Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web5202.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.170]) by tyner.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id tmeo7r.4k6.37kbi5q for ; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 21:52:59 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20010801015258.22200.qmail@web5202.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [152.163.197.69] by web5202.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 31 Jul 2001 18:52:58 PDT Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 18:52:58 -0700 (PDT) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 408/3 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 408 Tuesday July 31, 2001 MPCFest III Dates By Fred Schwan It is important that we make a decision on the date for MPCFest III. It seems clear that we want to meet in February or March and probably around the Chicago Paper Money Exposition (CPMX). That probably means the weekend before or the weekend after. This year will be very exciting with the MAY MPC collection being sold by Lyn Knight at the show. Based upon that alone, MPCFest could be the weekend before or after. The weekend before CPMX again conflicts with Long Beach which is important to at least a few Festers. Furthermore, it conflicts with the Salt Lake City Olympics. I contacted the USOC in the hope that they would support a move to January to give the Fest more options, but they were not at all agreeable. Therefore, it seems that the weekend before CPMX is out. The weekend after CPMX again conflicts with the ANA mid year show. This is a real shame because if it were one week later we might entice Joe Boling and John Wilson to come to the Fest between CPMX and ANA. The ANA is in Florida which is attractive even to me at that time of year, but it seems that we will just have to conflict with the ANA again. The proposed dates for MCFest II then are 8-10 March. If there are any serious problems with these dates, do not wait. Write NOW. We will go final one week from today unless some unknown problems are presented. A local hoard By Joe Boling Damn, these Mondays come around fast. Non-military-related, but still an interesting event. I was called while I was at the ANA summer seminar by a local non-collector who had picked my name off of a handout from the numismatic table at the Puyallup Fair. He had inherited a collection and wanted some advice selling it. Turns out he has many thousands in face value in silver and paper, plus rolls of minors and partial sets in Whitman folders, a little foreign, a little gold, and so forth - all from his dad, who seems to have been an accumulator. I told him to bring the paper over, as it sounded interesting. And how! Most of it is bulk $1 and $2 bills, including about $1000 in original packs of silver certificates (common series, but still nice). One pack has five stars scattered through it, and they show the same characteristics as the replacements that Bill Henderson found in the CRB 5 yuan brick that he dissected several years ago - the stars are smaller than the rest of the notes (so that they don't stick out and get dog-eared), and are easy to spot by the gaps that they create in the smoothly-cut edge of the pack. He also has two partial packs of 48 and 52 notes each, with the 52 being consecutive stars. They are series 1957 - the 48 notes are series 1935F. I believe these series were being produced at the same time (the only difference is that the 1957s have the motto In God We Trust and the 1935s do not). The numbers are too much of a coincidence to believe unless these were originally in the same bundle - in other words, that stars of one series were being used with another series. I wish the old man had left them together if that is the case. Anyone out there know whether stars were mixed like that? He also has stacks of circulated $1 SCs and $2 red seals, notes that are generally not salable at wholesale for any premium. I told him to give them away as gifts (though there a quite a few of them). I also handed him back many 1950s and 1960s FRNs that have little or no premium in the grades he has. However, there are lots of others that will bring at least a few dollars over face - circulated $100 notes of the 1928 and 1934 series. There are also two $1000 notes and a $500. His dad was not shy about saving expensive stuff. And then we get to the beauties. His