From: MPCgram [mpcgram@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 6:50 AM To: Doug Bell Subject: Fwd: MPCGram 1406 --- MPCgram wrote: > Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 17:32:09 -0800 (PST) > From: MPCgram > Subject: MPCGram 1406 > To: mpcgram@papermoneyworld.net > > ------------------------ > / MPC Gram News Letter / > ----------------------- > > =========================================== > MPC GRAM > =========================================== > Vol 7, no 1406 > > Tuesday January 3, 2006 > > Azad Hind coinage > > by Joe Boling > > Herb Friedman's marvelous treatise on Azad Hind notes (gram 1402) > mentioned the Azad Hind coinage only briefly. I am not familiar with > the piece he described bearing the portrait of Bose, but I am with the > counterstamped Indian rupees. I prepared an exhibit of such a piece > for the ANA convention in 1985. Here is the text relating directly to > the coin. > > COINAGE OF THE P.G.A.H. > Coinage is surely the most difficult fiscal item for a government to > prepare, but also one of the most tangible symbols of governmental > stability. The subject of this exhibit is a rupee of the Empire of > India counterstamped with the letters "P.G.A.H. > 1943." > The counterstamp is applied directly across the face of King George > VI. A photograph of another piece shows the counterstamp obliterating > the crown. Either application has interesting propaganda suggestions. > > The use of a counterstamp greatly simplifies the production of > coinage; neither expensive minting equipment nor complete preparation > of planchets is required. Preparation of a counterstamp die is > relatively simple, any suitable coin from circulation can be used as a > planchet, and any convenient location can serve as a mint. But why > bother? Paper money is almost as easy to prepare, and ever so much > cheaper. > > The inhabitants of the Burma-India border region are notorious for > preferring "hard cash" over paper currencies. Allied airmen carried > gold coins in their emergency kits for use if they had to walk out > from a remote crash site; paper dollars, pounds, or rupees would not > do. Similarly, if the I.N.A. wanted to obtain goods and services along > their route, and did not want to antagonize the locals by using > expropriation as their currency, they would have to have something > easily recognizable and accepted. > What > better medium than the local coinage, modified to add to the stature > of the users and denigrate that of their enemies? Mr.Sengar reports > that he has also seen this counterstamp on a Burmese rupee (Y-7, the > peacock design). Either coin as a base piece would be recognizable and > acceptable to the border-area residents; only the defacement might be > a problem. > We do not know who prepared these coins, nor where or when. This > piece and the one reported by Surana were prepared on 1942 rupees. The > action of striking the counterstamp die on the obverse virtually > obliterated most of the date and the word "India" on the reverse, but > the date can be made out with a microscope or good glass. I have seen > no dates reported for other pieces. > The use of Indian coins dated only a year before the counterstamp was > applied indicates that either the originator had access to some > purloined Indian coins (perhaps seized from a shipment to a bank) or > that the counterstamps were applied to coins found locally after the > I.N.A. entered India. > Although these pieces may be modern fantasies, they seem to have the > acceptance of the Indian specialists with whom I have discussed them. > Only a few have been reported. The original information I received was > that five had been retained by an I.N.A. officer for some thirty-nine > years after the war before they reached numismatists. Another report, > from a dealer, said that he had handled some and had three in stock. > No contemporary reports of P.G.A.H. or I.N.A. > coinage > have come to my attention, so the issue may have been prepared and not > used. It is certain that the British would not have let such coins > circulate after the war, but the piece exhibited appears to have > circulated at least briefly. There is dirt in the counterstamp, and > the raised areas around it seem to be burnished from normal wear and > tear. In any event, I am sure that the P.G.A.H. had better intentions, > and did not regard this as a permanent coinage - but rather as a > provisional's provisional. > > REFERENCES AND SOURCES CONSULTED > Friedman, Herbert A. "Azad Hind" and "Chalo Delhi" > Stamps. Bombay: Jal Cooper, 1972. > Hayashi, Saburo and Alvin D. Coox. Kogun - The Japanese Army in the > Pacific War. Quantico VA: The Marine Corps Association, 1959. p93 PGAH > est 21 Oct 43; pp207,211, Bose death date 18 Aug 45, Taipei; INA > statistics. > Schwan, C. Frederick, and Joseph E. Boling. World War II Military > Currency. Portage OH: BNR Press, 1978. > Schwan, C. Frederick. Personal correspondence, 1977-78. > Sengar, Narendra. Personal