Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web12701.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.173.238]) by walker.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id toes4g.dc8c.37kbi73 for ; Sat, 25 Aug 2001 05:32:00 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20010825093158.60571.qmail@web12701.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [208.191.148.16] by web12701.mail.yahoo.com; Sat, 25 Aug 2001 02:31:58 PDT Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 02:31:58 -0700 (PDT) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 424/3 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 424 Friday August 24, 2001 Second example discovered, sold A second MPC Series 472 50 cent piece from the second printing has been discovered and sold on ebay. Only 400,000 notes were printed and initially researchers thought that all examples of this denomination from this printing had been destroyed. In 2000 collector Harold Kroll surprised the community by finding an example. Now there is a second--amazing. The note sold on ebay last week for a fraction over $3500. The buyer, MPCKid (Harold Kroll) reported that he was thrilled with the purchase and thought that it was a great bargain at the price. Shame on Me by George Swift I thought I might tell a little story on myself from which someone else may learn a lesson better than I. For the last two years I have attended the Memphis and other numismatic shows and I always gave the guy in the "funny hat" a wide berth. After all, I reasoned, much of my everyday work involves working with a certain number of truly incompetent (I am a probate/tax attorney) people, why should I subject myself to yet another "looney bird"? That guy in the hat, I reasoned, wasn't playing with a full deck......how could he be, if he persisted in presenting himself to the public as some sort of John Paul Jones type? I would walk by his table and literally cross to the other side lest he dare flag me over. Perish the thought that he may actually speak English! Last June the Gram announced the sale of the Leo May Collection with great expectations as to breadth and quality. Great, I thought, but who is Leo May? Oh well, I'll look forward to the auction regardless of whether I meet the guy. I went to the Atlanta ANA show on Thursday and saw John Yasuk behind a table. Wanting to talk with John, I stopped and also purchased a nice Hawaii overprint. I asked John if he had any AMC and, to my great dismay, he called over the guy in the "funny hat." Needless to say, I was charmed and captivated by the guy in the "funny hat." I also bought a fair number of needed AMC/MPC pieces from the Tricorn Guy....knowledgeable and a nice guy to boot. ============================================== Editorial ----------------------------------------------- The report of the second 472 50c is exciting to say the least. When the first was found, we examined the issue at length and while we may have stated that more would be found (our normal answer), we were not nearly so sure. Congratulations to all concerned. ============================================== Mail Call ----------------------------------------------- Dear Gram, I obtained Marvin's mailing address from the web site as follows: Marvin Mericle P.O. Box 15302 Ft. Wayne, In 46885-5302 My mail has been returned as "Not deliverable as addressed" Can you give me his correct address so I can send envelopes for the m2c2 newsletter? Thanks, Don Reply to Larry; Just to let you know: the latest scheme is to wash and bleach the (newer style) five dollar bill and print a hundred on the front and back with a better quality printer. The new bill passes all the usual tests for paper and watermark, except that the watermark picture of Lincoln appears to the right of Franklin's. At first glance to a lot of unwary consumers, the bill looks good, the paper feels right. Mark Jolls, Gram reader Gramsters, If you have not seen an email from me over the last couple of weeks, that is good! I had a very sneaky and tricky virus in my PC that used my Outlook file with your email addresses in it to send parts of my Word documents and itself to you. When I realized my Norton Anti-Virus only deleted the visible version and there was a hidden version, I turned off my PC and disconnected it from my telephone line. When my local consultant was available a few days ago, he came over and went through my PC's lines of code, line by line. The hidden version was in an HTML file! He had to import a special anti-virus software to my PC to delete it. It is now gone and I feel much better. The virus starts with "kak" if you want to check your PC for it. The virus came from a Canadian dealer who was recently in Cuba and did some research for me at the Havana Mint. This mint has produced NCLT Lao, Vietnamese and Cambodian coins. The mint sent him the information and he forwarded it to me. The document, CubanMint.doc, was something I expected, so I opened it. Bam! I could see something was wrong and my Norton Anti-Virus kicked in and deleted the visible version. But a week or so later, I realized my PC was active when it should not have been. I also started receiving emails from some of you complaining about "scrambled" emails from me. The virus had hidden itself from my ant-virus softwares and I alerted my consultant. Sure enough, he found it. Don't you just love computer geeks and nerds with time on their hands?! Howard A. Daniel III Dear Gram, Whew! I've been waiting for 12 other Fest III reservations so I could be the 13th to make a reservation (my lucky number). Count me in! Bill Yanchick Editor, Put me down tentatively on the list. Only thing that would not allow me to come is that I just got assigned to a new job and don't know what the TDY schedule will be like yet. On the plus side though, I'll probably get a trip to Berlin out of it. Cheers, Mark Dear Bill and Mark, See you in March!!! Editor ================================================ Departments --------------------------------------------------- Calendar of events for Gramsters maintained by Howard Daniel, John Wilson and Gram staff, last updated August 17, 2001 ---------------------------------------------------- Calendar of events for Gramsters maintained by Howard Daniel, John Wilson and Gram staff, last updated August 17, 2001 ---------------------------------------------------- Calendar of events for Gramsters maintained by Howard Daniel lll, John & Nancy Wilson and Gram staff ---------------------------------------------------- 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 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 15 - 16, 2001 - Red Rose Coin Club 43rd Annual Fall Show, Lancaster, PA., Exhibits CPMX, Chicago Feb 28- Mar 3, 2002 - Contact Kevin Foley, Chairman, 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, Jack Lippincot, Phil Goldstein, Warner Talso, Nich Schrier, Tom Koch, Mark Watson, Bill Yanchick, Fred Schwan {running total 14}] 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)--------------------------------------------------- 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 Guido Crapanzano David Seelye ==================================================== 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 Series 661 $5.00 GEM Crisp Unc $25.00 insured postpaid. Series 481 $0.25 1st printing Crisp UNC $60.00 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 – JoeBoling@aol.com Thurski columnist Larry “Ski” Smulczenski –skifla@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. 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