From: MPCgram [mpcgram@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 6:51 AM To: Doug Bell Subject: Fwd: MPCGram 1403 --- MPCgram wrote: > Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 19:16:50 -0800 (PST) > From: MPCgram > Subject: MPCGram 1403 > To: mpcgram@papermoneyworld.net > > ------------------------ > / MPC Gram News Letter / > ----------------------- > > =========================================== > MPC GRAM > =========================================== > Vol 7, no 1403 > > Friday December 30, 2005 > > New Variety Found? > > by Guy Aarby > > Hello Gramsters.....Freditor, While observing > some series #521 $1 MPC notes, I noticed a distinctive difference in > the numeral or "font" type for number 9. > I have 3 pieces from the first printing that contain the numeral "9" > in it's position number. 2 pieces I own are very sharp "pointed 9's" > the 3rd piece a "very blunt squared off 9." Could it be a slight > doubling of this digit? I don't believe so. But I have studied and > compared the 9's under 5 x and 10 x and doesn't seem to be doubled > enough to cause such a thick bottemed 9! The nine would have to be > cockeyed quite a bit to cause this effect or doubled ( horizontal > spread) to a point where the other parts of the 9 should be thicker. > This is my preliminary observation. Anyone else that notice this > phenomenon. > Please report. to guyaraby@earthlink.net or the > Gram. I am curious about this font variation. > Reminds > me of series #481. Needs more reports. Serial number of BLUNT 9 > variety is E07344101E = Pos 9, the other > 2 pieces of that are the "pointed 9 variety" are E15667416E Pos 69, > and E19984824E pos 49. ALL are FIRST PRINTING! This is why I am > concerned. All 3 pcs. are CU. Just observing. Could there be 2 types > of numeral ' 9 ' used for the 1st printing? Happy Holidays, and my > prayers go out to Val May and family. God Bless Leo May! > > > THE NAMING OF WORLD WAR II, SEPTEMBER 11, > 1945 > > by Jim Downey > > How and when was the term World War II introduced? > I > may not have found out the answer to that question, but I did find out > how it became the official name in the United States. Of course the > war was called other things in other places. Specifically it was > called the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union and the Great East > Asian War in Japan. Likely there are other names as well. A name used > in Germany does not come to mind at the moment. This document is > reproduced from > http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/policy/post-war/450911a.html > > > [United States, Department of State, Bulletin (Government Printing > Office, Washington, 1945), XIII, 427-428.] > > 10 September 1945 > > The President > The White House > > Dear Mr. President: President Wilson, under date of July 31, 1919, > addressed a letter to Secretary of War Baker which read, in part, as > follows: > > "It is hard to find a satisfactory 'official' name for the war but the > best, I think, that has been suggested is 'The World War,' and I hope > that your judgment will concur." > > Subsequently, under date of October 7, 1919, War Department General > Orders No. 115 directed: > > "The war against the Central Powers of Europe, in which the United > States has taken part, will hereafter be designated in all official > communications and publications as 'The World War.'" > > As a matter of simplicity and to insure uniform terminology, it is > recommended that "World War II" > be > the officially designated name for the present war covering all > theaters and the entire period of hostilities. > > The term "World War II" has been used in at least seven public laws > to designate this period of hostilities. Analysis of publications and > radio programs indicates that this term has been accepted by common > usage. > > If this recommendation is approved it is further recommended that the > title "World War II" be published in the Federal Register as the > official name of the present war. [See 10 Federal Register 1188.] > Respectfully yours, HENRY L. STIMSON, Secretary of War > > JAMES FORRESTAL, > Secretary of the Navy. > > Approved: September 11, 1945 > HARRY S. TRUMAN > *********************************************************** > Championship Question Corner > > Question: 50 sen notes were issued in Japan in 1942 and 1946 with the > Yaukuni Shrine. What did the 1942 note commemorate when it was issued > in 1942? > Question > 30, difficulty 2. Bonus question: What series of