Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web5201.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.95]) by hazard.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id tka9ql.vn0.37kb01i for ; Thu, 5 Jul 2001 22:49:57 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20010706024955.5200.qmail@web5201.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [205.170.7.87] by web5201.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 05 Jul 2001 19:49:55 PDT Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 19:49:55 -0700 (PDT) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 384 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 384 Thurski, July 5, 2001 Provisional MFC used During the conversion of MPC Series 002 to 011 on July 4 stocks of Series 011 ran low and a small number of Series 002 were valideated for continued use with Series 011. The shortage was because of the unexpected short period of use of Series 002. Addtional supplies of 011 were enrout to the theatre but had not arrived by the time of the conversion. The validation was created by applying the "ANA" stamp to the Series 002 notes. It is not known how many notes nor how much value was validated, but it is belive to be less than $100 total. MFC a highlight of ANA Auction On Wendesday evening July 4, the annual young numismatists (YN) auction was held as part of the Summer Seminar. This was the day that MFC Series 002 was converted to Series 011. Within hours of the conversion, two converted notes were auctioned. The lot consited of a $1 and $2 MFC from Series 002 and a validated $1 from Series 011. The lot sold for $32. In other action, a copy of The Comprehensive Catalog of Military Payment Certificates sold for a world record $52.50! World's Worst by Larry "Ski" Smulczenski I've been telling you for the last couple of weeks that I was going to write about the AP note that I got at Memphis. "P" of course stands for Poor condition and the "A" before the "P" means about or almost, just like in an AU note. In other words, the note grades just a little less then the primary grade assigned. A grade of Poor under IBNS standards, is "a rag with severe damage because of wear, staining, pieces missing, graffiti, large holes. It may have tape holding pieces of the note together. Trimming may have taken place to remove rough edges. A poor note is desirable only as a filler or when such a note is the only one known of that particular issue." Well, this note has most of those characteristics. A number of months ago I wrote about a dreadfully awful note that a little guy chased me all over a show in the Philippines trying to sell me and I finally ended up buying it just to get rid of him. I went home to find that note was really a gem because it was a 100 peso note that was smuggled into the Philippines by submarine during the war and very few existed in collections. This could only be determined by the serial number of the note. The note I acquired in Memphis did not need to be identified by serial number. I knew what it was the minute it was shown to me. This was a propaganda note similar to the one listed as #409 on page 398 of World War II Remembered except the message on the back is different. It has more Arabic words and no skull. The face is an exact match of the five dollar bill you see in the book. Instead of being quarter folded however, this note is quarter torn and then stuck back together crudely with tape. There are two tears vertically to each side of the vignette and one running diagonally across Lincoln's face. If you hold the note up to the light you can see dozens of small tears and some much larger holes. There is a lot of tape on the note and the margins abound with little tears. Oddly enough, the corners are rather sharp. This is the type of note that I love to find, because it is not mentioned in World War II Remembered. I did find one reference that referred to it, however. R. G. Auckland in Air-Dropped Propaganda Currency mentions a second note with the same face and exact serial number as the skull note, but has the back covered with Arabic script asking the natives to 'hide their gold, etc.' He states that info about these notes is very sparse and that they were both dropped in widely scattered places, including Alexandria, Cairo and El Alamein. The date was probably in 1942. Your editor has always talked about presenting an exhibit of the worst conditioned notes known. This one would definitely fit into that category. But if only this note could talk. Did some partisan walking along find it, wad it up and tear it into pieces and then someone else put it back together to see what it said? Or did it get blown across the desert sand which caused all the small holes. Then who caused the additional damage. We will never know, but isn't it fun to just think about it. Surely, by now someone has translated the text on the back of this note. If you know where is, let us know. =============================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------------- The Summer Seminar military money course is about to end. It appears to have been a wonderful success. One thing that I can tell you now is that I was exhilirated--and exhausted--at the end of each day! You can expect to hear much more about it in the days and weeks ahead both from students and staff. Although it has been hard to get the gram out because of all of the distractions here at the Springs, it has alwo been a real pleasure to work on it because of the GREAT computer systems here. The Internet connections on the computers in the dorms are lightening! I will sure miss this connection. Tomorrow's Gram may come from Ohio. ============================================== Mail Call ----------------------------------------------- Request for Information I just found a small poster with a picture of LTG Douglas MacArthur in Spanish about him being the United Nations commander of the Pacific. I usually wait until I am in Memphis to give it to a man who collects anything MacArthur, and who is in a militaria-type business somewhere in Mississippi. I have a complete mental block for this man's name and cannot find his business card or a record of him. If you know him, please contact me at Howard@SEAsianTreasury.com. Thank you for your time and assistance. 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 3/22/01. 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. Medina, Harold “MPCKid” Kroll, Leo "Paymaster" May, Mrs. R.C. Matherne, Bill McNease, Marv Mericle, 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 Your items for sale will be listed in the Gram for FREE. Send your listings now. You items for sale support the gram by making it more interesting for everyone! For sale; Netherlands Ministerie Van Oorlog 25 Gulden Pick M3. UNC US$950.00 postpaid, registered mail. coinman@rochester.rr.com New discovery found in Memphis! Unlisted in Schwan/Boling! German Occupied Poland, 1 Punkt (Point) ration note for Vodka. http://www.papermoneyworld.com/mat/vodka.jpg $15 postage paid. Payment is by cash, personal check or paypal (until I reach my monthly receiving limit). Please reserve by e-mail at marcus@papermoneyworld.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 or sale in the above section. 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