=========================================== MPC GRAM =========================================== Series 8, no 1547 Thursday, May 24, 2007 Summer Seminar and Scholarships by Dan & Kathy Freeland Military Numismatics Scholarship Fund Coordinators The ANA summer seminar is only 5 weeks away. Because of time limitations the normal rules for winning a scholarship for the Military Numismatics class are being suspended for this year only. Up to two scholarships are being offered. Here are this year's rules: 1) Email Dan Freeland at ksfdaf@sbcglobal.net or call him at 989-843-5247 by Friday, June 1st to let him know you are interested in winning a scholarship for the Military Numismatics class. 2) The scholarship is only open to people that have not taken the Military Numismatics class previously. 3) On June 2nd the names of people that have contacted Dan will be put in a hat and 2 winners will be picked if at least 2 people have contacted him. 4) The scholarship will cover the $749 fee which includes staying in Loomis Dorm. If you upgrade your residence you are responsible for the extra cost of the upgrade. 5) The scholarship will cover air fare of up to $400. 6) You will need to join the ANA if you are not currently a member. 7) The second seminar session starts on Saturday, June 30 and concludes with the banquet on Thursday, July 5th. Most people fly out of the Colorado Springs airport on Friday July 6th. If you have any questions contact Dan Freeland at ksfdaf@sbcglobal.net or call him at 989-843-5247. ***************************************************** Championship Question Corner Question 196. Difficulty 1. How many fractional notes to a sheet of MPC? Question 195. Difficulty 2. How many series of MPC coupons were issued? Answers and comments: Bill Myers wrote that there have been 7 series of MPC coupons (3 Thai and 4 Korean). ========================================== Editorial ========================================== On a road trip I picked up a used copy of the 1968 Secret Mission to the Philippines by William Wise. It is a very interesting book in many ways. First, it is a great history about guerilla operations in the Philippines during World War II. Chick Parsons arrived in the Philippines in 1921 as an 18-year old. By the time of the outbreak of the war in the Pacific in 1941, he had had a career and raised a family. He had also served in the US Navy reserve too. That reserve service put him to work after the Philippines were attacked. Ultimately, he avoided imprisonment as a POW and as an enemy alien because of some doubtful credentials as a diplomat. Nevertheless, the account abounds with accounts of POW and internment camps. He and his family are traded for Japanese nationals held in South American and he makes it back to the US. From there he joins MacArthur’s staff in Australia and then goes back to the Philippines to organize the resistance groups that had developed. He was quite successful in doing this and was awarded Philippine Medal of Valor (other American recipients: Douglas MacArthur, Chester Nimitz, and Jonathan Wainwright--heady company). There was very little in the book of particular numismatic interest. Japanese Invasion Money was mentioned once or twice and there were a few other sideways comments. I enjoyed the book. I read it all on the day that I bought it. Partially, that was because of the compelling story, but also because it read so easily. It reads as easily as a child’s book. Possibly, it reads so easily because it is a bit shallow with complex issues greatly reduced. I enjoyed and recommend the book. ========================================= Mail Call (send mail to MPCGram@yahoo.com) =========================================== Dear Esteeemed Editor, Since my arrival in Ho Chi Minh City, I have been impressed with a very large and new supply of MPCs!!!! I have attached the image of a VERY nice Series 681 $20 to show you one of the best pieces available. Since I do not collect MPCs, I do not know what value should be placed on it? I have spent a good deal more for Vietnamese, Cambodian and Thai pieces than planned. Because of health reasons, I was not here last October-November, so it has been almost a year since I was last here. Maybe that is the reason there is so much more for me to purchase, but it is a welcome change. If anyone wants to contact me, please email me at HADaniel3@msn.com with your caustic comments to your numismatic and exonumia wants and needs. The Master Sergeant Daniel P.S. I am also sending this to several people besides the editor because several of my below inputs have not appeared in a Gram. As a matter of fact, I have not seen a Gram for months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =========================================== Calendar =========================================== 2007 6 April, books signing. 11am 2pm Hiawatha Coin Shoppe, 85 North Center Point Road, Hiawatha, 52233 319 294 4377 Brian Fanton. 14 and 15 April 2007 The annual "Maastricht" show, officially named "PaperMoney Fair-Maastricht" will take place, with dealer set up on the 13th, at the "Polfermolen" in Valkenburg, Netherlands. For details, view the bourse web site http:// www.papermoney-maastricht.org/ or contact the show organizer, Joe Eijsermans, at apnc.eijsermans@wxs.nl or eijsermans-events@planet.nl. ANA Summer semnar Session I: June 24-29, 2007* Session II: June 30-July 6, 2007 Memphis 6-8 July ANA Convention, Milwaukee. 2008 MPC Fest IX, Feb 29-Mar 2. Holiday Inn Express, Port Clinton, Ohio 43452 ========================================== for dealer Hot Contact list, ANA MPC museum holdings and other static information please click this link: http://www.papermoneyworld.net/Gramattichments.htm ========================================= 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. WANTED SECTION: Collectors may submit lists of items wanted for their collections for listing here. WANTED - JAPANESE INVASION MONEY (JIM). Collector/researcher of these notes by zone, type, and block letter, or number will buy or trade. Checklist available, Anythinfg unusual is of particular interest. Mike Payton, 6609 Craig, Merriam, KS. USA 66202, papermoneymike@yahoo.com 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. Germany Buchenwald nd 50 Pfennig C.3951b, F&F GE-140b UNC 200.00 nd 2 Marks C.3953a, F&F GE-142a UNC 250.00 nd 2 Marks C.3953b, F&F GE-142b UNC 250.00 nd 3 Marks C.3954a, F&F GE-143a UNC 300.00 nd 3 Marks C.3954b, F&F GE-143b UNC 300.00 Insured Postpaid David E. Seelye, P.O. Box 356; North Chili, NY 14514 Silent Witnesses: Civilian Camp Money of WWII by Ray and Steve Feller. 166 pages, large format, soft cover in FULL COLOR only $35 (plus $4 per ORDER) shipping. Send you order to the Gram and we will send your book with an invoice or send your order via snail mail to BNR Press, 132 E. 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