Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web5204.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.85]) by niles.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id tib9ai.5fb.37kbi1o for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 01:14:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20010612051456.2889.qmail@web5204.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [172.130.252.12] by web5204.mail.yahoo.com; Mon, 11 Jun 2001 22:14:56 PDT Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 22:14:56 -0700 (PDT) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 362 (the other one may have been truncated) 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 362 Monday, June 11, 2001 May Collection Listed Below is the list of the Leo May MPC collection. See the editorial for more information. Series 461 5˘ cu 10˘ au 25˘ cu 50˘ cu $1.00 cu $5.00 au $10.00 cu REPLACEMENTS 5˘ xf 10˘ vf 25˘ vf/xf 50˘ vf $1.00 f/vf $5.00 f/vf $10.00 vf Series 471 5˘ cu 10˘ cu 25˘ cu 50˘ cu $1.00 xf/au $5.00 vf $10.00 au REPLACEMENTS 5˘ ef 10˘ vf 25˘ f+ $1.00 f+ $5.00 vg $10.00 xf Series 472 5˘ cu 10˘ cu 25˘ cu 50˘ cu $1.00 vf $5.00 xf/au $10.00 au/cu SECOND PRINTING 5˘ au 10˘ cu 25˘ vf/xf $1.00 xf/au REPLACEMENTS 5˘ vf 10˘ vf 25˘ vf $1.00 f/vf Series 481 5˘ cu 10˘ cu 25˘ cu 50˘ cu $1.00 au/cu $5.00 vf/xf $10.00 vf/xf REPLACEMENTS-1ST PRINTING 50˘ f $1.00 g $10.00 vf/f SECOND PRINTING 5˘ cu 10˘ cu 25˘ cu 50˘ au/cu $1.00 cu $5.00 xf $10.00 vf/xf REPLACEMENTS-2NDPRINTING 5˘ vg $1.00 f THIRD PRINTING 5˘ cu 10˘ cu 25˘ cu 50˘ xf $1.00 cu $5.00 au $10.00 xf/au 0 REPLACEMENTS-THIRD PRINTING 5˘ vf 10˘ au 25˘ vg FOURTH PRINTING 5˘ cu 10˘ au Series 521 FIRST PRINTING 5˘ cu 10˘ cu 25˘ cu 50˘ cu $1.00 cu $5.00 xf/au $10.00 au REPLACEMENTS - 1ST PRINTING 5˘ vf 10˘ vg 50˘ vf $1.00 vf/xf $5.00 f $10.00 f SECOND PRINTING 5˘ xf+ 10˘ xf+ 25˘ cu 50˘ cu REPLACEMENTS - 2ND PRINTING 5˘ vf 25˘ f/vf THIRD PRINTING 5˘ cu 10˘ cu $1.00 cu REPLACEMENTS - 3RD PRINTING 5˘ .f/vf Series 541 FIRST PRINTING 5˘ cu 10˘ cu 25˘ cu 50˘ cu $1.00 xf/au $5.00 vf $10.00 vf/xf REPLACEMENTS - MULTI-PRINTINGS 5˘ vf 10˘ vf/xf 25˘ vf 50˘ vf/xf 10˘ vf 25˘ f 50˘ f/vf 5˘ f+ 10˘ vf 5˘ f 10˘ xf 50˘ vf $1.00 vf $1.00 vf+ Series 591 5˘ au 10˘ cu 25˘ au 50˘ xf/au $1.00 cu $5.00 vf $10.00 vf/xf REPLACEMENTS 5˘ xf/au 10˘ f $1.00 f/vf Series 611 5˘ cu 10˘ cu 25˘ cu 50˘ cu $1.00 cu $5.00 cu $10.00 xf REPLACEMENTS 5˘ cu 10˘ cu 25˘ f+ $1.00 vf $5.00 f $10.00 xf Series 641 1ST PRINTING 5˘ cu 10˘ cu 25˘ cu 50˘ cu $1.00 GEM cu $5.00 vf $10.00 GEM cu REPLACEMENTS - 1ST PRINTING 5˘ xf 10˘ f+ 25˘ vf+ 50˘ cu $1.00 f+ $10.00 vf SECOND PRINTING 5˘ au 10˘ cu 25˘ cu $5.00 xf $10.00 vf/xf REPLACEMENTS - 2ND PRINTING $10.00 xf THIRD PRINTING 5˘ cu 10˘ au/cu 25˘ cu 50˘ cu $1.00 au $5.00 cu $10.00 cu REPLACEMENTS - 3RD PRINTING $5.00 xf $10.00 xf Series 651 5˘ cu 10˘ cu 25˘ cu 50˘ cu $1.00 cu $5.00 cu $10.00 cu Series 661 1ST PRINTING 5˘ cu 10˘ cu 25˘ cu 50˘ cu $1.00 cu $5.00 cu $10.00 vf $20.00 au REPLACEMENTS - 1ST PRINTING 5˘ f+ 10˘ cu 50˘ f $1.00 cu $5.00 au $20.00 xf REPLACEMENTS - 2ND PRINTING 25˘ cu $1.00 xf Series 681 5˘ cu 10˘ cu 25˘ cu 50˘ cu $1.00 cu $5.00 cu $10.00 cu $20.00 cu REPLACEMENTS - 1ST PRINTING 5˘ f+ 10˘ f 25˘ f/vf 50˘ cu $1.00 au/cu $5.00 xf $10.00 f/vf $20.00 vf/xf SECOND PRINTING $20.00 vf+ Series 692 5˘ cu 10˘ cu 25˘ cu 50˘ cu $1.00 cu $5.00 cu $10.00 cu $20.00 au/cu REPLACEMENTS 5˘ cu 10˘ xf 25˘ f/vf 50˘ f/vf $1.00 vf $5.00 vf+ $10.00 vf $20.00 cu Series 691 $1.00 cu $5.00 cu $10.00 cu $20.00 cu Series 701 $1.00 cu $5.00 cu $10.00 cu $20.00 cu =============================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------------- Wow, what a day it has been. The response to the announcement of the sale of the Leo May collection has been amazing. Everyone is excited, I know that I am. One of the first things that I did was discover the I had underestimated the collection. Leo has 73 replacements by type, 75 with the Series 691 $1 and $20. The puts him in undisputed second place among all time leaders behind only he famed Elmer Smith collection (76 replacements!). I am reminded somewhat of the Roger Maris/Babe Ruth home run record. It may have been necessary to give Leo the record but with a asterisk, but he did not need the 691s to surpass Phil DeRosa at 72 and even with them he did not pass Smith. After the excitement of many responses to the announcement, the day went bad, very bad. My hated windows machine has been misbehaving badly. I started preparing the sales list at 2pm. At 11pm, I just about gave up, but sort of finished it. The machine first wrecked the file that I had created yesterday with most of the data (including tentative prices). Ok, I had an early version AND a printed copy, so I started entering again. The darn machine, froze, crashed, or otherwise