From: mpcgram-owner@papermoneyworld.net on behalf of MPCgram [mpcgram@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 10:29 AM To: mpcgram@papermoneyworld.net Subject: MPCGram 1472 ------------------------ / MPC Gram News Letter / ----------------------- =========================================== MPC GRAM =========================================== Vol 7, no 1472 June 28, 2006 Preparation for Colorado Springs by Joe Boling This is my annual advisory column for persons coming to Summer Seminar - what to pack. Although the military courses are not until week two, some of you will be departing this week and attending two weeks of seminars. Thus the "early" advice. If you are staying in the dorms, you will be provided towels and slivers of soap, but NOT face cloths. If you are one who uses a face cloth to bathe, shower, or shave, bring a couple and a plastic bag to pack the wet one in on the last morning. If you want to use a hand towel for those trips to the sink between showers, bring them also. Only a very few (or no) hangers are left in the closets when the Colorado College students leave for the summer. Bring a good supply of hangers for your shirts and trousers. If you are driving, and want to work at your desk in the evenings, bring a desk lamp. The overhead lights in the dorms are not very bright. Even if you are flying to Colorado, bringing a Tensor lamp (or equivalent) might be possible. If you are planning to make the trip up Pikes Peak, bring a jacket, and maybe a hat. The weather up there is usually very different from what is down below. For the week in the Springs, casual wear. Gail has been known to castigate folks for appearing in a tie and jacket. Bring an umbrella - it is not uncommon to have a thunderstorm every afternoon of the session. If you will be sunning yourself on the patio (or just playing poker out there in the afternoon), bring sun screen. At 6000 feet elevation, the sun burns much faster than at low elevations. If you have some numismatic white elephants, consider donating them to the YN auctions. The YN contingent will be soliciting donations of material to be sold (there is a YN auction in each session). Bring your check book also, so that you can buy items from the auction. $50 bottles of water have been known to find new homes during those events. If you are already a fester, bring that pay book. The penalties for appearing for pay without a pay book can be severe. Don’t forget your challenge coin, also, and keep it close by. [Memo to company clerk - don't forget that my pay book was used up at Memphis, and I need a pay book extension.] Bring both World War II Remembered and the 4th edition MPC book, if you own them. If you do not own them, they will be provided, but you will be assessed for them in the pay line, thereby reducing the available fest certificates that you have to use for other purposes. If you have any military currencies (particularly of the years covered by the seminar class, 1930-date) that are mysteries, bring them. If we can’t unravel the mysteries, we will at least get to see your treasures and record them for the next edition of SB. You are welcome to bring as much else of your collection as you desire to share, but there is limited security capability (space in the ANA museum, subject to restricted hours of access). I’ve not heard of anyone losing material from the rooms, but there is only minimal security there. If you collect fest certificates, consider bringing that collection so that researchers can record serial numbers and you have your material close at hand for trading. If you own a UV lamp and a good loupe or hand-held microscope, bring them (and mark them with your name/phone number). Bring a millimeter scale. Bring your digital camera for recording images of notes and ancillary material. You can see from this list that the seminars tend to the very practical side, dealing with the actual materials as much as possible, rather than catalog listings of them. And if this brief message makes you wish that you were coming, start planning for 2007.   *********************************************************** Championship Question Corner Question: In what year was the first Military Numismatics Summer Seminar? Question 131, difficulty 2 (not a 3 only because there have not been too many making guessing easy). Yesterday's Question: 25 aurar chits were issued in Iceland. What was the issuer of the chits? Question 130, difficulty 3. Comments from the field: Bill Myers wrote: The chits were issued at Camp Knox by American military personnel. There were also 10 aurar & 1 krona chits. ========================================== Editorial ========================================== David Seelye sent me a wonderful little (8 page) pamphlet on US military emissions for Iceland. At least that is how I would estimate the theme based upon the illustrations because my Icelandic is really rusty. Basically, the pamphlet has one page of text then seven pages of nicely illustrated listings of chits and tokens issued by US forces