Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web5204.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.85]) by osgood.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id tc1e4d.2kq.37kbi1v for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:58:04 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20010327155803.19109.qmail@web5204.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [205.188.200.56] by web5204.mail.yahoo.com; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 07:58:03 PST Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 07:58:03 -0800 (PST) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 292 To: MPCGram@yahoo.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii ==================================================== MPC Gram ==================================================== Covering the Entire World of Military Numismatics ---------------------------------------------------- Series 002-Number 292 Tuesday March 27, 2001 SOVIET-SWEDISH BONDS of 1940 (FORMALIZING INTERGOVERMENTAL LOANS) by Mikhail Istomin from Kharkov, Ukraine. The war situation as usual bears many unusual aspects. Despite the support of Finland in the war with the USSR in 1939-1940 Sweden signs a credit agreement with the USSR in September 1940 and accurately implements it. May be Sweden wanted to balance in this way the close trade links with the nazi Germany? However, it remains unclear why were not the loans provided in a standard way by funds transfer thru banks. There can be two versions: 1) Sweden and the USSR wanted to keep the loan confidential. And it was the easiest way to keep the secret. 2) Sweden was in doubt as for repayment and this seemed to be the best way to have some evidence to present in courts!!?? One may assume that the loan was IN CASH?? The bonds surfaced in Russia two years ago. Their denomination was very high for that time. E.g. one tank cost 50 000 kronor. And it is quite clear that Sweden could not have provided unlimited credits for the USSR. It means that the theoretical quantity of these bonds can be ONLY limited. Here is the description of the Soviet-Swedish bonds: LOANS GIVEN BY THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT TO THE USSR IN 1941-42 according to the credit agreement between Sweden and the USSR of September 1940 All the FOUR bonds (loans) for 50 000 (blueish), 100 000(greyish), 200 000 (brownish-greenish) and 500 000 (brownish) kronor are watermarked USSR (CCCR) and have the size 219 x 347mm. On the face they have a coat of arms of the Soviet Union and ink stamp of the Soviet Trade representation in Sweden. All of them are repaid and on the boxes on the back there are ink stamps of the Swedish Bank (Sveriges Riksbank) with signatures proving the due repayments. Apparently the bonds were archived somewhere - each has holes along one edge for archiving. TEXT ON SOVIET-SWEDISH BONDS Debt obligation No. A ........, date of payment ................ Issued by the representation of trade of the USSR according to the credit agreement between the USSR and Sweden 7 september 1940. The representation of trade of the USSR in Sweden will pay to the Sweden's Riksbank or by order of .....date............ XX thousand Swedish kronor (XX.000) with four and a half percent(4 1/2) discount every year at this sum from this day to the repayment day. The discount will be paid ever half year; The first payment will happen in six months from this day The payment of nominal sum of this debt obligation and discount has to be done in Sweden's Riksbank, Stockholm. Stockholm, date, N. Davidov N. Krilov Festers Donate to Scholarship Fund in Reenactment By Fred Schwan It is well known and has been widely reported that one of the “special” activities at MPC Fest is the payday reenactment. During the reenactment, Fest money (MFC) is issued. For Festers who were in the military in the 1970s or earlier, this activity no doubt brings back memories. For those who were not in the military “that early,” the reenactment can be a learning activity. In any event, it is a fun thing at the Fest. At Fest I and Fest II the reenactment was made even more realistic. After getting paid, each soldier (Fester) had to go down the line facing various agencies collecting money from the freshly paid individual. This year the only “voluntary” collection solicited was a donation for the scholarship fund! Every single Fester donated! Of course there was always the possibility of KP or guard duty for those who did not “participate” in the “voluntary” donation. This payday ritual is gone from the military these days. This is both good and bad. The process was good in that soldiers and commanders were brought together every month with pleasant results. The collection ritual, however, was at least distasteful and probably abusive. The scholarship list below will be updated tomorrow (or at least soon) to reflect the Fest donors. Donations are still be accepted, see details below. ==================================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------------- Believe it or not, it is time to set the date for Fest III! The particular need is that I think that I would like to advertise it by date in the forthcoming (fingers