Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web5201.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.95]) by walker.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id tn9b51.cqp4.37kbi73 for ; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 23:55:13 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20010811035511.7746.qmail@web5201.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [208.191.148.16] by web5201.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 10 Aug 2001 20:55:11 PDT Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 20:55:11 -0700 (PDT) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 415/3 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 415 Friday August 10, 2001 ANA Summer Convention the Worldˇ¦s Best Paper Money Show By Fred Schwan Yes, the ANA summer convention is a great paper money show, but the above headline would have been appropriate in the 1970s, not now. It is still a good show for paper money, but in the 1970s and before, it was the best. From the 21st century perspective, it is hard to realize that there were no paper money shows before the middle 1970s. Even after the London Congress and Memphis shows began it was hard if not impossible to believe that paper money shows would flourish and multiply to the extent that they have. It is wonderful! The ANA is the largest numismatic event in the world so you can expect to find lots of paper money. In the ˇ§old daysˇ¨ it was THE event. Many dealers and collectors still attend the ANA convention and I am sure that they will continue to do so. I had many adventures at ANA conventions and look forward to having many more. Joe Boling has discussed many of our exhibiting Experiences in his column so I will not repeat any of those or steal those that are left. At my first convention in Florida (was in 73 or 72?) I saw my first AMC 100 yen A note. I bought it from Bill Kiszely for Joe. Also from Kiszely I bought the first reported MPC Series 521 $10 replacement. Bill wanted $750 for it. This was a price that I could hardly believe, but of cours I bought it. The next year in Boston, I met Ed Hoffman and Ray Toy for the first time. Ray wanted Ed to collaborate on a new edition of his military money book, but Ed did not want to do it and recruited me for that job. That was certainly a moment that changed my life. Shortly thereafter the convention was in Los Angeles. I believe that that was the first time that I met Angus Bruce. Angus is one of the all time great military money collectors. Unfortunately, he does not receive email (at least that I know of) and hence does not receive the Gram. For sure it was the first, and I think only, time that I met Al Menke. Al might have been the greatest military money collector at that time. He had been collecting in California since the 1950s when his mother had to take him to coin shows where he scooped up great things. Al had purchased much or all of the Ray Toy collection (possibly the second Toy collection). The only time that I left the hotel during the entire week of the convention was when Al took me to his house to show me his collection. It was staggering. I could not appreciate everything that I saw because I was so new to the field! Shortly thereafter Al sold his collection to Gary Snover who was then associated with Stanely Gibbons of London. I have a few more stories about that collection, but I hope that Gary will share some of them here first! The last time that the convention was in Atlanta (year?) the second reported set of MPC Series 651 was sold at auction by Bowers and Merena. What an exciting evening that was! I have told most of that story many times, one of these days we need to get it here in the Gram. At the Atlanta Convention before that, I bought the specimen sets of 4th and 5th Series British Armed Forces Special Vouchers from a collector. Ted Uhl was also trying to buy the sets so it was difficultˇXand expensive. I think that it was at that same show that Joe found the first 1000 yen AMC that we had ever seen. There is no end to the finds and collector stories relating to the ANA convention. I will try to think of some more for tomorrow. ============================================== Editorial ----------------------------------------------- As I write this the ANA convention is in full swing. As I mentioned yesterday (I think), this is the first time since 1973 that the event has gone on without me. How can they do that? Well, for me, the good news is that I will have the opportunity to read about it in the print media and in reports from Gramsters in attendanceˇXand there are many of those! ============================================== Mail Call ----------------------------------------------- Dear Gram, Guido [IBNS president Guido Crapanzano] has asked me to add the upcoming Paper Money shows and important Coin shows to our website. - "We can list all Paper Money show, and also some very important Coin show, where there are many paper money dealer, as the ANA Coin show." He suggested that I use your MPC Gram as a source of info. Sol! 1) Do I have your permission to plagiarize? 