Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web5201.mail.yahoo.com ([216.115.106.95]) by runyon.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id tnjhuj.qo5.37kbi7f for ; Tue, 14 Aug 2001 20:52:35 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20010815005233.13229.qmail@web5201.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [208.191.148.16] by web5201.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 14 Aug 2001 17:52:33 PDT Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 17:52:33 -0700 (PDT) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 416/3 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 416 Saturday August 11, 2001 Emergency Data Request An important part of the MPC book is the survey of replacements. This survey has been very successful and important to the development of the hobby. I certainly did not expect to have it continue as long as it has, 25 or so years now. One mistake that I made along he way was not including Series 100 A yen replacement in the survey. After failing to include them in the beginning, I continued to error and procrastinate on the matter so that they are still not covered in any of the reports of MPC replacements. Well, we are FINALLY going to fix this. Series 100 A yen replacements will be included in the new MPC book. We have worked up some a special treatment for this first time, but we need your help. Please send serial numbers and conditions of ALL AMC A yen replacements known to you. Regular issue and specimen numbers are needed, but of course please indicate the specimens. A number of these notes have changed hands recently, please send the numbers! We need them just about immediately in order to fix this oversight. Send your reports to MPCGram@yahoo.com. More ANA Convention Memories By Fred Schwan At the centennial convention in 1991 in Chicago this first Azad Hind ¡§notes¡¨ that I had ever seen ¡§walked up to the table.¡¨ Actually, there is a very long story associated with this worthy of an entire Gram. Heck, it might be worthy of an entire book, but we will get to the core of it here. The dealer seller left a group of notes for offer with Ian Marshall at our table for an offer. Ian did nothing with the group until the fellow came back several hours later to hear the offer. Ian had looked briefly at the lot, but was not too interested. Casually he asked me what I thought as he handed the group to me for the first time. I about feel over when I saw those magic words ¡§Azad Hind.¡¨ After he had squandered those hours where we could have planned (schemed) in privacy, we were forced to negotiate openly with the seller. Nonetheless, we bought the notes and a new adventure was begun. It may have been at the next Chicago ANA convention that Mel Steinberg found a replacement MPC Series 471 in the inventory of a dealer. The seller knew that it was a replacement and a good one, but was not at all sure of how good it was. The seller more or less insisted on getting an appraisal from me before he would sell it to Mel. Well, that turned into an ugly little scene, but Mel was able to buy it. Leo May was interested in the note (now there is a surprise) so I helped Leo sell some things so that he could afford the note and he bought it from Mel. The note was in the Leo May collection when it was sold a few weeks ago. At each turn of events I was insanely jealous. At least I will get another chance at the note when it is sold by Lyn Knight! ============================================== Editorial ----------------------------------------------- We have been trying to find a way to have ¡§mailing¡¨ of your Gram automated. Among other things this could allow delivery at a set time each day. Since we have not been able to solve that problem, we have come up with a solution that will at least reduce the work done at headquarters. We have introduced an experiment whereby your Gram will be mailed by an assistant editor. The first such mailing was number 415. Hopefully, you could not even notice! ============================================== Mail Call ----------------------------------------------- To my collector and dealer friends! Philip M. Goldstein (IWANTMYMPC@aol.com) has a new telephone number effective September 1st: (845) 254-MPC1 (254-6721) Please correct your telephone books, personal data organizers, secretaries, what have you... Best Wishes, Phil Dear Editor, I note in the MPC Gram "ANA Summer Show, New York City, 30 July 4 - August, 2002" The ANA Website gives dates of 31 July - 4 August 2002 Best, Peter Dear Pete, Thanks for writing. This will take some checking. The official convention starts a day after many of the activities basically because of a politically charged issue call PNG day. 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 ¡§Got any fours¡¨ Hicks, Tom Warburton, David Seelye, Phil Goldstein, Fred Schwan {running total 8}] 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 Japan 1 Yen "A" GEM Crisp UNC $50.00 insured postpaid, Japan 20 Yen "A" VF $175.00 insured postpaid coinman@rochester.rr.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. This is a trial, if you like it, send your list. =================================================== Staff: publisher and editor: Fred Schwan - MPCGram@Yahoo.com; assistant editor - Phil Goldstein IWANTMYMPC@aol.com Tuesday columnist Joe Boling ¡V JoeBoling@aol.com Thurski columnist Larry ¡§Ski¡¨ Smulczenski ¡Vskifla@prodigy.net critic: Harold Kroll - MPCKid@AOL.com; index manager: Ed Beaman webmaster & technical advisor: Doug Bell - (Wiz): doug@papermoneyworld.net; The Boss: Judy Schwan ===== MPC Gram is published by BNR Press and papermoneyworld.com as a free service to the community of military money collectors. Your suggestions, criticisms, complaints, editorial contributions, letters, and even praise are very welcome. The entire contents including linked illustrations are copyright protected by the publishers. In the case of contributors, the copyright is protected on behalf of the creators. Please send all correspondence regarding the gram to MPCgram@yahoo.com. 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