Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web5203.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.97]) by niles.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id tidaqt.3f8.37kbi1o for ; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 19:53:01 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20010612235300.3507.qmail@web5203.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [64.12.102.33] by web5203.mail.yahoo.com; Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:53:00 PDT Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 16:53:00 -0700 (PDT) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 363 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 363 Tuesday, June 12, 2001 May Collection Sold The Leo May collection of MPC as described at such great length over the past few days has been sold intact. The transaction was described as exciting by all participants. Further details were not available today, but additional information will be available later in the week and announced from Memphis. Indications are that the excitement is not over! Evidence Notes By David Seelye In answer to Ken Kugler's question on the VOID MPC notes the current theory is the following. When the notes were seized due to mostly drug dealings, also any other prohibited activities such as gambling and prostitution, they were held until the cases were adjudicated. When the evidence was no longer needed the case files were destroyed. Since the series 692 was in use for several years before the fall of the Republic of South Viet Nam, you can postulate that all of the cases, where the prior series had been seized, were ended and the files destroyed. The fall of the government came with little warning. The destruction of secret and classified files became a priority. Not all sensitive material was destroyed before the final evacuation. The criminal files had very low priority for burning. It is these files where the VOID and EVIDENCE notes had their origin. I have kept track of the serial numbers for most of the series 692 $20.00, $10.00, and $1.00 notes. As I had the opportunity to purchase essentially most of the notes that arrived on the market. The series 692 $5.00 were prohibitively expensive, $100 each, at the time. I can say that the numbers, as far as I know them are as follows. Only series 692 are known. $1.00 76 pieces, $5.00 65-90 pieces, $10.00 13 pieces, $20.00 102 pieces. I recently spoke with a Vietnamese gentleman who had first hand knowledge of the VOID notes, as he was the original source. He said that he had not seen a series 692 $10.00 VOID!!! Is there a group of series 692 $10.00 out there? The answer would appear to be probably. How many and when are good questions only time will tell. As far as I know, you can count the series 692 $20.00 VOID replacements on 1 hand. There are no known other VOID replacements. =============================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------------- Wow, your Gram does sell! The sale of the May collection as described above was a direct result of the stories run right here in your Gram. Even if you do not have a 100K collection for sale, you probably have something that you can sell in the Gram for sale section. Please see the information below and send in some listings! =========================================== Mail Call ---------------------------------------------------- Dear Joe (Boling, letter forwarded from him) Tom Warburton told me about the MPCgram but I must admit that I thought that it was entirely orientated toward MPC. Whilst MPC are of interest in a general collection on military money from 1939 my main thrust (for obvious reasons) is British military money. An advertisement of recently produced a VF example of the M.V. Sobieski 1d token (SB4591). The donor had kept it when he trooped to India. He said that it meant little to his family and wanted it to be valued in a collection. Most welcome. Best wishes, Andrew C.. Hello Andrew, Welcome to the Gram! Someone with an email address like AMCPAPERMONEYMAN@…. Certainly should be a Gramster! Your letter does point up a possible problem with the name of the publication. Early on we had a discussion in the letters column on the matter of a name for our daily fix. Possibly we should visit this again. I am sure that readers would like to read about the Sobieski! Editor Dear Editor, Sorry, no column today. It slipped my mind as I am trying to get ready for Memphis. Joe Dear Columnist, Grump Editor Dear Editor, It seems that your computer doesn't like you!! While Windows crashes on me about once a week at home, you shouldn't be having it crash 5-10 times a day. It sounds like there is a hardware or software problem. Have you had a knowledgeable computer jock check it out? Also I have learned from playing "Lesure Suit Larry" in the early 90's save early and often. I have set my automatic save for once a minute. You should too!! David Dear David, Well if my windows box does not like me, we are even!!!! Editor Dear Editor, There are no Klingons in Star Wars (they are Star Trek characters), and it's Cuba Gooding, Jr, not Cuba Godding. Yes, the Japanese aircraft antics were specifically compared to Luke Skywalker's attack on the Death Star in some other reviews. Joe Dear Joe, The Gooding/Godding was the fault of your editor (who does not see many movies but reviews those which he does!). Editor Dear Gram: With all the excitement surrounding the announcement of the sale of Leo's collection and the actual commencement of the sale, I would like to ask why is Leo dispersing the collection of a lifetime? I am afraid that many of us look like vultures wanting to get our talons into the collection! My best to Leo. Wow, my first letter to the Gram! Kevin Maloy Dear Kevin, Perhaps Leo will answer for himself one of these days (at this moment he is on the road for Memphis). I think that I can say that we all sometimes get to a point where we need or want some money more than we want the material. Actually, it is the nature of collecting that veteran collections are distributed to new collectors. Often the collections are “sucked out” by higher prices. This is probably an area where more gramsters may have opinions or comments. 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! For Sale: series 661 50 cents 5 notes in serial number order CH. UNC $90.00 postpaid insured. Series 681 50 cents 5 notes in serial number order CH.UNC $97.50 postpaid insured. coinman@rochester.rr.com 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 Tuesday columnist Joe Boling – JoeBoling@aol.com Thurski columnist 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. 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