From: MPCgram [mpcgram@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 7:07 AM To: Doug Bell Subject: MPCGram 1405 --- MPCgram wrote: > Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 22:47:31 -0800 (PST) > From: MPCgram > Subject: MPCGram 1405 > To: mpcgram@papermoneyworld.net > > ------------------------ > / MPC Gram News Letter / > ----------------------- > > =========================================== > MPC GRAM > =========================================== > Vol 7, no 1405 > > Monday January 2, 2006 > > May Memorial at FUN > > by Howard Daniel > > We have a place and time for a memorial to Leo May. > It will be in Room 330A at 3:30PM on January 7 at the FUN Show. > Everyone is welcome to attend it. > Everyone is invited and will have an opportunity to share a thought > or recollection of Leo Paymaster May. > Valerie May will probably be at the event. > > > Allied Specimen Books in Auction > > Three Allied military currency specimen sets have been consigned to > the MPCFest auction. The three booklets are: 1) Specimens of Allied > Military Mark Currency, 2) Specimens of Allied Military Currency > [lire, unstated on cover], and 3) Specimens of Supplemental French > Franc Currency > Booklets were prepared when the notes were printed. > It has been widely stated that they were for education, training, and > counterfeit detection purposes, but this has never been confirmed in > any official way. > The mark booklet contains .5, 1, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, and 1000 mark > specimen notes made from Forbes-printed replacements that are > perforated with the word specimen. The cover cover and each of the > notes has small areas of discoloration from the disintegration of a > rubber band that apparantly held the booklets at one time. > The supplemental franc booklet contains specimens of the 2, 5, 10, > 50, 100, 500, 1000, and 5000 franc denominations. The specimens have > zero serial numbers. > Of greatest interest is the 5000 franc denomination because it was not > issued. Therefore it is available on is specimen form as in this case. > This booklet has damage similar to the mark booklet described about > but the marks appear less on the notes and in partiular the 1000 and > 5000 franc notes have only tiny marks that would not be noticed if > they were not in the booklet with more significant marks. > The lire booklet is a very interesting research item because the > notes are all expedient specimens made from a combination of regular > issues and replacements. > The 1 and 2 lire notes are expedients from star notes of Series 1943. > The 5, 10, 50, 100, and 500 lire are Series 1943A made from regular > issues. The 1000 lire is also a Series 1943A, but it is a star note. > Although all booklets are rare. Expedient booklets like this lire > booklet are relatively recent discoveries. Their exact history is not > known. Since they include some, but not necessarily all star notes and > have a rubber stamp SPECIMEN marking rather than perforated markings > like the booklets that are known to have originated with the printers, > it is believed that the expedients were created in the field by > finance offices where additional specimens were needed. These creators > knew that they should use star notes from examining the original > specimen booklets, but apparently could not find enough stars to make > booklets of stars (this comes as no surprise to collectors!). > All booklets are rare and desirable. They have sold in the market > from time to time, but no recent sales have been recorded. > *********************************************************** > Championship Question Corner > > Question: Two barter series have the same series designation but > different designs. What is the series? > Question 33, difficulty 3. Central Bank of the Philippines puppet bank > notes were printed in what denominations? Question 34, difficulty 2. > > Yesterday's question: Question: A five cent MPC is SN A00672500. What > is the position number? Question 32, difficulty 2. How many colors > were in the flag of Manchukuo? Question 33, difficulty 2. > > The answer is: See comments from the field. > > Comments from the field--Bill Meyers For 5 cents there are 672,000 > notes per unit so A00672500 will be in the 2nd unit. Position 1 has > the 1st 8000 numbers so I say position 1. The Manchuoko flag is a > yellow field with four small stripes of red, blue, white and black in > the canton. > ========================================== > Editorial > ========================================== > In rummaging around my office today, I found a an old college > textbook: World Civilizations from Anciet to Contemporary by E. Burns > and P. Ralph, third edition. > It is volume 2, I do not seem to have any other volumes. The first > edition was 1955, the third edition (the one that I have) was 1964. I > do not think that I ever used this textbook in a class, but I might be > wrong on that. > Anyway, before I tossed it, I sat down and looked it over and found > lots of interesting things. Now I am afraid that I might put it on my > to-read pile. > The first particularly interesting thing that I found was a chart on > the cost of World War II (without stating what start date was used). > It starts off by saying the the total cost was estimated at > $1,384,900,000,000 (estimate prepared by James H. > Brady and the American University.) > Obviously, the human costs are far more and cannot be calculated, > but even this monetary figure is all but impossible to comprehend. The > authors try to give meaning to the figure by saying that for this > figure, ALL of the following could be purchased. > --a house for every family in the US, Britain, Belgium, and Portugal > --a public library for every city of 200,000 inhabitants in the US, > Britain, and the USSR --a university for each of these cities --an > automobile for every family in the US --salaries of 50,000 teachers > and 50,000 nurses for 100 years --college education for every high > school graduate in the US between 17 and 21 years of age. > > The chart actually further specified the value of the houses, cars > etc. specified but I figure that we can look at it as 1964 dollars or > 2006 dollars and it probably comes out the same (with the implied > growth of the cost). > I am excited about the consignment of specimen booklets to the Fest > auction. I have some interesting experiences with specimen booklets. I > will try to write them up over the next few days or at least by the > time of the auction. > =========================================== > Mail Call > =========================================== > Dear Editor, > In the January ' 06 Bank Note Reporter there is an article about > American Bank Note Company archives which have been purchased by > Archival Collectibles of New Jersey. The purchase included printing > plates, rollers, dies and other archival materials from ABNC. > In addition to exhibiting the items, there are plans to offer some at > auction in 2006. There are over twenty pages listed in the index of > Remembered which deal with ABNC. Perhaps some of the items offered > will relate to the notes on those pages. > Also of interest is an offer from the Federal Managers Association > of the BEP which features Chief Ouray as one of the intaglio prints on > a souvenir card. Cards are available plain ($12.50) and in a > first-day cancellation which contains a three cent Colorado stamp and > a fifty-three cent Chief Ouray stamp ($16). The notice states orders > should be mailed to FMA Chapter 216 c/o O'Leary, 5908 Carters Oak > Court, Burke, VA 22015. > > Roger > =========================================== > Calendar > =========================================== > 2006 > > The for a memorial to Leo May. It will be in Room 330A at 3:30PM on > January 7 at the FUN Show. See below for general information on FUN. > > 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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