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 Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2003 07:03:29 -0700 (PDT)
 From: MPCgram <mpcgram@yahoo.com
 Subject: MPCGram 893
 To: mpcgram@yahoo.com
 
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               MPC GRAM
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 Covering the entire World of Military Numismatics
 Series 004 - Number 893 Monday April 8, 2003
 
    Book Review--Thai notes
 
 Review by Howard A. Daniel III
 
 "Centenary of Thai Banknote: 1902-2002" by a Working
 Group (under the direction of Bank of Thailand
 Governor, M.R. Pridiyathorn Devakula), Bank of
 Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand, Oversized Hardbound,
 448
 pages, ISBN-974-7341-50-6.
 
 One of the editorial consultants working on this
 excellent reference was Ron Cristal of Bangkok
 International Associates (www.bia.co.th) in
 Thailand,
 and he recently sent a copy to me.
    There is a lot of information and illustrations
 about the early and most recent issues of Thailand,
 but what is of most interest to Gramsters is World
 War
 II (and the postwar U.S. printed issues in the MPC
 format), and there are chunks and tidbits of
 information that has never been published before in
 English!  It is written in Thai and English, so if
 you
 cannot read Thai, you can use it, and it is
 hardbound
 on very high quality paper and color illustrations.
 It
 is a historical reference and not a catalog with id
 numbers and values, but it is very much worth the
 price to just read the information and details about
 each piece! 
   Some WWII tidbits in it are; When the high quality
 paper was used up, local paper was embedded with
 fibers from POW blankets!  Wow! There is some
 information about the Malay provinces 1, 5 and 10
 Cents coins and 1 dollar note. There is also
 information about several thefts of notes that
 resulted in incomplete notes appearing in
 circulation.
 It appears Japanese and Thai were stealing notes and
 "spending" them into the economy. And much more
 great
 information!
   If you have any general questions about this
 reference, please contact me at
 Howard@SEAsianTreasury.com, or Ron at bia@cscoms.com
 for intimate details.
   Scott Semans ( SSemans@aol.com ) is the only U.S.
 dealer with this book on his website at
 www.coincoin.com.  If there is any interest in it,
 he
 will ask the publisher for quantity pricing.
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           Editorial
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    Coalition Currency in Iraq Discussed Today by
 Bush
 and Blair?
 
 Will the coalition issue money in Iraq? I am
 confident
 of one thing: new money has been printed. It is
 obvious that the coalition would not want Sadam?s
 portrait on money circulating after the liberation.
 Even more importantly, planners must have
 anticipated
 that the current money might become worthless
 because
 of inflation, but it could also become worthless as
 a
 tactic of the Sadam government. The coalition
 worried
 from the beginning about the destruction of the
 infrastructure. The circulating money is part of the
 infrastruture.
   My guess is that new money for the Central Bank of
 Iraq has been printed. It probably has generic Iraqi
 scenes. Probably it does not have any signatures.
   Here is an interesting prediction. My guess is
 that
 the money was printed by Thomas de la Rue in
 England.
 The notes of the past 20 years in Iraq have been of
 the TDLR style even if they were printed in Iraq.
 Because of this TDLR would be well suited to print
 something that would look good to the Iraqui people
 with this aspect being very important in this
 situation.
   It is also convenient that the UK is a major
 coalition partner. 
   Since the post hostility phase of the operation is
 likely being discussed by President Bush and PM
 Blair
 today, it is very likely that they might discuss the
 currency issue and even examine some of the money!
   Of course we collectors are far more familiar with
 such matters than the general public and even more
 so
 than most of the military planners.
   This situation is most similar to France, Denmark,
 and Korea in World War II. I select those three
 countries deliberately. In all three cases money was
 prepared by the Allies for the liberation. In the
 first case money was necessary or at least issued in
 large quantities. In the latter cases the money was
 prepared but unissued or released in very small
 quantities.
   These situations (and Iraq today) are
 substantially
 different from the situation in Germany and Japan at
 the end of the war. The Allied money issued there
 may
 have been necessary for commerce and the good of the
 people, but it was also necessary as a control
 measure
 by the Allies.
 