dad had acquired some type notes in grades VF-AU (IBNS grading) that will do well at auction - series 1891 (Martha), 1896 (educational) and 1899 (black eagle) $1 silver certificates; $1 1918 FRBN; $5 and $50 1914 FRNs; $2 1917, $5 1907 (woodcutter), $10 1901 (bison) US notes; $10 1907 gold certificate; and four nationals, three of which are rather off the beaten track: a $10 1902PB Otoe County NB of Nebraska City NE; a $20 1902PB Poudre Valley NB of Ft Collins CO; and the jewel of the collection, a $5 1882BB New London NB, New London OH. The last piece is from a Huron County bank that Kelly says is "unreported." It's a lovely XF with some staple holes in it (who knows what it got stapled to, but at some time it was attacked by at least two different staplers). What's really neat about the type notes is that the original receipts are still with some of them, along with "letters of authenticity" that his dad had the dealers provide for them (of course, if we determined today that there was a problem with any of the notes, it's not likely we could get any recourse for sales made in the 1960s and early '70s). This accumulation was assembled in Roswell New Mexico; collectors grow anywhere. ============================================== Editorial ----------------------------------------------- I got to thinking about the things that Mark Watson said about me at the seminar. Have we no respect for our elders anymore? I want to make one thing clear. I am not nearly as organized as Mark indicates! ============================================== Mail Call ----------------------------------------------- Dear Gram, Our local coin club, the Wilkes-Barre Coin Club, is having its annual coin show in October and we are offering raffle tickets at 1.00 each for the three prizes on the ticket (1st Prize: $10 Liberty Gold Coin or 175.00 cash, 2nd Prize: $5 Liberty Gold Coin or 125.00 cash, 3rd Prize: $2.5 Indian Gold Coin or 125.00 cash). We are a non-profit organization dedicated to the study of numismatics (and more recently the study of military numismatics due in part to my influence!). These raffle tickets help offset the cost of advertising, show expenses, security, etc. Your help would be greatly appreciated! You do not need to be present to win and I will mail your ticket stubs to you at my expense. Please send payment to: William E. Yanchick PO Box 378 Benton, PA 17814 Phone: (570) 925-5750 PS: I was wondering what you thought about this idea for raising money to sponser our Fest III. We could offer MPC's as prizes, instead of gold coins or cash. Another twist could be a mystery prize included in one of the options. For example, the First Prize can be a complete progressive proof set of MPC (donated by F. Schwan of course), the second prize could be, oh, lets say a 661 $10 note or a 471 $5 dollar note, the third prize could be a mystery prize. Ok, all kidding aside, I think with the increased interest and number of Festers (there is nothing to indicate that Fest III will be any less successful than Fest II), this idea could work and help offset some of the expenses. I will volunteer to have the tickets made at my expense should this idea have some merit. Let me know what you think...in the meantime, take a chance on the gold! Take care, bill ================================================ Departments --------------------------------------------------- Calendar of events for Gramsters maintained by Howard Daniel, John Wilson and Gram staff ---------------------------------------------------- August 2-5, 2001, 42nd Blue Ridge Numismatic Association, Dalton, GA (about one hour drive from the ANA Atlanta convention the following week) Over 150 Dealers Auction by Lucien Birkler, Washington, D.C. from M & M August 4-5, 2001 Meridian Area Coin Club Coin & Currency Show, Howard Johnson Inn, Meridian, MS August 7-12, 2001, ANA Convention at the Cobb Galleria Center, Atlanta, GA The Fourth Annual Paper Money & Historical Artifacts Show. Sheraton Grand hotel at Dallas/ Ft. Worth Airport. 4440 W. John Carpenter Freeway, Irving Texas 75063. August 16-19 2001. More than 75 dealers. Lyn Knight's 40th Anniversary sale August 18, 2001. AUGUST 16-19. 