From: mpcgram-owner@papermoneyworld.net on behalf of MPCgram [mpcgram@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 11:07 PM To: mpcgram@papermoneyworld.net Subject: MPCGram 1450 ------------------------ / MPC Gram News Letter / ----------------------- =========================================== MPC GRAM =========================================== Vol 7, no 1450 Tuesday April 4, 2006 New ANA WWII Exhibit and Odds and ends by Joe Boling I might have to change the day for my column - coming in behind Jim Downey each week is too tough. Two of the lots I sent to the scholarship auction at fest this year (the Korean war line crosser's pass, with Mark Clark signature, and the series 1917 US Postal Savings System $1 note), were the property of a local widow whose husband's collection I have been assisting her with. When she got her settlement check and found out about the purpose of the sale, she sent me a check for $15 to put into the fund. So Sue McCarty should be added to the list of 2006 scholarship fund donors. Mr. 21 had a comment in a recent gram about the two-piece ten-cent note I described last week. He said "my questions to Joe are (I already know the answer to some) Did you buy the note? What was the asking price? I know that it doesn't have any position number and, hence no number 8. So I seriously doubt that he bought it....What is the Emperor of Japan / Saint Eligius doing looking at MPC in a junk book for?" Well, I was looking in the junk book because I have a long want list of genuine notes in well-circulated condition to match up with fakes that I already own. So I spend a lot of time looking at junk these days. The asking price was $3, and yes, I did buy it - to give to Fred. But he insisted that I take it home and write about it before passing it to him. Based on the appearance of the tape on the piece, I doubt that a dealer fixed it up with sale as an objective. More likely a user ended up with two halves, through some improbable circumstance, and taped the pieces together so that they could be spent. ANA is installing a new exhibit of WWII leaders, and asked me for something numismatic with Hirohito's portrait on it. At first blush, I could not think of anything - he never appeared on any currency emissions. But searching my medals data base for the name, I came up with eight hits, seven of which are for medals with a Hirohito portrait. Most of them are small, not really suitable for an exhibit, and none are from the war years, the focus of the exhibit. But one DOES show Hirohito as crown prince in a military uniform, and is 60mm across, so that is the one I have loaned the museum for this exhibit. (The medal commemorates the crown prince's tour of Europe in 1921.) The exhibit opens in May and is scheduled to be up for a year, so anyone attending summer seminar, or attending the membership appreciation day at ANA HQ after the Denver ANA convention, should be able to see this WWII exhibit. Now - who is going to write it up for the gram? *********************************************************** Championship Question Corner Question: What is the highest denomination Allied military yen note? Question 109, difficulty 2. Where was the note printed? Question 110, diffiulty 3. Yesterday's Question: What MPC series was the first to have multiple printings? Question 107, difficulty 1. What was the last series of MPC to have multiple printings? Question 108, difficulty 2. Answers: see below Comments from the field: Bill Myers wrote: Question 107: MPC series 472 is the first to have multiple printings. Question 108: MPC series 692 is the last released series to have multiple printings ($20). Series 701 had multiple printings but was never released. ========================================== Editorial ========================================== A dealer friend (aquaintance really) has sent me an interesting item for examination upon the recommendation of a very good collector friend. It is a Allied military 1000 frac note (France back) without serial numbers. I have not spoken with the send yet so if he reads this before I call him, this is a preview of my comments. After receiving the call, I was a bit dubious about the note. I have seen many error in the AM lire, but not many in the francs and they would be even less likely on the high denominations. When the note arrived, my opinions changed instantly. I am certain that it is genuine and an original/unaltered piece even though I have STILL not examined it in detail. The tell-tale sign was that this piece was hand cut! The margins clearly indicate this. This means that this was cut from some sort of remainder or priner's waste and it is therefore not so surprising that it does not have numbers. After seeing it, I think that I remember a photo of a similar (possibly identical piece) being illustrated in one of the early Toy or Swails books. Possibly one of the military numismatics bibliophiles out there will have a look for us. It certainly is an interesting piece and I am happy to have had the opportunity to examine it. ========================================== Mail Call =========================================== Dear Gram, I went to the Cabinet War Rooms yesterday. Marvelous and most highly recommended. They are in London around the corner from 10 Downing Street. Besides the orignal rooms they have just opened a museum on Winston Churchill--very well done. I took 3 hours to go through it and saw a snall fraction of what they had. In the gift shop they sold reprints of WWII items made by the Imperial War Museum (the cabinet war rooms are an offical part of the Imperial War Museum). I bought a few including: "Civilian Suppplies in Wartime Britain" and the even better "The Market Square:The Story of the Food Ration Book 1940-1944." These are amazing little books as will become clear in the next few days as I report on them. Steve Feller in England Yes Fred--copies of the books are in the mail to you. I will collect when I see you... =========================================== Calendar =========================================== 2006 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 The London Paper Money Fair has moved to: Victory Services Club, 63 Seymour Street, off Edgware Road, Marble Arch London and the dates are: May 7, July 2 and Nov 26. see: www.britishnotes.co.uk or www.londonpapermoneyfair.co.uk 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 ========================================== 2006 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. Donors to 2006 scholarship fund: Sue McCarty (list pending) 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. 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