in Iceland. The first listings and cover art are of the Ship Service Camp Knox chits (hence yesterday's championship corner quiz question). There probably is some good information about these pieces in the introductory material that I cannot read as stated. The metal tokens are mostly slot machine tokens and are almost certainly from the post war period. The same for the chits although a few of the expedient type chits might have actually been used during the war. As luck would have it, David Seelye called me while I was writing this. He told me that he has three more copies which he will sell at $15 each (postpaid). I told him that I could hardly put such a commerical offer in the editorial. So, if you want to contact him to criticise his blatant commercial attempt write coinman@rochester.rr.com. I finished writing the above about six hours ago and considered it a finished editorial. About ten minutes ago, I picked up the pamphlet again and looked at various interesting issues. The one that struck my fancy was one listed as Rockville NCO open mess. What I found interesting was the additional legend "use in USA forbidden." I thought that that was quite unusual text. Then I looked more closely and saw additional unusual text: "Mar-Matic Sales Co 1009 E. Baltimore St., Baltimore MD." This seemed to be an advertisement for the manufacturer of the token. Boy is that interesting. Now, I know that you know that on occasion I have exagerated a point or two here in the Gram. Usually, it if for the sake of humor (or an attempt), or simply to emphaise a point. Because of that, I know that some of you will not believe the following, but it is true without exageration. After contemplating the above token listing, I stood up to leave my office. By chance I looked to the right of the computer screen at my scanner. There on top of the scanner was a token. I thought that was a bit strange because I do not many things like that around here. Notes of all descriptoins, yes, but tokens no. Believe it or not it was the Iceland Mar-Matic token that I was looking at in the book. I admit that I have been moving things around getting ready for the Seminar, but I certainly never would have expected such a find. Since then I have been doing Google searches on Mar-Matic and other parts of the legends. I have not had too much luck. Possibly David Klinger or Jim Downey will give it a try. ========================================== Mail Call =========================================== Dear Joe & Fred You must be in the middle of preparing for Summer school? I have some interesting New Zealand and military items and of course some from Indonesia and NEI. I will also bring some new info on some military items for the second week in the Military course. I have cd's of these items. Fred - Please remember you said you would reserve a copy of WW2 Remembered for me? The weight of the book is really too much to bring and we always need copies over here in OZ. Being the only Australian likely to show up, are expressions of patriotism allowed? Like flags and slouch hats. I will be bringing 20 copies of Yarwood's new edition of chits etc with me. regards Tony James Sydney Australia Dear Tony, Hm, lots of interesting stuff in your letter. Australian patriotic expressions are acceptable and welcome, but you will be expected to buy Fest bonds as a patriotic duty. I will swap you reservations. I have a remembered for you. I want one of the Yarwood's reserved for me. (Gramsters should reserve directly to Tony if you have the address or I will accept them for him here at Gram HQ). I really look forward to your new research results for class and for the book. Nick had lots of good stuff for us the past two years so you will be keeping up the tradition. Editor In Paul Garner article in Gram 1467 about conversion of the Reichsmark in 1923, he writes that 4.2 trillion Reichsmark became 1 Rentemark. And then says that it is European trillions. That last comment can´t be right, he must mean American trillions. Here in Europe, we say that 4.2 billion Reichmark equalled 1 Rentemark. Please check and advise. Best Flemming Dear Gram, Reading MPCgram 1463 I am moved to mention the coming ANA Summer Seminar and the ColoradoSpring Coin Show on July 7, 8, & 9 the weekend between the two weeks of the show. I'm not sure how much MPC might be at the show, but we have recently added another 5,000 square feet to the 15,000 we had for a current total of 20,000 square feet which now accomodates 80 dealers with 165 tables. It promises to be a great show! Ken Hallenbeck, Chairman ========================================== 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 1-14 July ANA summer seminar Colorado Springs Coin Show on July 7, 8, & 9 with lots of folks from the seminar and probably a mini Fest on Saturday afternoon. 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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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. 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