 Fred
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            MAIL CALL
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 Dear Editor,
   A circle does not have width! It has a diameter
 but
 not a width. Pay more attention or we will report
 you
 to Judy.
 
 Isac Pi
 
 Dear Gram,
   Marcus sent me a copy of the MPC Gram, so I must
 first thank you! Next, I will ask you why you insist
 on making me feel as if I am suffering oxygen
 deficiency to my brain? I think we should write
 about
 each other's writing about each other. It would
 bumfoozle both memberships. Our club could use a
 little waking up. That might do it.
   Thanks again for reprint permission.
 
 - G.
 
 Dear G.,
   Thank you for your letter.
 
 Editor
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     CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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 May 30 ? June 1 POW Conference II, Coe College,
 Cedar
 Rapids, IA
 Registration fees:
  $150 for general registration; $200 after 1 May
 2003.
 (A day fee of $50 per full day, $25 per half day
 will
 be accepted at the time of registration as space
 allows for walk-in registrants to join pre-regs.)
  $100 for presenters, uni/college students, senior
 citizens, veterans of any age, overseas
 participants.
 (Registrations must be received by 1 May to
 qualify.)(Presenters coming for one day may attend
 half of that day free; if they'd like to attend the
 entire day they will be asked for a $25 contribution
 to help defray conference costs. [Basically, all
 presenters and panelists are being given $50
 credit.])
   $50 for TRACES donors/non-working TRACES board
 members.
   $50 for Journalists may attend the exhibit
 opening,
 1-5 Saturday afternoon at the Johnson County History
 Center in Iowa City/Iowa, for free; those wishing to
 attend the rest of the conference in order to write
 articles/tape reports may do so at $25 per day. The
 exhibit itself is free and open to the public. We
 are
 very pleased to have, per plan, some half dozen
 German
 POWs or their families with us for the exhibit and
 conference; as much as we would like to waive the
 conference registration fee, we must ask that they
 make a one-time $50 contribution to help defray the
 unavoidable costs of making this conference a
 reality.
 Berlin Study Tour participants may attend for free.
    Please (!) pass this invitation to anyone you
 think
 might be interested in either presenting or
 attending.
    For more information about TRACES visit
 www.TRACES.org.
 
 Memphis International Paper Money Show: 13-15 June,
 Cook Convention Center, 255 N. Main St., Memphis TN
 38103-1623
 
 Military Numismatics Summer Seminar Session I dates
 are Saturday, June 28, to Friday, July 4; session
 II,
 Saturday, July 5 to Friday, July 11, 2003 Link for
 more and general information:
 http://www.money.org/sumsem2003.html Link to photos
 from Seminar II
 http://www.money.org/summer2002images5.html
 application for military money scholarship

http://www.papermoneyworld.net/news/MilitaryNumismatists
 Scholarship Fund 2003.pdf
 
 PCDA National and World Paper Money Convention.
 November 19-23, 2003. St. Louis Hilton Airport
 Hotel,
 10330 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, MO 63134.
 
 2004
 April 23-25, MPCFest V, reservations now being
 accepted. Reservations entered in order received:
 Roger Urce#, John Cheney#, David Seelye, Phil
 Goldstein, Harold Kroll, Gail Baker#, Leo May$$$,
 Kevin Neidy, Cuneyd Tolek, Warner Talso, Cameron
 Bueschel, Wendell Wolka, John V. Craig#, Fred
 Schwan.
 # new Fester, $ paid. $$ paid single occupancy.
 Running totals: total 13, new festers 4.
 
 Show n tell contact Gail Baker ( education@money.org
 )
 Arrival and departure coordination: Mark Watson
 MCW@qnet.com Auction items coordinate: Larry
 Smulczenski skifla@prodigy.net , Phil Goldstein
 IWANTMYMPC@aol.com Exhibits contact
 joeboling@aol.com
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 2003 scholarship fund
 
 Donations of cash and numismatic material will be
 gladly accepted. Generally the numismatic material
 is
 auctioned at MPCFest, but might be sold via ebay or
 other places. Your scholarship donations help the
 hobby by sending qualified individuals to the ANA
 summer seminar military money class.
   Except for unavoidable charges like ebay fees,
 100%
 of your donation goes to scholarships.
 
