Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web5203.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.97]) by strange.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id tcdhg7.d9c.37kbi0u for ; Sun, 1 Apr 2001 01:09:11 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20010401060910.2332.qmail@web5203.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [64.12.105.21] by web5203.mail.yahoo.com; Sat, 31 Mar 2001 22:09:10 PST Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 22:09:10 -0800 (PST) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 297 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 297 Sunday, April 1, 2001 Gram Exclusive MPC auction company formed, major sale announced By E. A. Write If you carefully read Schwan’s Comprehensive Catalog of Military Payment Certificates, you learn that the government controls a substantial hoard of important MPC. Take for example Series 471. The government has seventeen specimen booklets of this Series. The notes are listed by serial number by Schwan in the listing of replacements. If you carefully study the listings, you will find many more notes that are in government control. Other amazing items in government control are original art work and production materials, sheets, unissued series (462, 671, and 991). These great notes are spread over several institutions, the Smithsonian, the BEP, the Finance Corps Museum, and others. In an amazing turn of events, the government has decided to sell all duplicate sets and notes from all sources. Government officials stress the point that the government will retain one example of each item fulfilling historical and research needs for internal use and scholarly research. Special agents have gathered all of the duplicates from the various sources. The group has been consigned for sale to a new auction company created specifically to handle this sale. Tentatively named MPC Forever Auctions, the company plans to sell the material in a series of auctions starting as early as August of this year. Company spokesmen stated that the auctions will be divided so that each will sell $10-$20 million and spaced about four months apart. He said that this will allow the company to spread its internal workload and not overload the market at any one time. Tentatively, the final session is scheduled to be held at MPCFest V in Key West. The company is looking for volunteers to help sort, categorize, and catalog the massive quantity of materials. Volunteers must be willing to spend grueling days and nights studying the fascinating issues that have not ever been seen by collectors. Potential volunteers should send letter requests to MPCGram for forwarding to the auction officials. Incredible discovery made by Bill McNease Yesterday while at a flea market Bill discovered the most incredible MPC note. A double denomination. It is a Series 641 .05/.10 note in F/VF. Serial number is J01536607J, block 25. It was taken to a paper money expert and from first indications it appears to be real. More later but you can view the note at the following link. http://members.aol.com/figet001/dd1.jpg http://members.aol.com/figet001/dd1.jpg [Editor’s note: this amazing discovery made by collector McNease is even more amazing than he thought! This is not only a double denomination note (as he correctly describes), but it is also an amazing mule. That is a mismatch of face and back. The mismatched 10¢ back is actually from a Series 651 10¢!!! This is obvious by studying the colors of the back, but how in the world could it have happened? Possibly this piece is actually a proof or trial that somehow made its way into private hands. This is an amazing find. Reader thoughts on how it could have happened will be welcome.] =================================================== Editorial Do you remember the amazing story of the discovery of the $2 Hawaii overprint notes? It was a great story. It was published in Paper Money, the journal of the Society of Paper Money Collectors (SPMC). The story had been rejected by the Bank Note Reporter and The Numismatist as being too dangerous. That was my first and best numismatic April Fool story. These are always great fun—at least for the author. Readers and publishers do not always agree. =================================================== Mail Call --------------------------------------------------- Dear Mail Call, I am somewhat "ticked off" that the editor in MPCGram 294 tried to steal my reputation for losing and misplacing things in my infamous mazes of stacks of stuff. He can only claim his lost pieces are within "arm's reach," where I can claim that I am not sure if they are in the house, my safe deposit boxes, or my apartment. I used to accession everything that arrived at my door and this entry listed where the piece was located (safe deposit box, album, box, etc.), but as I accepted more and more writing tasks and organizational duties, my "extra" time to do this has largely disappeared. No, I am not complaining, it is those poor, kind and long-suffering owners who have sent something to me for my research and writing about them who should complain. I have had some pieces for years, not months, weeks or days, but years! I am totally embarrassed about this, but it is almost impossible to correct unless I find the lost piece(s) in a search for something else. Then I quickly do what I have to do with it/them and return it/them to the owner(s). Many people have helped me by providing duplicate copies of misplaced items too, but what I need is one an assistant. Are there any volunteers who can commit to several months, not weeks, of work? I do not hear you! (smile) Howard "Trung Si" Daniel Howard A. Daniel III =================================================== 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. MPC Series 611 $10 choice unc $625. 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. This is a trial, if you like it, send your list. =================================================== Staff: publisher and editor: Fred Schwan - fred@papermoneyworld.com; assistant editor - Phil Goldstein IWANTMYMPC@aol.com critic: Harold Kroll - MPCKid@papermoneyworld.com; index manager: Ed Beaman webmaster & technical advisor: Doug Bell - (Wiz): doug@papermoneyworld.com; The Boss: Judy Schwan ===== MPC Gram is published by BNR Press and papermoneyworld.com as a free service to the community of military money collectors. Your suggestions, criticisms, complaints, editorial contributions, letters, and even praise are very welcome. The entire contents including linked illustrations are copyright protected by the publishers. 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