From: MPCgram [mpcgram@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 6:45 AM To: Doug Bell Subject: Fwd: MPCGram 1417 --- MPCgram wrote: > Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 21:40:49 -0800 (PST) > From: MPCgram > Subject: MPCGram 1417 > To: mpcgram@papermoneyworld.net > > ------------------------ > / MPC Gram News Letter / > ----------------------- > > =========================================== > MPC GRAM > =========================================== > Vol 7, no 1417 Friday > January 20, 2006 > > Show Report--FUN > > by Roger Urce > > After attending FUN, we like to take a week or so and remain in > Florida to relax, and on this trip, to study "the Book" in preparation > for March. > Consequently, this report is somewhat delayed. > Overall FUN was a good show; coin dealers far outnumbered paper money > dealers and those dealt primarily with US paper. A number of dealers > offered MPC, either in the very common/low priced range or scarcer > notes that were priced accordingly. We did manage to find some notes > at tables manned by Dave Amey and James Warmus. Some "junk boxes" > yielded a couple of high grade French West Africa notes (SB > 1371 > and SB 1373) at very undervalued prices and a couple of JAPWANCAP > overstamps in varieties I did not have. > While Larry and I were looking over some notes at Tom Denly's table, > Fred arrived (the table was right up front next to the main entrance). > As we discussed various matters numismatic, a number of Festers passed > by and joined in the discussion which lasted the better part of two > hours. We were joined by Ray and Pia Bows who, as has been reported, > plan to attend the Fest and will have some very interesting items from > various conflicts for show and tell. Later on I asked Fred about the > organization of Remembered and said that I thought the listing could > have been done alphabetically by country to make them easier to find. > He related how he and Joe organized the book in its present form so > that all AMC issues, JIM issues and the like would be listed together. > I said I could see his logic, but found it a bit troublesome finding > the quick country list in the first few pages of the book. > Fred replied the list was not located in front, only the table of > contents were there, and that the list was on the last page to > facilitate its use. Okay, but there is a quick country list in front > - no said our Editor and was insistent until I showed him my copy. > > Seems we both learned something we didn't know. > Larry also had some items for the Fest auction, one of which is a > ledger from the USS Jack W. Wilke DE 800 with entries beginning on 24 > September 1944 and ending on 30 June 1946. The neatly entered data > lists ship's store activities and deposits of larger sums which are > speculated to be for payroll. A Google search revealed the Wilke was > named for Jack Winton Wilke of California who as a Naval aviator was > assigned to Torpedo Squadron 8 on board USS Hornet. This squadron, > along with a number of other units engaged the Japanese at the Battle > of Midway in June of 1942. > Except for one pilot, all were lost in the battle. > The > USS Wilke was commissioned in March of 1944 and saw war duty as a > convoy escort in the Atlantic and into the Mediterranean and northern > France. She also operated with a hunter-killer group in the North > Atlantic area. > Lastly, I was moved by all the tributes to Leo here in the Gram and > at the memorial service at the show. > > When we walked in the show this time I naturally looked for "the hat" > and, as is my habit at all shows, go right over to Leo's table. Of > course I knew the hat wouldn't be there, but we went to the table > anyway. I think Ski put it best when he said that our base of > operations was gone - everybody wound up at Leo's table and we will > all miss him and doing that. > *********************************************************** > Championship Question Corner > > Question: What animal is on the face of the State of Burma notes that > were printed in Japan? Question 65, difficulty 2. In addition to the > same animal, what other vignette appears on the State of Burma local > printing? Question 66, difficulty 2. > > Yesterday's question: General HOMMA Masaharu was the commander of > Japanese forces in the Philippines during the initial attacks and > early occupation. He was known for writing poetry. What kind of issues > bear his name? > Question 63, difficulty 2. What JIM issue had a 1 cent denomination? > For that same issue, what was the highest denomination? Question 64, > difficulty 2. > > The answer is: Homma medals. Burma JIM includes a one cent > denomination and the highest denomination of the issue is 100 rupees. > > Comments from the field: Champ Hunter wrote: When you stopped in > Kentucky, you didn't smoke any of that "blue grass" did you? > > I'm going to skip the poetry question and go straight to the JIM one. > This is the one that makes me believe that maybe you were burning up > the blue grass instead of driving home. > The question of what JIM issue had a 1 cent denomination and for the > same series, what was the HIGHEST denomination? > It would be easier to tell you which series didn't have a one cent! > > Burma JIM 1c, highest, 100 rupee > Malaya JIM 1c, highest, $1000 > NEI JIM een cent, highest, 10 gulden, (not counting Southern > Development notes). > Philippines JIM 1 centavo, highest, 10 pesos. > (Again, > No S.D. notes). > Throw in the Southern development bank issues, which are different > ISSUES, then things go up from there (higher?). > Also, in WWII MC it plainly shows that the HIGHEST block number for > Philippines JIM is 87 ! That occurs on the one peso note listed as > 127a, on page 162. > These are the notes that have block number only (no serial # ). > Frankly, at your advanced age, I figured you would have quit with > the "higher" stuff a long time ago. I can understand it while you were > in Viet Nam, but hey, the war is over my friend. So step away from the > hash > pipe. ;-) Poetry?? Hah! > > Bill Myers wrote: The HOOMA medal from 1942 had a poem by HOOMA on the > reverse. > Burma has a 1 cent JIM with highest denomination of 100 rupees Malaya > has a 1 cent JIM with the highest denomination of 1000 dollars > Netherlands East Indies has a one (ein) cent note with highest > denomination of 100 roepiah Philippines has a one centavo which I have > seen abbreviated as cent, the highest denomination is 100 pesos. > As far as the question, what is the highest block reported for > Philippine JIM I got 87 from page 636 of WWII Remembered where it list > the reported block numbers and for 1 peso notes (2227b) it list block > 87. > I have a 1 peso note with block number 83. Scan attached. Did I miss > something in the question? [well, I really walked on myself with > these! It was probably clear that while I was on the road, I was not > taking questions from the actual March Madness cards, but was adlibing > the questions (I tried not to adlib the answers). With all of the talk > about JIM, I thought that we should emphasize questions on that > subject. I really blew it on the block nubmers and denomination > questoins. I do not even want to tell you what I was thinking!