Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web5204.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.85]) by walker.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id teodp3.3ilq.37kbi73 for ; Sun, 29 Apr 2001 11:45:39 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20010429154423.9412.qmail@web5204.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [205.188.193.186] by web5204.mail.yahoo.com; Sun, 29 Apr 2001 08:44:23 PDT Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 08:44:23 -0700 (PDT) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 324 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 324 Sunday, April 29, 2001 A Find?…It Could Happen! by Ort First let me say it’s terrific receiving the Gram. The contributors are not only very informative but often downright entertaining as well! I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading numerous reports and recollections of shrewd or opportunistic but certainly always exciting mpc “finds”. I haven’t been a collector for long and so I always am firstly, impressed and, secondly, admittedly a bit envious of those who describe how they have obtained some great items in such fortunate ways. But now suddenly, out of the blue, my first mpc “find”! At the risk of boring many for a chance to possibly encourage a few, I submit the following account. Although it was a gorgeous spring day (one of the few so far this year in Ohio) and a Saturday to boot, I recently took a somewhat less than enthusiastic 9-year-old son and headed to an area coin show. This would be his first show ever and my first of the year. Mostly coins and perhaps 40 tables, there was only a smattering of paper money and almost no mpc to be found. As we browsed I eventually noticed one table that had a couple small stacks of miscellaneous circulated U.S. and world notes in sleeves and on top of one stack was a rather nice mpc (way out of my price range that day) that caught my eye. I requested a closer look and then thumbed through them all, finding a few of the more common mpcs but none that I felt would further my modest collection along. I’m currently working on completing a mpc short set I think (Marcus?… Phil?). Anyway, one note, a rather shabby (vg/f?) series 481 10 cent scrip had quite a low serial number and so I asked, “How much?” and was told $4. When I didn’t show much interest, he re-examined the note and the asking price became $3. By now my companion son was hungry. I turned down the offer and thanked the dealer for his time. Off we went to the snack bar. After refreshments, we shopped around a little more and were about ready to leave. I really didn’t want to go home mpc-empty handed. So as we made our way toward the door, I visited briefly at the “mpc” table again and upon finding the low s/n 10 center still there, offered $8 for it and three other heavily circulated series 481 10 cent notes that had been placed in a separate single sleeve. The dealer accepted and I left with my son, satisfied with my inexpensive, shabby, but new personal lowest s/n scrip in tow. As we drove along the turnpike returning home, we pulled the three heavily circulated 10 cent notes out of the sleeve only to discover that they were actually not all 10 cent notes but a 10 cent note, a rather poor 5 cent note, and a somewhat better (fine) 25 cent note, all three being 3rd printings. This made my purchase seem a little bit better to me. Then we turned our attention to my new low s/n acquisition and I read the serial number to myself again and nearly drove off the highway! “D00010771”… a replacement! Until that instant I hadn’t noticed the absence of the trailing “D” in the serial number! Incredibly I had twice nearly walked away from this note at a measley $3! Talk about shrewd and calculating, huh? Of course I couldn’t wait to get home and check Fred’s Comprehensive Catalog of Military Payment Certificates to see if my note had been reported. It had not. So Fred, I’m thrilled to report at this time a Series 481 10 cent replacement mpc s/n D00010771. It appropriately sports position number “2” and has successfully passed black light scrutinization as well. Condition is about fine with some edge nicks and small tears, none going into the design, and a single tiny pinhole. A major find in the world of mpc collecting? No, certainly not. A major find for me? Absolutely! Hey I guess it really can happen to anybody! I certainly hope other collectors find this story encouraging. Happy hunting friends! ==================================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------------- I was busted by ebay. As many of you have noted, I have been offering the MPC and WWII books on ebay. Mostly this has been a disguised advertisement for the gram because a notice of it is included in the listings. I have also offered Fest money and a few other trinkets in the body of the listings. Well, the vigilant ebay cops found these dangerous notices and killed the auctions. I resubmitted them with the Gram notice but without the direct selling notices and have thus far been left alone. One time in the past I offered just the Gram for auction. I included instructions not to bid because the gram is free. Of course