Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web5202.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.170]) by tyner.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id tg0qt1.fsj.37kbi5q for ; Mon, 14 May 2001 19:34:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20010514233457.18115.qmail@web5202.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [152.163.195.194] by web5202.mail.yahoo.com; Mon, 14 May 2001 16:34:57 PDT Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 16:34:57 -0700 (PDT) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 338 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 338 May 14, 2001 Market commentary by Len Harsel Here is a short update on the MPC market as seen this past week end. (Large/small LTC, retd) David Amey and I had tables at the semi-annual Pennsylvania Association of Numismatists show. It would be fair to say that most or our sales were in MPC and AMC. While my stock is basically at the low end, I am almost depleted in stuff to peddle. David on the other hand, did sell some power issues. He will have to tell about that. We also met Bill Yanchick, winner of the scholarship. Couldn't have gone to a nicer person. Keep up the good work on spreading the gospel. Remy Bourne’s CICF Literature Auction Number 13 By: John and Nancy Wilson, NLG The following Bourne sale was originally published in Numismatic News, May 15, 2001 issue. Many of the lots for this article were not in the Numismatic News story. The 13th Remy Bourne Public and Mail Bid Literature Auction was held in conjunction with the CICF’s 26th Annual Convention on April 26 - 29, 2001 at Rosemont, IL. This exciting and diversified 152 page catalog contained 1250 lots. The sale featured the libraries of Dr. Donald G. Tritt and David C. Amey. The auction had an excellent selection of U. S. and foreign books, auction catalogs, fixed price lists, literature, periodicals, sunken treasure references, value boxes and other interesting material. The Bourne sales are always well described and illustrated. We always find it amazing that Remy will take a lot with a value of $25, and utilize a half of column describing it. This is very important for new collectors in the literature field as it will give them a better idea of what the item is. Virtually every lot has a great description of what is being sold. The two session sale had a total prices realized of $54,000 which included the 10% buyers fee. Of great interest to collectors of military items were the following lots which include the buyers and packing fee. Remy Bourne was the Auctioneer. Amazingly Lot 102 containing the Christie’s 11/28-29, 1990 Important World Bank Notes and Artwork >From the ABNCo Archives estimated at $25, opened and sold to the book for $135. Lot 413 contained the first 11 issues (1978-79) of the Far East Journal. Estimated at $75, it sold for $62. Lot 610, Prisoner of War and Concentration Camp Money of the 20th Century, 1989 in fine. Estimated at $25 it sold for $35. The Guido Crapanzano Soldi Dâ Italia Un secolo di cartamoneta, 1995 reference estimated at $80, went for $85. Three books by Howard A. Daniel lll all did very well. Lot 657, The Catalog and Guidebook of Southeaster Asian Coin and Currency, Volume 1, France Colonial, 1975 1st Edition in fine (100 printed) went for double estimate at $55. Lot 658, The Catalog and Guidebook of Southeastern Asian Coin and Currency, Volume 1, France, 1978, 2nd Edition sold for estimate at $26. Lot 659, The Catalog and Guidebook of Southeaster Asian Coins and Currency, Volume ll, part 2, Republic of Viet Nam Coins and Currency, 1992, 1st Edition, estimated at $25, sold for $46. Lot 688 containing the Richard Doty The Macmillan Encyclopedic Dictionary of Numismatics in new condition sold for close to double estimate at $74. This dictionary is important because it has some great descriptions of military money or related items. Lot 749, the Story of the ABNCo by Griffiths, William, 1959, estimated at $100, sold for $167. Lot 822, Collecting Paper Money for Pleasure & Profit,” 1992 by, Barry Krause sold for $24. The estimate was $35. Some interesting information on military money is contained in this book. Lot 957, Papiergeld Katalog: Europa Seit 1900, by Albert Pick, 1970, sold for just over estimate at $46. The next Pick reference in Lot 958, Paper Money: Catalogue of the Americas, 1973, sold for half estimate at $24. Lot 1009, Das Papiernotgeld von Ostpreussen, Westpreussen, Posen, Auflage 1, 1989, sold for about $30, with an estimate of $40. The Schwan and Boling World War ll Military Currency 1978 reference in Lot 1012 sold for close to estimate at $27. Six references by Raymond Toy on WW ll Military Currency estimated at $45, sold for $62. The Neil Shafer classic reference on Philippine Emergency and Guerrilla Currency of WW ll,1974, in Lot 1023 was esimated at $100. It sold for $57. Usually this goes for over $75. Lot 1062, the History of the BEP 1862-1962, estimated at $75, sold for $63. Benjamin White’s Currency of the Great War, 1921 estimated at $30, went for $42. For information on this sale, please write or call Remy Bourne at: 509-40th Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55421-3834. Phone (763) 789-7070 or 1 (800) 789-7005. =============================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------------- Gramsters, remember, we can still accept a few more charter subscribers to the Gram. We can guarantee that we will maintain our current low subscription rate for at least another few years so send us the email address of collectors known to you who do not get the gram, or at least send them the address and suggest that they “apply” for the gram. =========================================== Mail Call ---------------------------------------------------- Dear Trung, When the French first started colonizing Viet Nam and Cambodia in the mid-1800s, they introduced "Francs" and Centimes" denominations. The dominant coins of East Asia (and most of the World) were the Spanish-American "8 Reales/1 Pesos" and "Centavos". With all of the locals and the surrounding foreign colonies rejecting the "Francs" and "Centimes," the French had to join them. The French equivalent words for the Spanish-American denominations are "Piastres" and "Cents," so these were adopted for use in French Cochinchina and Indochina. In the early 1800s, when the first foreigners, asked the Vietnamese about their copper-based cash-style coins' denominations, the Vietnamese replied with the word "Dong". The foreigners assumed this was a denomination and did not understand it was the name of the metal. Sometime in the 1900s, the French started adding "Dong" to the "Piastre" notes because that was the only word they could find in their records for a Vietnamese denomination. Until after independence, most of the highly educated Vietnamese in Viet Nam were French-educated. This was the case for the communist Vietnamese too, so when they were looking for a word for their "Piastre" (or Dollar) denomination in 1945, they took "Dong" off one side of the French "Piastre" paper money. None of the Vietnamese (Republic or Democratic Republic) monies used "Piastre" on them, only "Dong". There is more to this story, but I just wanted to briefly answer your statement in your MPCGram 336 article of; "(By the way, the local currency unit was "dong," literally meant "coppers." Whoever invented the term "piastres" must be living in a different world. Even the French's imperial Bank of Indochina printed notes with "dong" denomination, piastres were no where in the Vietnamese currency)." I hope this information is useful to you and other collectors. Howard A. Daniel =========================================== Gossip ---------------------------------------------------- The best and worst of rumors will be found here! What well-known MPC collector has now stopped to buying petite women’s clothing (petite sophisticate size 2, to be exact) on ebay celebrated a birthday today? Is it possible that this is disorder induces by excess alochol drinking? =================================================== 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, Continental Coin Invensor, Inc., 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. 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