From: MPCgram [mpcgram@yahoo.com] Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2006 6:45 AM To: Doug Bell Subject: Fwd: MPCGram 1418 --- MPCgram wrote: > Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2006 11:02:23 -0800 (PST) > From: MPCgram > Subject: MPCGram 1418 > To: mpcgram@papermoneyworld.net > > ------------------------ > / MPC Gram News Letter / > ----------------------- > > =========================================== > MPC GRAM > =========================================== > Vol 7, no 1418 Sunday > January 22, 2006 > > Draft Training Schedule Published > > Fest V11 Training Schedule , version 1 > > ALL PERSONNEL > > Date/time activity personnel trainer > Thursday 2 March > 0800-1900 hotel registration individuals Kim > 0830-0900 breakfast @ Holiday Inn all personnel Kim > 0930-1700 Bourse preparations select personnel david > 1900-2100 bourse banquet @ Big Boppers all > available > Judy > 2400- bull session/swap meet all available Ski > > Friday 3 March > 0800-1900 hotel registration individuals Kim > 0830-0900 breakfast @ Holiday Inn all personnel Kim > 0830-1100 bourse set up select personnel David > 1050 bourse and Fest registration open all personnel > Loretta > 1100-1800 bourse all available David > auction submission/viewing all interested Ski > 1730-1900 new Fester training new Festers Doug, > Marcus > 1800-1930 chow all personnel Judy > 1900-1930 exhibits installed exhibitors Joe > 2000-2030 pay call by company paymasters > 2200-2300 March madness round 1& 2 all personnel > Wendell > 2300-2330 bull session by company 1SGs > 2330 exhibits must be removed exhibitors Joe > 2331 FPO, px, canteen closed interested personnel > Dick, Roger > 0045 lights out by company 1SGs > > Saturday 4 March > 0400-0600 10k run, 3k swim (ice permitting) all > personnel 1SG > 0730-0830 chow all personnel Kim > 0830-0845 bn picture mess hall hardies > 0845-0915 autograph party all personnel Ski > 0915-1100 show n tell all personnel 1SG > 1100-1230 March Madness all personnel Wendell > 1245-1315 chow all personnel Judy > 1315-1630 show n tell all personnel 1SG > 1630-1830 show n tell all personnel 1SG > 1830-1930 chow all personnel Judy > 1830-1930 bond drive IV interested collectors > Warner > 1930-2030 March Madness finals all personnel Wendell > 2030-2100 Texas Holdem training interested personnel > brad > 2100-2400 RVN poker game reenactment all personnel > Nick > 2100-2400 auction lot viewing (concurrent) all > personnel Ski > 2400 snacks, mess hall interested personnel Judy > 0045 lights out by company 1SGs > > Sunday 5 March > 0400-0600 10k run, 3k swim (ice permitting) all > personnel 1SG > 0700-0745 sick call (by appointment) all sickies Drs > T&M > 0730-0800 chow all personnel Kim > 0700-0730 destruction of obsolete MFC select > personnel > Bill > 0730-0830 auction lot viewing optional Ski > 0830-0845 awards all personnel 1SGs > 0845-1030 auction all personnel Ski > 1100-1230 police call and early departures select > personnel Sparky > 1230-1315 chow all personnel Judy > 1315-1500 local field trip interested personnel > Fred > 1500-1800 break camp and police call volunteers > Harold > 1830- chow at Crow’s Nest interested personnel > Robert > > Monday 6 March > 0700-0730 breakfast Holiday Inn Kim > 0730 field trip departure to AF Museum, Dayton, OH > select personnel TBA > 1845 return from field trip > 1900 local poker game (FRNs required) select > personnel > > Tuesday 7 March > 0830-0900 breakfast Holiday Inn Kim > 0900- R & R > > Wedenesday 8 March > 0830-0900 breakfast Holiday Inn Kim > 1000 departure for CPMX > > Coordinating instructions: > Problems etc contact the battalion clerk at 419 732 > 6683 before March 11; after March 11 call clerk > (Schwan) at 419 732 7322 (Holiday Inn), or 419 349 > 1872 (Schwan cell phone) > Arrival/departure coordination: “Mark C. Watson” > (note Fest HQ will help with ride > coordination but this year will not be responsible for rides.] > Remarks: Saturday poker game will be a Texas holdem tournament with > $25MFC buy in, first place $6000 Fest bond (and championship with > unique silver medal), $600 Fest bond (and unique bronze medal), third > place $600 Fest bond. Concurrently will be dealers choice poker > tables. > *********************************************************** > Championship Question Corner > > Question: In what country were notes of the following kind issued: > winterhilfswerk im generalgouvernment? > Question 67, difficulty 2. In the MPC book what letter is appended to > the catalog number to indicate a counterfeit? Question 68, difficulty > 2. > > Yesterday's 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. > > The answer is: see comments from the field > > Comments from the field: Champion Jack wrote: I guess that you won't > send out a new Gram until you get answers to the championship > questions. So I guess I'll take a stab at them. > > The animal that appears on the State of Burma notes is a peacock, and > the only other vignette is of Ba Maw on the 100 rupee. > I think I have figured out your difficulty ratings too. The more > entries you need to look at in the book, the higher the rating. There > are ten different references to Burma in the index! It's almost a crap > shoot to get the right one. I'm just kidding of course, just a follow > up on Roger's comments about the whole layout of the book. Once you > get used to the black hole logic of it, it's a piece of cake... Yeah > right! [I have been expecting more comments on the difficulty > rating--Ed] > > Bill Myers wrote: The notes printed in Japan have a Burmese peacock on > the face. The local printed notes have a stylized peacock. There > appears to be a stylized bird between the peacocks around the edge > (eagle?) and a chinze in the lower right corner of the face. > Roger Urce wrote: The Burmese peacock is on the face of the State of > Burma notes printed in Japan; Ba Maw is the other vignette (along > with a stylized > peacock) > on the locally printed Burmese notes. BTW - regarding the block > number question for Philippine JIM, it seems that 87 is the correct > answer; as for the one cent question, can we presume it will not be > among those used in March? [the most interesting response came from a > person (held namless here) who insisted that a bird is not an animal. > Dictionary debate ensued. I stand with peacock.--Ed] > ========================================== > Editorial > ========================================== > I am finally rested up from the drive back from Floriday. The people > around Port Clinton are talking about what a mild winter it is. They > might even be right but after spending two weeks in Florida it is hard > to identify with their point of view. On the other hand, while we were > in Orlando, lost of people were complaining about it being cold. I had > trouble identifying with that too. > The point is that the weather for the Fest will be wonderful. I am > very confident that it will be good inside the hotel and that is all > that matters since you basically do not leave once you get there. Of > course the major exception is physical training each morning. If this > weather keeps up, we will be able to get the open lake swim in. It has > been very disappointing to cancel it the past few years. > Sam Feeback believes that we should add marksmanship training to the > schedule as well. We will try to get that in, but in the meantime some > good programs are in the planning stages so it will be a great time. > Please, do look over the schedule and send any suggestions or > corrections as soon as possible. > Also, > if you have a show n tell, please write to us about that too. Some of > you have told me what you have in mind for a snow n tell, but please > send it in again. > This time we will add it officially to the schedule. > ========================================== > Mail Call > =========================================== > Dear Gram, > Why did I receive one or two copies of MPC gram ages ago and > nothing since? > I recently found about Leo May from Howard Daniel. I had known Leo for > many years, but we became close friends in the last couple years. I'm > very saddened, and will miss him very much.I used to kid him that he > couldn't die yet, he hadn't finished his JIM collection. > > Best wishes, > > Mike > > Dear Mike, > Possibly you had not paid your subscription? You really should come > to the Fest. I guarantee that you wold have a good time and this is > going to be JIM Fest so you might find some things or be able to dump > some dupes. > > 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$$#, George > Fitzgerald$, Doug Bell, Bill Haines, Bill Meyers#, Nick S.$$ (smoke), > Dave Hunsicker#, Al Glaser, Gary Hicks, Adolf Witzke (smoke), John > Cheney$$, Mark Watson, Ron Waddel, Rachel Feller, Ed Beaman$$, Carlson > Chambliss, Sam Feeback$$, Jim and Deborah* Crowe#$$, Pia and Ray > Bows##, Brett Irik$$, Neil Shafer$, James White#$$, George Cuhaj#$$, > Judy and Fred Schwan Running > totals: > overall 43; new festers 9. $ paid, $$ 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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