someone did bid and the ebay police busted me that time too. I gave up on that ploy altogether! =================================================== Mail Call --------------------------------------------------- Dear Editor; The article I have included below by Harold "Alcoholic MPC" kid tells me I will never come to a fest even if I could. It shows me it is a bunch of drunks that think they need an excuse to go out and get sloshed faced. These were the same turkeys that were always at the Airmen's or NCO club instead of on the job. I had them when I ran calibration laboratories in Thailand. Whether they were working for me or above me they were gone in a short while if they came in to work in that condition or not in condition to work. I didn't excuse them and let them go sleep it off. They had their days off to play these stupid games and I wouldn't put up with it. If they were my supervisors I still would get them fired fast. They were the most lazy ones you had working for you. Everyday at noon they would head for the club and get a few beers-make that 5 or 6 and then come back to work and think I didn't know it. I knew most of the Thais that worked on the base and they would call and tell me if I didn't catch these slakers myself. If you had the next day off and wanted to get shit faced I didn't care but you better never show up at work that way. You would be gone, lose a stripe or even both. It isn't that I am against drinking but when you are working on electronic equipment you need to be sober or you could hurt yourself or some one else.. It made a difference to me when I was in the war zone and short handed and these sub humans would show up at work in that condition. I know this letter will make many mad but they never saw a man electrocute himself on the job as I did in Thailand in a lab I was running. I don't care to be around people drinking as there is always trouble and messes to clean up. I did that enough as a 2 striper with roomates that went out and got drunk and came back to the barracks and I would end up having to clean up the mess. If this letter makes people made so be it. I have 4 brothers and 3 of them are nothing but drunks and couldn't understand why they couldn't hold a job also PJGALLIGAN2@JUNO.COM Dear Sir, Gee, thanks for the letter, I think. Just for the record, no alcohol was served at the Fest. If some Festers chose to have some alcohol, of course they could have but there was very little time for it. Since the fest I have collected two cups of coffee by challenging the hotel manager and another hotel employee. I believe that the challenges made by MPCKid also resulted in non-alcoholic payments. We can all learn things about making assumptions I think. Thanks again for writing. Editor Hi Editor, Thanks for including me in your MPCgram list. I'm enjoying the reading Gail Dear Editor, How bout a mini fest in Colorado Springs on July 6 or 7 at the conclusion of the seminar. Some of us (ME) who probably can't make the seminar or the regular fest hope to be in the Springs for the coin show that weekend. Any thoughts? Larry Gibbs Dear Larry, Spectacular idea! I suspect that some way or another we can get some help from the ANA for space. Now we need to think of some activities (which I am sure that we can do). Let’s hear from Gramsters on this. Editor =================================================== 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 3/22/01. 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. 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 and Nancy Wilson, Neil Shafer, W. E. Yanchick, Mark Watson, Al Glaser, Phil Goldstein, Rod Hardy, Wesley Hardy, Gary Hicks, Jack Lippincott, Ian Marshall, Kevin Maloy, David Seelye, Nick Schrier, Elmer Smith, Dan Swartz, Tom Warburton, Dick Freyser, Tim Kyzivat ==================================================== 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. FOR SALE For Sale: German Konversionskasse Scrip, used to finance the war effort and also is stated that they were given to the Jewish people in exchange for their money and valuables to be redeemed when they were released. Of course we know now that this did not take place. Choice CU 5RM 1933 Series B @65.00, Choice CU 5RM !934 Red Overprint, Series E @75.00 or the pair for 120.00 ppd. Contact Mpckid@papermoneyworld.com FOR SALE: Application for U.S. Defense Savings Bonds-Series E, Treasury Department Form PDE 1686 circa World War II, 8.5" X 5.5", AU $3.00 ppd. frank.clark@rediform.com Here is what is available from MPCFest II: Souvenir card $25 (50 produced) Bronze “challenge coin” $5 Copper “challenge coin” $25 (silver sold out, only one of copper available) In addition to the above souvenirs, the following MFC Series 011 notes are available at face value. Note, these are NOT souvenirs as they are still current and spendable. Series 011 $1, 2, 5, 10, and 20, total face value of one set $38. Payment can be accepted by all of the traditional means including paypal using fred@papermoneyworld.com. Traditional paper payments may be sent to Fred Schwan, 132 E. Second St., Port Clinton, Oh 43452. 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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