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MPC GRAM

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Series 8, no 1559 Tuesday July 3, 2007

YN auction on Independence Day

by Joe Boling

Lots of interest to Festers that are appearing in the week two YN auction at the 39th ANA summer seminar (you missed your chance, Ski) are (descriptions taken from the catalog - accuracy not guaranteed - trust your bid executor to check the lot before bidding):

Lot D5 - playing cards with pictures of Malaya currency 1941-42, and a BCOF token from Japan (presumably SB916).

Lot D6 - military fest certificates from a mini-fest in Melbourne, Australia. Denominated $5, $10, $20 (presumably Australian dollars, though that currency did not exist at the time most fest-related history took place).

Lot D7 - Australian military forces hat badge 1948-53.

Lot D32 - Allied fest certificate series 1944 5 francs SN B00000001* Lot D33 - Allied training certificate series 1944 10 francs SN A00000001A. On white paper with "training only" overprint.

Lot D38 - lot of three AFC notes. Five anas series 1944, marked "Training," SN T00000001*. Twenty anas series 1944A, SN B00000001A. Sixty francs series 1944 surcharged "*TWENTY [francs] ONLY*", stamped Summer Seminar 2007 on back, SN A00000001*. Total three pieces, all serial #1.

Lot D46 - ANA Casino Night scrip (7 April 2006, Atlanta), set of five different.

Lot D121 - mystery lot, consisting of scraps from the floor of Great Lakes Banknote Company. [Since the only known recent output from there is the recently-issued series 1944 francs, it is presumed that the contents may contain waste from that printing.] Lot D122 - box of shredded MFC series 1944. Good packing material.

Lot D134 - Cohabitation Fest notes, set of four, from minifest held at Boling housewarming in November (18)06. Denominated in frontier tools and expendables (powder, lead, flints, axe head).

Lot D141 - Pearl Harbor defense bond advertisement and Europe-Africa-Middle East campaign medal from WWII.

The catalog says "medal and bar," but does not mention a ribbon.

Unlotted (in tomorrow's supplemental catalog) - AAFES pogs, 78 pieces, 48 types, $14.35 face value. Feel the Iraqi grit in this lot. [Since this lot is way at the end of the sale, it will likely go cheaply.] There is no reserve published on any of the above lots. Contact your bidding representative in Colorado Springs to arrange inspection and bidding, or email joeboling@aol.com before 1800 Wednesday to leave email bids.

AF Francs circulate at Springs

Allied Fest francs were introduced on the first day of the summer seminar. Denominations ranged from one through 80 francs. Students immediately used funds to buy books for class and some prudent investors bought Fest bonds with excess funds.

Some students were seen stooping to silly collecting activities like trading notes among themselves.

Festers in Stars n Stripes

Two well-known Festers have made the Stars and Stripes newspaper. See this link for yourself.

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Championship Question Corner

Question 206. Difficulty 2. How many years have military numismatics seminars been held at Colorado Springs?

Previous Question 205. Difficulty 2. At what concentration camp were Operation Bernhard notes printed?

Answers and comments: Bill Myers correctly answered Sacheshausen Concentration Camp.

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Editorial

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It is hard to believe that it is Tuesday. Time flies here at the summer seminar. It is a sensory overload.

I have had a great time and belive that most everyone has. I can certainly report that the tension that all but ruined the 2007 semianr is NOT here this year. It is a shame that so much controversy surrouned the 2006 seminar. Nonetheless, this is a great thing.

Plan on coming next year. Of course you can (and

should) apply for a military scholarship next year, but you really should also apply for an ANA scholarship and also look around for schoalrships from other numismatic organizations. You will be glad that you did. I will try to remind you when the time comes.

After a busy day in class where I probably learned as much as I taught, the agenda for tonight includes programs for the entire seminar community by Tony James and Joe Boling. One on Australian military numismatics and one on world counterfeits (you figure out which is which). They should be good.

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Mail Call (send mail to MPCGram@yahoo.com) ===========================================

Dear Gram,

Re Ebay #180133089369. This is a circulated Series

641 $1 (1st Printing) that went for $300. Don't know if I missed something in this offering or just a couple of bidders getting carried away. It was interesting because when the bid was around $150 they were still showing the bidders, after that they went to "private" bidding. Was this to keep others from telling them they may be overbidding, or to try to sell them one for about $30? Or was there something special about this note? Take Care,

Ron

Dear Gram,

What new format?

Joe

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Calendar

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2007

ANA Summer seminar

Session I: June 24-29, 2007*

Session II: June 30-July 6, 2007

Donations for 2008 scholarship fund are being accepted. Contact Dan Freeland at ksfdaf@sbcglobal.net or call him at 989-843-5247.

Memphis 6-8 July

ANA Convention, Milwaukee.

2008

MPC Fest IX, Feb 29-Mar 2. Holiday Inn Express, Port Clinton, Ohio 43452 ==========================================

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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.

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Buchenwald

nd 50 Pfennig C.3951b, F&F GE-140b UNC

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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. Second St., Port Clinton, OH 43452.

Fest quarters (also known as Fest casino tokens, Fest quarters, and harolds are available to Gramsters.

These quarters are ideal give aways to promote the hobby. Additionally, they will be valid for spending at all Fests. 2007 harolds can be purchsed in rolls at

$6.25 per roll (face value (we knew that you would love this roll value!). Rolls are original, unsorted or searched just the way that they came from the Great Lakes Mint. As a courtesy we will also send four harolds for a dollar bill and a self addressed stamped envelope. Send your orders to MPCFest Headquarters,

132 E. Second St., Port Clinton, Ohio 43452.

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