take care of that detail too! =========================================== Mail Call ---------------------------------------------------- Dear Gram, Phil is correct, of course. The grenade launcher was the M79. I had to try 3 times to get it right in this letter. My finger keeps hitting the 0 instead of the 9. Thanks for the catch. Bill K(ansas) Dear Gram, Just curious.....on the multiprint listing, there are several notes that have "skips" or "voids" in the serial numbers. Are these just typo errors or what? Series 472, 25 cent, print #1 (P-1) stops at 3,584,000 and print #2 (P-2) starts at #4,032,001. Series 481, 5 cent (P-1) stops at 5152000 while (P-2) starts at 5376001. Series 481, 10 cent (P-1) stops at 4920000 while (P-2) starts at 5376001. Series 481, 25 cent (P-1) stops at 2680000 while (P-2) starts at 2688001. Series 481, 25 cent (P-2) stops at 8408000 while (P-3) starts at 9408001. Series 481, 50 cent (P-1) stops at 2640000 while (P-2) starts at 2688001. Series 481, $1.00 (P-1) stops at 6440000 while (P-2) starts at 6720001. Series 481, $5.00 (P-1) stops at 3400000 while (P-2) starts at 3600001. Series 641, 25 cent (P-1) stops at 2680000 while (P-2) starts at 2688001. Thanks for any reply.... PK6 Dear P, Well, there were skips. The skips have been known for quite a while and are described in the MPC book. They are not specifically discussed in most of the listings of multis. In fact, it was the existence of the skips that helped decode the multis before the definitive information was found. Editor Dear Editor, I don't think I have ever heard of this Canadian banknote as a German ("Nazi" is a political party and we don't know the politics of the originator) counterfeit. There are a lot of notes claimed to be German counterfeits, but the four Bernhard pound notes are the only ones we we can be absolutely sure of. Depending on who you read, the Germans might have also finished work on one side or both sides of a U.S. $20, $50, or $100 bill. Some authors claim to have seen such a note, others claim that the Germans never got close. I have read statements that the Germans counterfeited Yugoslav currency. In fact, at one Wespnex show I was offered a bundle of such money allegedly from the foot locker of a former OSS officer. There have even been statements that the Germans counterfeited 5 pound Palestine notes, although most people now consider that particualr counterfeit a criminal rather than political fake. There is a report that the Germans counterfeited a Polish 10 zlotych note. There was a report that the Germans counterfeited a 500 koruna note of Slovakia. These notes were later found to be genuine. In WWI the British are thought to have counterfeited both German and Turkish banknotes. Between the wars the Russians allegedly counterfeited a host of banknotes, to include Latvian, German, Russian (for espionage purposes) and U.S. notes. My friend Howard Daniel just wrote a review of the Standard Catalog of Indian Paper Money in MPCGram 354. He mentions that it is available from some local dealers. I have been in correspondence with the publisher in an attempt to gather more information on the Azad Hind issues. The book can be purchased from India for $100US. You can find out more about the book at the publishers website: www.numisindia.com Herb F. Hello Herb, Thanks for all of the info. We have combined two of your letters to try to hide one of our mistakes (misplacing the first letter above). Dear Gram, Good morning. There has been mention of a "mini-fest" after the summer seminar session. Is this a serious plan? Also, in your opinion, is the Colorado Coin Show worth staying for? I am trying to decide whether or not to stay in C Springs an additional day and adjust our lodging reservations accordingly. Thanks, Warner Hello Warner, Thanks for bringing this up again. Larry Gibbs first proposed the mini fest. I think that it is a great idea and a few people have indicated interest. I think that more will as the time gets closer. I think that it is worth staying for the show/fest for at least Saturday. Of course with so many Gramsters there, it will be hard to cherry pick anything from the bourse, but it should be a good time! Per an earlier question, it looks like Judy will be there. 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 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. 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