MPC has replacements > with wild serial numbers? Question 31, difficulty 1. > > Yesterday's Question(s). What number series was used as trial MPC? > Question 28, difficulty 1, What series of MPC was ordered as one > series number but issued as another? (what were the two series numbers > involved?) > Question 29, difficulty 2. > > The answer is: Bill Meyers provides the answer: > Series > 100 (supplemental A Yen but NOT B yen which was also Series 100) were > trial MPC. Series 471 was ordered as series 462 > > Comments from the field and from the champ: Jack Hunter wrote--Series > 100 AMC was considered to be an experimental (trial) form of MPC, I > kept looking for something less obvious, but it was "trial" that > confused the issue. Series 671 was ordered by the DOA but was sped up > to become series 661 or delayed to become 681, so either way you look > at it, was ordered as one series, but issued as another. So the two > series numbers involved were 661 & 681... > [interesting answerl, Jack, and mostly correct, but we do not know for > sure which was what so the BEST answer is Series 462 and 471. I look > forward for some disputes on this point.--Ed.] > ========================================== > Editorial > ========================================== > What is number one on your personal want list? Ski and I have played > that game from time to time. Frankly, I do not have a specific item in > mind right now. The ones that I think of are not known in any > collection--that is against the rules. I might think on that one for > awhile. What made me think of the question was the wonderful Freidman > article on Azad Hind because for a very long time the number one item > on my list was an Azad Hind note. > I remember some of this well, and the rest, well, not so well. In > the 1980s we somewhere got a lead on Azad Hind notes. Ruth Hill had a > photocopy of a photocopy and she made a photocopy of it for me. I > cannot now remember who the collector was who had reported this piece, > but Ruth had contanct his widow and was not able to get the note or > any information. > I found a wonderfully tantelizing reference in John Toland's The > Rising Sun. He make a passing reference to the fact that the Free > Indian Army carried bank notes into the country expecting the people > to rise and support them. That line still drives me crazy. I wrote to > John Toland asking for his source on that comment but not surprisingly > never received a reply. > The notes discovered in the 1990s and since are wonderful, but I do > not think that they match the multigenerational photocopy that we were > lusting over in the 1980s--but I am not sure having long since > divested myself of that scrap of paper. > =========================================== > Mail Call > =========================================== > Dear Editor, > Kindly put me down for a single ( snorer ) for which I will send > $198.00. I will be at the fest sometime fri and plan on going out to > the cmp fri morning , combining 2 trips into one. I propose that we > add target practice to our agenda this year :-). > Perhaps even Qualifications after a little remedial and practice of > course. I hope everyone has a Safe and Happy New Year. > > Sam Feeback > > Dear Editor, > I really enjoyed the article on the Azad Hind. > Herb > Friedman really did his home work on that subject. > Seems to me that Joe was still the owner of the yellow,red and green > note with Bose and Hitler on front. As of last fest anyway. Probably > should have bought it then, seemed very reasonable at the time, just > didn't have any interest when it was available. > Thanks for running this and thanks to Herb for allowing it. > > Jack > =========================================== > Calendar > =========================================== > 2006 > > Florida United Numismatists, Inc. 51st Annual Coin Convention on > January 5 - 8, 2006. Orange County Convention / Civic Center, 9800 > International Drive, Orlando, FL. Hours Thursday, January 5 to > Saturday, January 7, 10:00 A.M. to 6:30 P.M. and Sunday, January 8, > 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. This show is considered one of the finest in > the country with an exceptional bourse, major auction by Heritage > which includes CAA, great exhibits, many coin club meetings and daily > (almost hourly) educational programs. > Exhibits are competitive but you must be a member of FUN. FUN has six > category's which the YN's are included in. BIS includes a fully paid > ANA