Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web5202.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.170]) by strange.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id tk275o.35e.37kbi0u for ; Mon, 2 Jul 2001 21:15:36 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20010703011449.20266.qmail@web5202.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [205.170.7.87] by web5202.mail.yahoo.com; Mon, 02 Jul 2001 18:14:49 PDT Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 18:14:49 -0700 (PDT) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 381 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 381 Monday, July 2, 2001 Conterfeit Series 002 MFC Discovered Students at the ANA summer seminar reported finding counterfeit certificates from Series 002. Details of the counterfeits have not been reported, but officials are studying the situation and action may be expected soon. Reportedly a range of options is being considered. In other news from the seminar, authenticators identified an MPC replacement that was faked from a regular issue. This is the first reported example of a replacement being faked from a regular issue note. The fake was cleverly created by removing the suffix letter then covering the alteration with dirt to make it look like a well-circulated note. Additonal details will be reported as they become available. =============================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------------- Gail Baker of the American Numismatic Association and the "boss" of the seminar reports that she is pleased with this first military money seminar and has asked Schwan and Boling to do it again next year. ============================================== Mail Call ----------------------------------------------- Dear Editor, I refer to Larry "Ski" Smulczenski's column in MPCGram 378 and his purchase of a "Kirkee" AFCS token. I have a copy of John F Yarwood's "A Guide to British Military Tokens" (1998). I don't know if there are any later editions, but could not find a reference in my copy to an AFCS token nor any tokens with a "P" number. However, Yarwood does list an RAI (Royal Artillery Institute?) token from Kirkee in India (catalogued as IT 07) and notes that Kirkee was the location of the Government Ordnance Factory established in 1869. In the introduction to the chapter on British Commonwealth Military Related Tokens (page 78), Yarwood states he's sure there are a lot more tokens "out there" (that he did not cover) but "once again we run into the old problem that so many of these tokens receive only a passing mention in most token catalogues with little mention of their purpose or time frame of use". Yarwood also notes there are quite a few military tokens issued for use in India many of which are catalogued in Pridmore's "The Coins of The British Commonwealth of Nations, Part 4". Unfortunately, I don't have Part 4 of this series, but is it possible the P105 number represents a Pridmore number? Gramme A ================================================ 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. David Amey, Mr. Anonymous Donor, Mike Cummings, Sue and Keith Bauman, Ed B., Doug Bell, Tom Denly, Continental Coin Invensor, Inc., Denly's, Howard Daniel, R. A. 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