--Ed.] > ========================================== > Editorial > ========================================== > We made it home at 1830 Thursday. I have noticed that it takes > northerners a lot longer to return from Florida in the winter than it > does to get there. We sure proved that on this trip. In spite of > taking a long time to return, I had no numismatic adventures on the > return trip except for playing on the internet each evening. Perhaps > you can count bungling some March Madness questions as adventures. > I have started hearing from folks around the country who were > receiving packages of books and other things shipped from Miami. I > guess that the numismatic overdose I had there might make up for the > lack of such adventures on the way home. > I had quite a bit of mail waiting for me including some Fest > registrations. I will not try to get the list updated here in the Gram > until the next issue. > Those of you have not spoken up, please do. > ========================================== > Mail Call > =========================================== > Dear Editor, > If the Bill Meyers whom you keep reporting daily quiz question > replies from is the same one who was in our class last summer, you are > misspelling his name > - > Myers, not Meyers. > Joe > > Dear Editor, > With all the excitement about Leo May's JIM and Occupation Money, > just wanted to let fellow gramsters know of my price list for JIM. > List is JIM-2a. It is available free via email or snail mail. A > short note in the Exchange Section of the Gram would be appreciated. I > have listed the Philippine Rizal Monument 5 Peso notes by serial > number, e.g. birthday dates and Postal Zip Codes. > Trust you and Judy are well and finally home from FUN and the warmth > of Florida. > > HAPPY NEW YEAR, > Ed > > Dear Ed, > Thanks for the tip and effort to make a detailed list. When I saw > the mail from you in my inbox I figured that you were going to fire at > me for the bad block number question, well, not the bad question, but > the bad answer. Alternatively, you could have taken offense at a > spelling or even a bad date on the Gram, so I was very pleased that > your letter was so positive! > Now, all we need to do is get you to come to the Fest! > > Editor > =========================================== > Calendar > =========================================== > 2006 > > 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.$$ (smoke), Dave > Hunsicker#, Al Glaser, Gary Hicks, Adolf Witzke (smoke), John > Cheney$$, Mark Watson, Ron Waddel, Rachel Feller, Ed Beaman, Carlson > Chambliss, Sam Feeback, Jim Deborah* Crowe#, Pia and Ray Bows, Brett > Irik$$, Neil Shafer, Judy and Fred Schwan Running totals: overall 40; > new festers 7. $ paid, $$ paid single, # new Fester, *special services > auxiliary. Single occupancy registration is $198, double is $148. > Remember, this includes, room board and participation. Payment may be > sent to Fred Schwan, 132 E. Second Street, Port Clinton, OH 43452 or > you may use PayPal (fredschwan@yahoo.com). > > 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 > > 7-9 April ANA convention, Atlanta > > June 1-3 Long Beach, mini fest to be announced > > 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. > > Donations are now being accepted for the 2006 scholarship fund. > Applications are also being accepted for the 2006 scholarships. > > 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 > > Contributors to the 2005 scholarship were: 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, 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. > > 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 > > 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. > > Two more books from the Leo May library were added today even though > we thought that we were out of appropriate books. A few others are > left. You must order today (Sunday) if you want the books. Address > orders to the Gram. $4.00 postage on all orders. > Reserve your books now by writing MPCgram@yahoo.com, payment will be > later. > > Military Payment Certificates by Schwan, Second edition (yellow > cover). This is the scarcest edition of the four. It is in demand for > collectors of MPC literature. It is in excellent, but not perfect > condition. Unfortunately, it was not autographed to Leo, but a new > autograph can be added to the new owner with or without mention that > it came from the May library. $25 > > English Paper Money by Vincent Duggleby, fourth 1990 edition. $10. > > Deutsche Serienscheine von 1918-1922 by Manfred Mehl. > Obvoiusly this book is in German, but it is fully illustrated (in > color) and easy to understand. A good value at $25. > > Dog Tags A History of the American Military Identification Tag 1861 to > 2002 by Paul Braddock. > Softbound, new condition, autographed by the author. > New condition. $20. > > Confederate and Southern States Currency by Grover Criswell > autographed to Leo May by the author. $50 > > World War II Remembered by Schwan and Boling, mint condition $65 > > 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. > ============================================= > MPC Gram Staff: > > Publisher, editor: Fred Schwan > fred@papermoneyworld.net; Subscription Manager:Doug > Bell- doug@papermoneyworld.net Tuesday Columnist : > JoeBoling- JoeBoling@aol.com Friday Columnist: > Warner > Talso: wtalso@aol.com Fest Auctioneer: Larry "Ski"Smulczenski - > skitex@cox.net, Critic:Harold Kroll > - HARBONS@aol.com Scholarship Coordinator: > Marcus Turner- marucs@papermoneyworld.net; Webmaster and Technical > Advisors:Doug Bell "Wiz" - doug@papermoneyworld.net Russ Walsh - > russ.walsh@gte.net Fact Checker: Warner Talso -Calendar Coordinator: > John and Nancy Wilson -The > Boss: Judy Schwan > > > > MPC Gram is published by BNR Press and papermoneyworld.com as a free > service to the community of military money collectors. 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