crossed, soon) MPC book. Of course, no matter what we decide, I will include a disclaimer and insist that potential Festers contact headquarters first, but still, we can and should decide. The sense of the Festers was that it is not a great advantage to be associated with the Chicago Paper Money Expo, but they also did not complain that it created a problem. CPMX 2002 is March 1- 3. It seems to me then that the optimum time is again the weekend after CPMX so I propose MPCFest III! for 8-10 March 2002. Please see Nick’s comments below and write if there is any conflict or other problem. This exercise will also help us work in the promised return of the calendar. Howard Daniel has provided a nice base and has agreed to be the calendar editor so expect to see it soon. We might call it the phoenix calendar. =================================================== Mail Call --------------------------------------------------- Dear Gram, . I couldn't make the Fest this year I was in Reno at a convention; Non-refundable tickets. I did go to a couple coin shops in the downtown area. One shop I got there in time to see a large handfull of paper money being sold; looked like about half was MPC. That's the story of my collecting life. Jack Dear Gram, Nice to have seen you [Fred] on the floor and also wearing that silly crown!!! Even the big guys are humbled!!!! Had a great time (of course when you win the door prize and the poker game!!! I learned from last year and also got lucky!!) and looking forward to next year. Here's the schedule for Long Beach Coin show 31 May -3 Jun 2k1 4-7 Oct 2001 The big one 21-24 Feb 2k2 Hope this does not conflict with 2k2 Fest Bill McNeese goes, Kevin sometimes, and others. Maybe we'll get Mike there!!! Nick PS My Series 691 $20 note has a higher serial number than published It's D04723048D Phil's list shows it up to D04000000. I let him know. Dear Editor, I received my March 2001 edition of "Numismatic Views" (the monthly newsletter published by the Gulf Coast Numismatic Association) yesterday evening. I was stunned, amazed and very pleased to see on the FRONT PAGE an article about MPC Fest II by Harold Kroll. Congratulations Harold! Marcus Turner Dear Gramsters, The USSR had modern "hard currency" store scrip that was overprinted just for their military. When and where it was issued for I will have to find out. As long as we are going for a master list of all nations involved we can easily note which ones did and which ones didn't use MPC. Just a thought. From rumors I've heard, Vietnam today might just become the largest wholesaler of USA MPC? Cheers, Colin =================================================== Departments --------------------------------------------------- WWII numismatics seminar at ANA Summer Seminar 2001 --------------------------------------------------- Not only does the scholarship fund have an official identity but also has a bank account! Any further donations should be paid to the order of "Military Numismatists Scholarship" and sent to: Military Numismatists c/o Marcus Turner 8103 East US Highway 36 Suite 163 Avon, IN 46123 THE UPDATED LIST OF SCHOLARSHIP BENEFACTORS 3/5/01. These folks have generously provided money or material to finance scholarships to the ANA WWII Numismatics seminar. Your contributions will help promote collecting WWII material and be greatly appreciated. Many donations were received at CPMX and MPCFest. They are being processed and will be recognized very soon. Mr. Anonymous Donor Mike Cummings Sue and Keith Bauman Ed B. Doug Bell Tom Denly, Denly's R. A. Medina Harold MPCKid Kroll Leo "Paymaster" May Mrs. R.C. Matherne Bill McNease Mel and Jeremy Steinberg Marcus Turner Larry Ski Guido Fred PK6 Joel Shafer World Wide Ventures Pam West John & Nancy Wilson Neil Shafer W. E. Yanchick ==================================================== Post/Base Exchange (PX/BX/NEX) Dump your dupes! Your classified advertisement for items for sale 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. Send in a list of items for sale and we will list them here in the gram. In all cases confirm your order via email first. "Buy National Savings Certificates" on side of tin coin tube with "15/" British Crown "15/" above it in one line. Slot at top of tube for inserting 6D (Pence) coins and top brass cap with "30/6D". When full with 30 coins, this tube could buy a 15 Shillings WWII National Savings Certificate. US$25.00 postpaid. Send email to confirm to Howard@SEAsianTreasury.com. I found this today in an antique store run by a Scottish man about 15-20 miles from my Bay Huse. Besides being a very nice piece for someone's collection, it would look GREAT in an exhibit about British National Savings Certificates! Howard Korean Dealers Numismatic catalog for 2001 including Korean MPC coupons for the very first time. Not much to read in English, but some nice color illustrations and an historic MPC literature item. $23.95 postpaid. David Seelye. Contact coinman@rochester.rr.com. WANTED Collectors may submit lists of items wanted for their collections for listing here. Dealers and collectors who have these items are then encouraged to list them for sale in the above section. 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