2001, 41st Missouri Numismatic Society Coin Festival, Hilton St. Louis Airport St. Louis, MO August 17-19, 2001, Ohio Coin Expo, Cleveland, OH, 125 tables, August 23-26, 2001, CSNS Fall Convention hosted by the MSNS in Dearborn, MI Auction by NTL/Scotsman Coins, Hyatt Regency Dearborn August 23-25, 2001, New England Coin Expo, Holiday Inn, Mansfield, MA, 130 tables August 25-26, 2001, Golden State Coin Show, CSNS 109th Convention & NASC Masonic Temple Arcadia, CA August 31-Sept. 1-2, 2001, Ohio State Coin Show, Columbus Ohio Host CNS/COINS, Marriott North September 6 - 9, 2001, Illinois Numismatic Association (ILNA) Fall Show Countryside Illinois, Chicago Countryside Banquet hall Dealer Setup Thursday 4-8 P.M., Exhibits September 13 - 16, 2001, Strasburg Currency and Stock & Bond Show, Lancaster Host Hotel, Lancaster, PA.,100 Booths, Exhibits and Educational Programs, Auction by: R. M. Smythe & Co., Inc., Contact Kevin Foley (414) 421-3498 September 13-15, 2001, Milwaukee Numismatic Society 67th Annual Show Four Points Hotel, Milwaukee, WI 115 tables, Exhibits September 15 - 16, 2001, Red Rose Coin Club 43rd Annual Fall Show, Lancaster, PA., Exhibits September 21 - 23, 2001, Paul Padget's 18th Annual Greater Cincinnati Numismatic Exposition, Sharonville Convention Center, Small Auction by Paul Padget and major paper money auction by Currency Auctions of America Contact Paul Padget at (513) 821-2143 September 21 - 23, 2001, Virginia Numismatic Association, 43rd Annual Coin Show, Northern Virginia Community College Ernst Center, Annandale, VA September 21 - 23, 2001, Bick International Expos (www.bick.net) River Palms Hotel Casino, Glendale, CA September 27 - 30, 2001, North East Ohio Coin Club, 41st Annual Show, 100 Tables, Holiday Inn, Route 82 At I-71, Strongville, OH October 4 - 7, 2001, long Beach Coin and Collectible Expo Long Beach California Convention Center, 400 booths, Educational Programs, Auctions by Heritage and Ponterio World Paper Money Fair, run by London Chapter of IBNS October 6/7, 2001 Spink Auction October 5, 2001 Phillips Auction October 4, 2001 West London Paper Money Fairs are: July 15/September 2/November 18, 2001 Important 2002 events Lyn Knight auction of Leo May collection, Chicago, Feb 2002 ANA spring show, Jacksonville, FL, 7-9 March 2002. EXHIBIT APPLICATION DEADLINE 11 FEB 2002. [Joe Boling, John and Nancy Wilson confirmed in attendance] MPCFest III, Port Clinton, Ohio March 2002 W.W.II numismatics seminar at ANA Summer Seminar, July 2002 ANA summer show, New York City, 30 July 4 - August 2002. EXHIBIT APPLICATION DEAD LINE 3 JUN 2002. --------------------------------------------------- Donations are now being accepted for scholarships to the 2002 "Military Money" course at the 2002 ANA Summer Seminar. Inquiries and donations should be sent to: Military Numismatists c/o Marcus Turner 8103 East US Highway 36 Suite 163 Avon, IN 46123 Donors to 2002 Scholarship Fund Steve Feller Harold Kroll R. A. Medina ==================================================== 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 I would like to have the following notes included in the forsale section of the MPCGram. If you can work them in someway I’d appreciate it. US MPC Series 471 Dollar F $10.00 US MPC P Series 481 5 Cents 1st Prt AU/U $17.50 US MPC P Series 591 Dollar F $15.00 US MPC P Series 611 Dollar F+ $ 5.00 US MPC P- Series 681 $20 VF $15.00 US SC 1935-A Hawaii Dollar Block A-C G $50.00 (note is missing 4x5mm piece from right border, otherwise VG) US SC 1935-A Hawaii Dollar Block C-C VG $15.00 US SC 1935-A Hawaii Dollar Block P-C F $19.00 US SC 1935-A Hawaii Dollar Block S-C F+ $19.00 US SC 1935-A N. Africa Dollar Block C-C F+ $19.00 US SC 1935-A N. Africa Dollar Block R-C VG $15.00 US SC 1935-A N. Africa Dollar Block R-C F $17.00 GERMANY AMC P-191a ½ Mark AU $ 4.00 GERMANY AMC P-194a 10 Mark VF $10.00 GREAT BRITIAN P-M2 Shilling F $ 4.50 GREAT BRITIAN P-M3 2 Shilling/6 Pence F $ 7.00 GREAT BRITIAN P-M11a Shilling VF $22.50 JAPAN P-62 10 Sen “A” VF/XF $ 7.00 JAPAN P-63 10 Sen “B” AU/U $ 5.00 JAPAN P-64 50 Sen “A” AU $20.00 JAPAN P-65 50 Sen “B” AU/U $ 5.00 JAPAN P-66 One Yen “A” VF $ 8.00 JAPAN P-69a 5 Yen “B” XF+ $ 5.00 JAPAN P-70 10 Yen “A” VF $55.00 JAPAN P-71 10 Yen “B” XF+ $ 4.00 JAPAN P-73 20 Yen “B” XF $10.00 JAPAN SB-279 7.5 Yen Wartime Savings Bond XF $10.00 JAPAN SB-311 15 Yen Wartime Savings Bond AU $10.00 JAPAN SB-365 5 Yen Wartime Savings Bond XF $12.00 LIBYA P-M5a 50 Lire F $20.00 Notes will be sent first class - postpaid, however, if insurance is desired please advise and include insurance fees. 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