Summer Seminar scholarship. The prizes are also excellent and > every exhibitor gets a nice medal (silver). Many MPC collectors attend > this show and the bourse usually includes at least some MPC and > similar material. > Mini > Fests have been known to crop up at FUN. Visit FUN on their web page > for exhibit or show information (www.funtopics.com). > > The London Paper Money Fair has moved to: Victory Services Club, 63 > Seymour Street, off Edgware Road, Marble Arch London and the dates > are: Feb 5, May 7, July 2 and Nov 26. see:www.britishnotes.co.uk or > www.londonpapermoneyfair.co.uk > > Feb 9-11, Long Beach, mini fest to be announced > > Mar 3-5 MPCFest VII John Cheney$$, Harold Kroll, C & D Freeland, Roger > Urcie, Pat Bethe, Karen Jach, Jack Hunter (champ), G. W. Slade#, Larry > 'Ski' > Smulczenski, > Steve Swoish, Cuneyd Tolek, Loretta and Dick Freyser, Bob Olson, > Wendell Wolka, JANE* and Warner Talso, Howard Daniel$$#, George > Fitzgerald, Bill Haines, Bill Meyers#, Nick S., Dave Hunsicker#, Gary > Hicks, Adolf Witzke, John Cheney$$, Mark Watson, Ron Waddel, Rachel > Feller, Ed Beaman, Carlson Chambliss, Sam Feeback, Judy and Fred > Schwan Running totals: overall 34; new festers 4. $ paid, $$ paid > single, # new Fester, *special services auxiliary. Honor Roll: Mike > Cummings, Robert Kutcher, Leo May. > > Mar 9-12 CPMX, Chicago > > 1-2 April 2006, "PaperMoneyFair-Maastricht", in the "Polfermolen" in > beautiful Valkenburg. Netherlands. > The most important and best attended paper money bourse in Europe if > not the world! For more information, go to the show's web site at > http://www.papermoney-maastricht.org/ or contact the show organizer, > Jos Eijsermans, at apnc.eijsermans@wxs.nl > > June 1-3 Long Beach, mini fest to be announced > > 3-5 March MPCFest VII > > 7-9 April ANA convention, Atlanta > > 16-18 June Memphis > > 1-14 July ANA summer seminar > > 16-20 August ANA convention, Denver > > September 14th-16th, Long Beach, mini fest to be annuonced > > The World Paper Money Fair, organised by the London chapter of the > IBNS will be September 30/October 1 at the new venue: Hotel Russell, > Russell Square, Bloomsbury, London.  see: www.ibnslondon.org.uk > > Oct/Nov Pcda St Louis > ========================================== > for dealer Hot Contact list, ANA MPC museum holdings and other static > information please click this link: > http://www.papermoneyworld.net/Gramattichments.htm > ========================================== > 2005 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. > > Contributors to the 2005 scholarship so far are: > Ed > Hoffman, Warner Talso, RA Medina, John & Nancy Wilson, Keith & Sue > Bauman, Dan Freeland, Tom Koch, Doug Bell, Cuneyd Tolek, David > Seelye, Brian Giese, Larry Smulczenski, Joe Boling, Dick & Loretta > Freyser, Mark Watson, John Cheney, Roger Urce, Harold Kroll, Al > Glaser. (also Memphis Belle note purchasers and summer seminar > participants. irie Harris, Robert Connell, William Benton > > Donors and dontions to the scholarship fund > (directly) > or to the bennefit auction: Ed Beaman, Frank Clark, Howard A. Daniel > III, Dick and Loretta Freyser, Dan and Kathy Freeland, Jack Hunter, > Harld Kroll, Tim Kyzivat, Leo May, Robbie Robinson, Joel Shafer, Neil > Shafer, Larry Smulczenski, Steve Swoish, Roger Urce, Ron Waddell, Pam > West, John and Nancy Wilson, Adolf Witzke, Wendell Wolka. > > Contact me at: "Marcus Turner" mail to: > maturner@indy.rr.com Checks should be made out to the "Military > Numismatists Scholarship." or Marcus Turner > > Marcus Turner > PO Box 191 > Danville, Indiana 46122 > USA > > IMPORTANT SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION > > Additional 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 > ========================================= > POST / BASE EXCHANGE(PX/BX/NEX) > > Dump your dupes! Your classified advertisement for items for sale, > purchase or trade 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. In > all cases confirm your order via email first. > > Special book offer made in the Bank Note Reporter and now repeasted > for Gramsters. The new 7th editon of the Comprehensive Catalog of U. > S. Paper Money by Gene Hessler and Carlson Chambliss will be released > in Jan or Feb. If you order a copy now, we will promptly send you a > copy of the 6th edition to tide you over till the new one is ready. We > will ship the new one and you keep them both. Hard to beat this deal. > Price softbound $32, hardbound $40. You can