2) Which coin shows do you feel qualify as important? Best, Peter Hello Peter, Thanks for writing. First, you may of course borrow any calendar information that you want from the Gram. This information is provided by John Wilson and Howard Daniel. They provide it for the public good so I am sure that they will be pleased to have you use it. I have been thinking about some options for the calendar. One is that we might just list the core ˇ§MPCˇ¨ shows and possibly the next few events in the daily calendar. We could then include a link to the IBNS calendar section so that we will be working together on this. Please do send us the link. We are also thinking about maintaining the calendar on the Yahoo calendar at MPCGram. Then again, we might do all of the above or something entirely different. This is certainly an evolutionary thing. Thanks again for writing. Editor Dear Editor, Sign me up for MPC Fest III. It's on my calendar. Warner Dear Warner, Great, looking forward to seeing you. Do not forget your pay book! Editor ================================================ Departments --------------------------------------------------- Calendar of events for Gramsters maintained by Howard Daniel, John Wilson and Gram staff ---------------------------------------------------- August 7-12, 2001, ANA Convention at the Cobb Galleria Center, Atlanta, GA The Fourth Annual Paper Money & Historical Artifacts Show. Sheraton Grand hotel at Dallas/ Ft. Worth Airport. 4440 W. John Carpenter Freeway, Irving Texas 75063. August 16-19 2001. More than 75 dealers. Lyn Knight's 40th Anniversary sale August 18, 2001. AUGUST 16-19. 2001, 41st Missouri Numismatic Society Coin Festival, Hilton St. Louis Airport St. Louis, MO August 17-19, 2001, Ohio Coin Expo, Cleveland, OH, 125 tables, August 23-26, 2001, CSNS Fall Convention hosted by the MSNS in Dearborn, MI Auction by NTL/Scotsman Coins, Hyatt Regency Dearborn August 23-25, 2001, New England Coin Expo, Holiday Inn, Mansfield, MA, 130 tables August 25-26, 2001, Golden State Coin Show, CSNS 109th Convention & NASC Masonic Temple Arcadia, CA August 31-Sept. 1-2, 2001, Ohio State Coin Show, Columbus Ohio Host CNS/COINS, Marriott North September 6 - 9, 2001, Illinois Numismatic Association (ILNA) Fall Show Countryside Illinois, Chicago Countryside Banquet hall Dealer Setup Thursday 4-8 P.M., Exhibits September 13 - 16, 2001, Strasburg Currency and Stock & Bond Show, Lancaster Host Hotel, Lancaster, PA.,100 Booths, Exhibits and Educational Programs, Auction by: R. M. Smythe & Co., Inc., Contact Kevin Foley (414) 421-3498 September 13-15, 2001, Milwaukee Numismatic Society 67th Annual Show Four Points Hotel, Milwaukee, WI 115 tables, Exhibits September 15 - 16, 2001, Red Rose Coin Club 43rd Annual Fall Show, Lancaster, PA., Exhibits September 21 - 23, 2001, Paul Padget's 18th Annual Greater Cincinnati Numismatic Exposition, Sharonville Convention Center, Small Auction by Paul Padget and major paper money auction by Currency Auctions of America Contact Paul Padget at (513) 821-2143 September 21 - 23, 2001, Virginia Numismatic Association, 43rd Annual Coin Show, Northern Virginia Community College Ernst Center, Annandale, VA September 21 - 23, 2001, Bick International Expos (www.bick.net) River Palms Hotel Casino, Glendale, CA September 27 - 30, 2001, North East Ohio Coin Club, 41st Annual Show, 100 Tables, Holiday Inn, Route 82 At I-71, Strongville, OH October 4 - 7, 2001, long Beach Coin and Collectible Expo Long Beach California Convention Center, 400 booths, Educational Programs, Auctions by Heritage and Ponterio World Paper Money Fair, run by London Chapter of IBNS October 6/7, 2001 Spink Auction October 5, 2001 Phillips Auction October 4, 2001 West London Paper Money Fairs are: July 15/September 2/November 18, 2001 Important 2002 events FUN, Orlando, 10-13 Jan, 2002 ANA spring show, Jacksonville, FL, 7-9 March 2002. EXHIBIT APPLICATION DEADLINE 11 FEB 2002. [Joe Boling, John and Nancy Wilson confirmed in attendance] CPMX, Chicago Feb 28- Mar 3, 2002, Lyn Knight auction of Leo May collection March 2002 8-10 MPCFest III [reservations in order received: Guido Crapanzano, Harold Kroll, Larry Smulczenski, Gary ˇ§Got any foursˇ¨ Hicks, Tom Warburton, David Seelye, Phil Goldstein, Warner Talso, Fred Schwan {running total 9}] ANA Annual Conventin EXHIBIT APPLICATION DEAD LINE 3 JUN 2002. W.W.II numismatics seminar at ANA Summer Seminar, July 2002 -Session I (Sunday June 30 through Thursday, July 4, 2002) -Session II (Sunday, July 7 through Thursday, July 11) ANA summer show, New York City, 30 July 4 - August 2002. EXHIBIT APPLICATION DEAD LINE 3 JUN 2002. The ANA convention schedule is as follows: „h 2001 - Atlanta, Georgia (August 8-12) „h * 2002 - Jacksonville, Florida (March 7-9) „h * 2002 - New York City, New York (July 31 - August 4) * 2003 - Charlotte, North Carolina (March) „h * 2003 - Baltimore, Maryland (July) „h * 2004 - Portland, Oregon (March) „h * 2004 - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (date to be announced) „h * 2005 - Kansas City, Missouri (March) „h * 2005 - California (city and date to be announced) „h * 2006 - Denver, Colorado (date to be announced) „h * 2007 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin (date to be announced) „h These are the proposed convention sites and are subject to change by the Board of Governors. --------------------------------------------------- Donations are now being accepted for scholarships to the 2002 "Military Money" course at the 2002 ANA Summer Seminar. Inquiries and donations should be sent to: Military Numismatists c/o Marcus Turner 8103 East US Highway 36 Suite 163 Avon, IN 46123 Donors to 2002 Scholarship Fund Steve Feller Harold Kroll R. A. Medina ==================================================== 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 Italy 10 Lira series 1943 A.UNC to UNC $20.00 insured postpaid , Japan 10 Yen "A" GEM crisp UNC $250.00 postpaid insured coinman@rochester.rr.com WANTED Collectors may submit lists of items wanted for their collections for listing here. 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