Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web5201.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.95]) by strange.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id tec8t7.ra7.37kbi0u for ; Tue, 24 Apr 2001 21:08:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20010425010851.24012.qmail@web5201.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [205.188.192.53] by web5201.mail.yahoo.com; Tue, 24 Apr 2001 18:08:51 PDT Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 18:08:51 -0700 (PDT) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 119 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 319 Tuesday, April 24, 2001 High Numbers--Allied Military Yen By Joe Boling In late 1997 I bought a huge lot of AMC yen at a Spink sale (interestingly, there were NO 5 yen B notes in the lot). Before I flogged them off in Japan (I bought the lot to get the two 1000 yen noes that were in it), I saved out a bunch with interesting graffiti and a few other odds and ends--including some high serial numbers. Since some of you are searching out high numbers for MPC, how about checking your collections for AMC yen numbers higher than these: B-yen 10 sen A39800799A 50 sen A21045694A 1 yen A40187245A 10 yen A54587688A 20 yen A35124453A 100 yen A32709687A You can see that, except for the 20 yen, these numbers are far below the reported printings. Another find in that lot was another paper variety in the A yen. I have known about cream and white papers in the 10 sen B and 1 yen A for years; we did not list them as varieties in SB because there is an intermediate weight paper as well, so not all notes can be classified easily. The best way to distinguish the white paper is to hold the notes to the light as if you were looking at the watermark; the true white paper notes will jump right out at you. The 10 sen Bs are in the serial number range 025xxxxx-028xxxxx as observed thus far. In the Spink lot I also found that there are cream and white papers for the 10 yen A. My 100 yen A is also on a brighter than normal paper, but I have seen so few of those that I can't say what the norm is for that denomination. Anyone else have observations to add to these? ==================================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------------- The airlines managed to give me an extra day of travel yesterday so we missed the gram and had lots of other problems too. Now I am trying to get out from under a pile of mail and other goodies waiting for me. The worst news was from the hospital (computer that is). The hard drive is in very bad shape. It is on life support only. It is going to have to go to a world class specialist and even then the results are in doubt. Of course my group medical will not cover this! =================================================== Mail Call ---------------------------------------------------- Dear Gram: One more 5 chervonsty note of Ukraine P. 47 surfaced N 4.0310652 - Moscow ( April 2001) Best wishes, Mikhail M.Istomin Dear Gram, Why not call the 90 note [MPC] collection "BASIC" and a collection with the separate printings "EXPANDED BASIC" and with the new finds Series 701 etc. "COMPLETE SERIES." We would need another name for a collection that has all of the above PLUS all the known replacements. "B & R COMPLETE" maybe? My best to all the gramers. 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