order just by sending an > email to BNRPress@papermoneyworld.net (or even just reply to the Gram) > and they will send you the books with an invoice--a special benefit of > being a Gram subscriber. > > Collection of UNESCO COUPONS > > ISSUED Notes no acceptance signature > > > 1 Cent Serial number 91555 Date of issue > 20-x-1956 > UNESCO New York Office > 5 Cents Serial Number 91548 Date of issue > 20-x-1956 > UNESCO New York Office > 10 Cent Serial number 91544 Date of issue > 20-x-1956 UNESCO New York Office > 25 Cents Serial Number 91540 Date of issue > 20-x-1956 > UNESCO New York Office > 50 Cents Serial Number 91538 Date of issue > 20-x-1956 > UNESCO New York Office > 1 dollar Serial number 150320 Date of issue > 20-x-1956 UNESCO New York Office > > ISSUED Notes with stamps and signatures ( these were actually used) > 3 Dollars Serial number 286293 date of issue 30-IV-1960 signed in Rome > Italy > 3 Dollars Serial number 286294 date of issue 30-IV-1960 signed in Rome > Italy > there is a receipt from 10-17-1963 from First national Bank of > Grand Junction CO debiting a Korean Stamp Society for the $6.00. 1st > Stamp on the notes is dated October 1, 1963 > > 3 Dollars Serial Number 737191 Date of Issue 1.10.1970 signed Juaso > Ghana > > SPECIMEN UNESCO GIFT COUPON > 1Pound Serial No. B issuance date 1 September 1951 > > VIA 52.1 (UK) g a AF > 1Pound Serial No. B issuance date 1 September 1951 > > VIA 52.1 (UK) g a AF > 1 UNUM Serial No. E (No Date) VIA 52.1 (UN) > 1 > a AF. > 1.000 Francs Serial No. C Issuance date: 1 October > 1951 REH 51, M. 9. > > SPECIMEN UNESCO TRAVEL COUPON > 10 Dollars No. A ( No Date) VIA 53 IV 1 > 10 Dollars No. A ( No Date) VIA 53 IV 1 > 100 Dollars No. C (No Date) VIA 53 IV 3 > > UNESCO COUPON > SPECIMEN Booklet Date of issue 1.10.1979 missing cover $1.00, > $3.00, $10.00, 30.00, $100.00, Cents not to exceed 99 Cents > [1.1.1980] > Imprimerie Courvoisier SA - Suisse SPECIMEN Check Book Value in > UNUM each check has a > serial number No Date > There is a stub with each check and two receipts on each stub > 1 Unum Serial no: 0,104,099 > 2 Unum Serial no: 0,035,099 > 5 Unum Serial no: 0,112,099 > 20 Unum Serial no: 0,072,099 > 50 Unum Serial no: 0,036,099 > 100 Unum Serial no: 0,022,099 > > Cents not to exceed 99 cents Date of issue Jan. 1956 > > VIA.55.II. 1 f AF. > Cents not to exceed 99 cents Date of issue 1-6-59 > PLD.59.II 1 j AF. > Cents not to exceed 99 cents Date of issue 1-6-59 > PLD.59.II 1 j AF. > $1.00 Date of Issue Jan. 1956 VIA.55.II. 2 > d > AF. > $1.00 Date of Issue Jan. 1956 VIA.55.II. 2 > d > AF. > $1.00 Date of Issue 1-6-59 PLD.59.II. > 2 > k AF. > $1.00 Date of Issue 1-6-59 PLD.59.II. > 2 > k AF. > $3.00 Date of Issue Jan. 1956 VIA.55.II. 3 > e > AF. Torn in half > $3.00 Date of Issue Jan. 1956 VIA.55.II. 3 > e > AF. > $3.00 Date of Issue 1-6-59 PLD.59.II. > 3 > m AF. > $3.00 Date of Issue 1-6-59 PLD.59.II. > 3 > m AF. > $3.00 Date of Issue 1-6-59 PLD.59.II. > 3 > m AF. > $10.00 Date of issue 20-x-1956 PLD.56.II 4 f > AF. Torn in half > $10.00 Date of issue 1-6-59 PLD.59.II. > 4 > I AF. > $10.00 Date of issue 1-6-59 PLD.59.II. > 4 > I AF. > $30.00 Date of issue Jan. 57 PLD.57.II. > 5 > c AF. > $30.00 Date of issue Jan. 57 PLD.57.II. > 5 > c AF. > $30.00 Date of issue Jan. 57 PLD.57.II. > 5 > c AF. > $100.00 Date of issue Jan. 57 PLD.57.II. 7 > c > AF. > $100.00 Date of issue Jan. 57 PLD.57.II. 7 > c > AF. > $100.00 Date of issue 1-3-60 PLD.60.II. 7 > e > AF. > $1000.00 Date of issue Nov. 1954 VIA.54.II.14.AF > $1000.00 Date of issue Nov. 1954 VIA.54.II.14.AF > $1000.00 Date of issue Jan. 57 > VIA.57.II.14a.AF > > different notes > > 26 > 2 specimen sets with 6 different notes each 12 > > total different notes 38 > total > notes 52 > > > net $15,000.00 > > David Seelye, contact coinman@rochester.rr.com > > WANTED SECTION: > 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 for sale in the above > section > as a reply. > Wanted listings will run for a period of 1 month. > > WANTED > CURRENCY LEAFLETS OF THE FIRST GULF WAR: > blurry brown and grey-blue, Friedman type 2 > (Johnson > type C61) CIA full color 25 dinar, Friedman types > 3,6 > (Johnson types F04 and one unlisted by him). This > has > white margins on the face and may be on light-weight > paper. > CURRENCY LEAFLETS OF THE BOSNIAN INTERVENTION and > CURRENCY LEAFLETS OF THE SECOND GULF WAR: > Any that you have at hand that illustrate a > banknote > on one or both sides. > Joseph E. 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