From: mpcgram-owner@papermoneyworld.net on behalf of MPCgram [mpcgram@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 12:10 PM To: mpcgram@papermoneyworld.net Subject: MPCGram 1460 ------------------------ / MPC Gram News Letter / ----------------------- =========================================== MPC GRAM =========================================== Vol 7, no 1460 Monday May 22, 2006 Distribution of FRNs by Joe Boling This column was written 27 April and buried in the Port Clinton black hole. When unburied, the editor found he could not deal with the table I submitted, so the table has been truncated below. It originally showed distribution of notes by Federal Reserve district - it has been compressed to show only totals. Next starteth the original text. Sorry to be late again. We had the PNNA regional convention here last weekend, and I was swamped all weekend and well into this week taking care of treasurer things. And as for the past several years, I have a report on the Federal Reserve notes in circulation in the Pacific NW in the spring. 2006 PNNA convention receipts $1 1995 4 1999 22 2001 48 2003 112 2003 * 1 2003A 68 255 $5 2001 4 2003 14 2003A 2 20 $10 1999 2 2001 1 2003 5 2004A 5 13 $20 1996 10 1999 10 2001 13 2004 49 82 $50 1996 2 2004 2 2004A 2 6 $100 1990 3 1996 1 1999 1 2001 4 2003A 2 11 total notes 387 Note that of the 387 notes processed, there was only a single star (in $1 denomination). I actually did not get to go through another hundred singles - someone bought them out of the till (probably swapping them for 20's). I have no idea why he wanted a bundle of singles to play with. This is the first year I have sorted the notes by district [not visible in the table]. For $1 notes, the recent series are heavily skewed to San Francisco notes (the district that Seattle is in).Other districts whose notes show some significant penetration of the northwest are New York, Atlanta, Chicago, and Dallas. Note that for denominations below $100, not one old-style note was taken in (three of eleven 100s were old style). I DID note that the bills seemed to be a little less worn this year - a lot fewer rags and more pieces with some body left in them. I was surprised at the number of new tens in the sample - five of thirteen notes. That seems to be higher than what I find in notes passing through my wallet. I was particularly interested in examining the $1 notes this year, and comparing them with $100 notes that I have been going through looking for oddities (the object being to identify which oddities night be legitimate manufacturing variances). More on that another week. *********************************************************** Championship Question Corner Question: What military numismatics collectible was isssued in the Netherlands as a result of Status of Forces of agreements steming from World War II? Question 120, difficulty 3. Yesterday's Question: Who wrote the WWII numismatics book before Ray Toy? Question 119, difficulty 3. Comments from the field: Question 119 Who wrote the WWII numismatics book before Ray Toy? Question 119, difficulty 3. Bill Myers wrote: Arlie Slabaugh wrote on JIM in 1965 and James Rutlader [not no n] wrote about Allied Military Currency in 1968. [Quite correct information, but not the right answer, read on]. Jack Hunter wrote: Alfred Swails wrote the first WWII numismatics book. ========================================== Editorial ========================================== You might have noted in other publications (sigh) that Nancy Green has retired as the librarian of the American Numismatic Association. That announcement was one of those items that is difficult for me to decide to run or not run as a news story. We try to keep military numismatics at the center of our news reports. When it is a close call, the next criteria is the extent that the item will be covered in other publications. In retrospect, I wish that I had run the story. However, not running it makes it easier for me to address the matter here. I remember when Nancy Green first joined the association staff. She had an immediate and positive impact. Here predecessor had done a fine job, but Nancy was our first trained librarian to fill that position for the association. She led the library into the 21st century. She introduced many things to the library, but I think her most important quality was a can do attitude. She and her various staff members really (REALLY) went out of their way to help with inquiries large and small. Along the way Nancy became something of a numismatist collecting library medals (I like them too). Nancy, thank you for your service to the hobby. ========================================== Mail Call =========================================== Dear Gram, Before I started writing articles on propaganda notes for the IBNS Journal I used to write about propaganda postage stamps. I just put a very light general article on the Internet. One leads to the other because the same people producing the banknotes were often the ones printing the stamps too. Take a peek at http://www.psywar.org/stamps.php Herb Friedman Dear Gram Readers, I wanted to let you know that LKCA World Paper Money's World Sale 8 will be closing on Thursday, May 25 at 11:00 PM Central Time on the www.lkcaworldpapermoney.com website. This is a later end time than usual. We offer many highlights for Gram readers. An appealing section of United States MPC includes a REPLACEMENT Series 472 25 Cents, with only two reported in the MPC Catalog; high grade REPLACEMENT Series 541 25 Cents; Series 691 four note set 1; 5; 10; 20 Dollars UNC; and REPLACEMENT 20 Dollars Series 692 Chief Ouray. The sale contains pleasing AMC lots, including an Austria group with the scarce 25 Schilling, 1 Schilling without watermark, and several other choice pieces in a single lot; French 5; 10; and 100 Francs REPLACEMENTS in separate lots; difficult German 20 Mark REPLACEMENT heading that section; quality run from Italy; and three lots from Japan. Some notable World War II era items are four important lots from East Africa, including India serial numbers and higher denominations; French West Africa 1000 Francs with ships and train; Guadeloupe 5 Francs with Columbus made by EA Wright; Norway Government in Exile 1; 2; 5; 10 Kroner; highly elusive German made military issues from Romania; three scarce pieces from Saar; Seychelles 50 Cents; 1; 5 Rupees with King George VI; Surinam American Bank Note Company series, including the seldom offered 25 Gulden; and Yugoslavian Montenegro partisan issue in pristine condition. Please contact me at grbaypa@aol.com or 414-350-6980. Thank you for your attention. Joel Shafer ========================================== 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: 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. 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