 2003 Scholarship Donors
 Ed Hoffman
 RA Medina
 Dick Freyser
 Larry Smulczenski
 David Seelye
 Howard Daniel
 Steve Feller
 Warner Talso
 Pam West
 Mr. 691
 Leo May
 John & Nancy Wilson
 Max Spiegel
 Gail Baker
 Chris Connell
 Bill Haines
 Joel Shafer
 Mikhail (Misha) Istomin
 Gary Hicks
 Robert Drew
 Tom Warburton 
 Larry Lee
 Fred Schwan 
 Mark Watson 
 Harold Kroll 
 Ian Marshall
 Marcus Turner 
 Neil Shafer 
 Keith & Sue Bauman
 
 Contact me at: "Marcus Turner"
 mailto: maturner@indy.rr.com Checks should be made
 out
 to the "Military
 Numismatists Scholarship."
 or
 Marcus Turner
 8103 East US Highway 36
 Suite 163
 Avon, Indiana 46123
 USA
 
 IMPORTANT SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
 
 The last information given in the gram did not
 include
 the official release of application/donation
 information.  This information can be found at the
 link below.  We encourage everyone to print copies
 of
 this information and distribute it to those who
 might
 be interested.  Further you are encouraged to e-mail
 the pdf document to anyone you see fit.  Thank you
 http://www.papermoneyworld.net/news/Military
 Numismatists Scholarship Fund 2003.pdf
 Marcus Turner
 
 Scholarships from the ANA:
 See the following location for an application for
 financial aid to the summer seminar:
 http://www.money.org/sumsemfin.html
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        MPC ANA Museum Project
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 ANA collection of MPC:
 
 Thanks to donations from Douglas Bell, Dick Fryser,
 Ed
 Beaman, David Seelye, Philip Goldstean, Michael
 Cummings, Ray Czahor, David Pitchford and Mr 691the
 ANA MPC collection is current as follows:
 
 Series 100 - [50 sen], [1Y, 5Y, 10Y, 20Y all A
 underprint]
 Series 461 - 5, [10] cents, [$1]
 Series 471 - [5, 10, 25, 50 cents, $10]
 Series 472 - [5, 10 cents], [$1, $10]
 Series 481 - 5 cents, [10, 25 cents], 50 cents, $1,
 [$5] $10
 Series 521 - 5, 10, 25, 50 cents, [$10]
 Series 541 - 5, 10, 25 cents
 Series 591 - [5, 10, 25, 50 cents, $1]
 Series 611 - [5, 10, 25 cents, $1]
 Series 641 - 5, 10, 25, 50 cents, $1, $5, $10
 Series 651 - [$1]
 Series 661 - [10, 25, 50c], [$5], [$1, $5] $10
 Series 681 - 5, 10, 25, 50 cents, $1, [$5], [$20]
 Series 691 - [$1, $5, $10, $20]
 Series 692 - 5, 10, 25, 50 cents, $1
 Series 701 - [$1, $5, $10, $20]
 
 [50c etc.] = notes donated by Gramsters
 --Chris Connell
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               RESEARCH
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 New modification to the database you can now
 retrieve
 your password if you have forgotten at the main
 logon
 screen. Keep in mind syntax is important. 
 
 The mpc database has changed its name it now going
 to
 be refered as,
 
  WW II    P a p e r M o n e y    D a t a B a s e
 
 This is just a hint of things to come If you are
 having truble loging on please inform doug bell At
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 an
 innovative interactive data base of all military
 payment certificates. Everyone is invited to enter
 notes in their possession or that they have
 observed.
 
 Visit the site at:
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 project is financially supported by David Seelye
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 mailto: coinman@rochester.rr.com
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 681 $10.00..............................$ 375.00 
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