correspondence, 23 July and > 17 September 1984. (three pieces in stock; has seen on Burmese rupee > Y-7 (peacock)) Spengler, William F. Personal correspondence, 13 > December 1982. (five pieces saved by one INA > officer) > Surana, Pukhraj J. "I.N.A. Currency." Numismatic Digest, vol V part I > (June 1981), pp68-71. > (Numismatic > Society of Bombay) > Toland, John. The Rising Sun. New York: Random House, 1970. p761 > *********************************************************** > Championship Question Corner > > Question: What issue was overprinted for Force T? > Question 35, difficulty 2. (bonus, what was the highest denomination > that was overprinted?). Along the same line of highest denominations, > what is the highest denomination Government Printer Palestine for > Djibouti? Question 36, difficulty 2. > > Yesterday's 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. > > The answer is: Series 1947 barter units come in two designs. The > Japanese puppet Central Bank of the Philippines had two denominations > printed: 10 and 100 piso. The question carefully asked what was > printed because certainly the 10 piso note was not issued. > The > 100 piso probably was not issued either, but the 10 certainly was not. > Only one piece is reported and its whereabouts are uncertain. > > Comments from the field. Jack Hunter wrote--Wow, these are deep on the > list! Two different issues of Barter notes from series 1947. I was > unable to find your listing for the Puppet notes for the Central Bank > of the Philippines. But according to some very old information (N. > Shafer) Guide to Philippines paper money c.1964. The 100 pesos was the > only denomination printed, but not released for circulation. So unless > Neil decides to up-date this fine reference, it is all the information > I have. [Champ, you missed one. I can hear the chearing around the > country. Hm, I wonder how many in the cheering section got it > right.--Ed] > I know it is in WW II somewhere, but Neil's book only has 128 pages, > including the index! Not to mention, the weight difference! So for > speed in finding things, Neil's book was a lock. > Maybe you can take on another project here, Fred. > You > and Neil could go through and up-date the Philippines book, along with > his reference on Philippines Guerrilla Gurrency, and combine them into > one handy book! > Sounds like a long over due idea to me! Maybe Neil would like to > hear this one! hehe! > Hell, put me on the list for the first copy!! > ========================================== > Editorial > ========================================== > Jack Champ Hunter brought up Neil Shafer's 1964 Philippine catalog. > That is a great little book even now. It is a model of what a small > country catalog should be. It is a good book now and was WAY ahead of > its time in 1964. Very similiar statements can (and > should) be made about his 1974 guerrilla catalog. > Even > though this book, too, was way ahead of its time, it seems like a new > book to me because I experienced its release. I had not known Neil > long in 1974, but we had struck up a good friendship in the short time > that we had known each other. I was at several shows where Neil gave > programs on the notes and the book so it seems like a recent thing to > me. I recommend both books to everyone. > =========================================== > Mail Call > =========================================== > Dear Editor, > I have a few more comments relating the Central Bank of the > Philippines puppet issues. I looked in the other 3 places for the > Philippines, but not the Republic section. Not complaining, mind you, > but the format in WW II is tough to follow! > And I know you don't need another project. But maybe you could > convince Neil to do it himself, and BNR could publish it! > > I'll assume your lack of response as a positive sign. > :-) > > Jack > > Dear Champ, > This seems like the Jack Gram, possibly Champ Gram? > Nonetheless, you have brought up good points. That is why you are > getting all of the ink, er, uh, electrons. > Remembered can be a bit difficult to navigate if you use other > catalogs as crutches. Joe and I knew that there were problems with the > organization, but we were confident that the historical context would > justify the work (I think that we were right, but look forward to > other views). However, because we knew of the difficulties we included > the country quick list on the last page of the book. If you use that > list you can use Remembered much like the other books. If you do that, > reading of the historical content is not allowed. > > Editor > =========================================== > 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$$, Mark Watson, Ron Waddel, Rachel > Feller, Ed Beaman, Carlson Chambliss, Sam Feeback, Jim > Debroah* Crowe#, Judy and Fred Schwan Running > totals: > overall 35; new festers 5. $ paid, $$ 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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