malfunctioned about every 20 minutes for more that eight hours! It was hell. We should still be able to implement the basis plan which is to give interested buyers at least 24 hours to buy the collection in tact. Thereafter Gramsters will have the first chance to buy notes from the collection via email ending Thursday or Friday night. Then the notes will be available at Memphis—a grand slam of sorts. The collection is available for the next 24 (possibly 48 hours) at $140,000. The total value is between $155,000 and $180,000. For today have fun studying the list. Tomorrow we will run the list again with prices in anticipation of the possible sale of individual pieces. Of course everything depends upon “cooperation” of the computer. =========================================== Mail Call ---------------------------------------------------- Dear Gram, Wow, I am very excited to see a movie review in the Gram! This is right up my alley, I hope to submit a bunch of reviews in the next 5000 grams or so. C. Tolek Dear C., Have a look below! Editor The editor beat me to it again. I was sitting here with this little jab at the movie "Pearl Harbor" when the editor made his pitch about movie reviews. I was trying to find out how the heck to spell Klingons (sic) and remember the name of the black actor (Cuba Godding) who was in the boxing match. He is a great actor and I recently saw him in another movie where he played the first black navy diver. But anyway, can't remember so am sending this off before it gets stale. I took the wife to see the movie Pearl Harbor last night. With all the Japanese aircraft flying around at ten feet above the ground and flying between the ships rigging and the buildings at the bases, I really thought I was watching Star Wars with the Klingons and Luke Skywalker. To me it was a love story with the war wrapped around it. There was a real numismatic faux pas in the movie however. It was either one or two days before the attack on Pearl. There was a boxing match between a black sailor and a white sailor. You could see sailors in the crowd betting money on who would win. There are close ups of a roll of bills with the Hawaiian overprint on the back of the bills. Coin World thinks it has a story when a Kentucky Statehood quarter is found in circulation, six months before its release date. But here the movies have given us a bill in circulation before it was even designed and eight months before release. Amazing. Make sure you watch for this when you go see the movie. --Ski Dear Gram, The "MAY" Sale.... My First Reaction Is "WHY" Is Leo, Selling His Notes...Collection... Damn.....!! ..... It Appears To Be A Life Time Of Collecting.....!! We Are Privileged To Be Among The First To View & Offer On These Notes. But , My Thoughts Are That....I Sure Don't Want To Be Viewed As A "BUZZARD" .... Circling....Looking For The "PRIME".....Striking, At The Rite Moment..... No One Can Assemble This Assortment Of Notes....In It's Greatness...& Complexity. First, Without Many Years, Of Serious Collecting & Research. This Alone, Is Due The Most Respect....The Monetary Value Is Of UTMOST Importance....96 By Printing...Replacements.... "WOW".....Three Decades.....At Least !!!...If Not More. I For One, Have Seen Many Collections.....This One Is "A LIFETIME".....These Notes Should Be Considered As...Of The Finest.... I Will Be Bidding "HIGH" My Best To, Leo...........& My Thanks, For This Opportunity !! Respect, Ed Beaman Dear Ed, Thanks for your thoughts. Yes, there is always an element of sadness when a great collection is sold. Yes, this represents a life time of collecting and, yes, it also represents an opportunity for the rest of us. Few of us would have the collections that we do without the efforts of those who went before. The legendary names Smith, DeRosa, Kesselman, Toy and others all contributed to the May collection in some way. Now, some of the notes will go to another generation. It is nature. Editor Dear Editor, Since you did not include any mention of the sale rules re the leo may sale (like when we can start sending in email, on what basis the first offer is determined, etc, and considering that there is no way to know when the gram will get to me and when my email might get to you), here are the notes i want, provided the collection does not sell as a set, and these grades are available. if i need to send this again after a specific time and date (tuesday, midnight, est?), please let me know. m a Dear M, Sorry that the conditions as stated here were so vague. There will be sufficient details in today and tomorrow's gram and everyone will have a perfectly equal chance. I think that you will be able to get some notes! Thanks for writing. 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. 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