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Vol 1 Number 57 June 29, 2000
News and Views
I had a few more thoughts about Mr. 691 and his identity. That name reminds me of a c. 1946 movie about an old gentleman who also just happened to be a counterfeiter. The name of the movie was something like Mr. 440. I checked a movie guide and even looked online, but I could not verify the title. I will bet that Joe Boling or someone else will know the title. If none of the old folks remember the title, I will bet again that one of the young folks can find it (the title) on line. Please help with this.
Most (or all) of you know David Seelye. He is fun to watch when he throws his abundant energy into researching something! At the moment he is excited about Seamen's Overseas Service notes. These enigmatic notes have been known to (a few) collectors for a long time, but very little is actually known about these notes.
The first report of these notes appeared in the Bank Note Reporer (I think) in the early 1970s. That notice was basically just a picture with a plea for information. No serious information has been forthcoming in all of this time. See page 412 of WWII Remembered for illustrations and a little bit of speculation.
The current theory is that these were MPC-like issues for merchant seamen probably in the 40s and 50s. The only notes seen are from Series 3 which raises the wonderful questions about series 1 and 2 (not to mention Series 4).
David has been studying the notes that he has found. He has found that some (all?) of the notes have a manufacturers watermark. He definately needs more reports to unlock just the watermark situation.
The notes that I have recored in my book are $1 SN 004026 and $10 009509 in fine and about uncirculated respectively. Dave want to receive more reports. Please DO NOT SEND THEM TO DAVE! Instead, send the reports to the gram and we will list them here where Dave can read about them!
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Calendar
In this section we will highlight MPC chat, MPC Fest, and MPC gram events. Other events will be mentioned as they get close. For planning purposes see the papermoneyworld.com calendar of events.
The next major show is the American Numismatic Association Convention (August 9-13). This year the convention will be in Philadelphia. 25 years ago the ANA convention was one of the major events for paper money. Now with the development of so many successful paper money shows (and of course the MPC Fest), its importance has diminished, but it is still an important show. Because it is such a big and important show, you cannot help but find some good paper there. Marv Mericle has promissed that he is going to introduce some innovations there with his exhibit of MPC.
I will be there the entire time and will be pleased to chat MPC with you!
Chat tonight 10pm eastern.
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MPC Gram
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Vol 1 Number 57 June 29, 2000
News and Views
I had a few more thoughts about Mr. 691 and his identity. That name reminds me of a c. 1946 movie about an old gentleman who also just happened to be a counterfeiter. The name of the movie was something like Mr. 440. I checked a movie guide and even looked online, but I could not verify the title. I will bet that Joe Boling or someone else will know the title. If none of the old folks remember the title, I will bet again that one of the young folks can find it (the title) on line. Please help with this.
Most (or all) of you know David Seelye. He is fun to watch when he throws his abundant energy into researching something! At the moment he is excited about Seamen's Overseas Service notes. These enigmatic notes have been known to (a few) collectors for a long time, but very little is actually known about these notes.
The first report of these notes appeared in the Bank Note Reporer (I think) in the early 1970s. That notice was basically just a picture with a plea for information. No serious information has been forthcoming in all of this time. See page 412 of WWII Remembered for illustrations and a little bit of speculation.
The current theory is that these were MPC-like issues for merchant seamen probably in the 40s and 50s. The only notes seen are from Series 3 which raises the wonderful questions about series 1 and 2 (not to mention Series 4).
David has been studying the notes that he has found. He has found that some (all?) of the notes have a manufacturers watermark. He definately needs more reports to unlock just the watermark situation.
The notes that I have recored in my book are $1 SN 004026 and $10 009509 in fine and about uncirculated respectively. Dave want to receive more reports. Please DO NOT SEND THEM TO DAVE! Instead, send the reports to the gram and we will list them here where Dave can read about them!
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Calendar
In this section we will highlight MPC chat, MPC Fest, and MPC gram events. Other events will be mentioned as they get close. For planning purposes see the papermoneyworld.com calendar of events.
The next major show is the American Numismatic Association Convention (August 9-13). This year the convention will be in Philadelphia. 25 years ago the ANA convention was one of the major events for paper money. Now with the development of so many successful paper money shows (and of course the MPC Fest), its importance has diminished, but it is still an important show. Because it is such a big and important show, you cannot help but find some good paper there. Marv Mericle has promissed that he is going to introduce some innovations there with his exhibit of MPC.
I will be there the entire time and will be pleased to chat MPC with you!
Chat tonight 10pm eastern.
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please respond to this address or to fred@papermoneyworld.com
Do You Yahoo!?
Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere!
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