Status: U Return-Path: Received: from mail.papermoneyworld.net ([207.3.91.49]) by farley.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id u0ancl.a74.37kbi1c for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2001 16:56:37 -0500 (EST) Subject: MPC GRAM Precedence: bulk Sender: mpcgram-owner@mail.papermoneyworld.net From: mpcgram-owner@mail.papermoneyworld.net (List Server) Date: Wed, 28 Nov 101 15:15:50 CDT Message-Id: <10111281515.AA1FDA5830@mail.papermoneyworld.net> Reply-To: mpcgram@mail.papermoneyworld.net Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 13:13:52 -0800 (PST) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 497 Reply-To: mpcgram@mail.papermoneyworld.net ============================================== MPC Gram ============================================== Covering the Entire World of Military Numismatics ---------------------------------------------- Series 003-Number 497 Wednesday, November 28, 2001 Hoffman Sells MPC Replacement Collection Veteran dealer Ed Hoffman of Reno, Nevada is selling a collection of twenty different MPC replacements. The group is a typical collection in that it includes a range of material. Scarce and common, low and high grade, early and late series. Altogether, it is a nice offering of notes and most Gramsters should be able to find something of interest. The list is included in the PX section of the Gram! Back from Viet Nam and Japan by Howard A. Daniel III My inputs to you about my recent trip to Viet Nam was unexpectedly cut off because the Rex Hotel's Internet Cafe went out of operation. My wife and I were using every available minute in Ho Chi Minh City to look at houses to purchase, so I had no time to cruise around for another Internet Cafe to send more inputs to you. We did find a townhouse we both like and the price is right too. Our relatives in Viet Nam were trying to get us a better price, but I have passed word to them to just secure it for us. I hope it comes through because this townhouse will be our future "cold weather" retirement home and the Virginia house will be our "warm weather" retirement home. Once I close on it or another one, I will start visiting Viet Nam (and Southeast Asia) two or three times a years for about 45 days each time before she retires. The house will be a base where Vietnamese collectors and dealers can bring their offerings and finds to me for my research and possible buying. This will give me many more opportunities to see things for myself, but also for you readers and others wanting pieces from Viet Nam. Wish me luck in acquiring this house! I bought no MPC during this trip. I saw no replacements for sale. There could have been a positions and/or printings someone wants, but I did not have specific want lists for them, so I did not buy any of them. The dealer with replacements and other pieces during my July trip sold all of them before I arrived. Business has been very bad for him and especially since September 11, so he needed the money. The collector who has replacements and other pieces is still collecting them and has no interest in selling them, so MPC. There was also a great lack of any new medals and decorations for some of you. I absolutely saw nothing new since my July visit and what was remaining in Dung's and Mrs. Phuong's stock was in very, very bad condition. There were a few French Indochina War era military unit badges, but I did buy two of them. One was on a collector's want list, and the other has what became the RVN flag, and it is of some interest to me. But I did buy a lot of U.S. military club tokens! One batch of 20 kilos (that is 44 pounds guys!) arrived as I was sitting in Dung's store. They were ALL 8th RRU and RRFS club tokens! Someone discovered where they were buried (they are not water damaged) and hauled them into town and sold them to Dung. I went through ALL of them and I still have the dirt under my fingernails to prove it. I found about twenty-five different in nickel, dime and quarter denominations. Gary Arva gets first choice (as always) on them and the rest, if I need them, will go into my collection. I also bought about two hundred other pieces from many various clubs for the Army, Navy, Marines, Merchant Marine, VFW and American Legion. I do not yet know what I need in my collection, but again, Gary will get first choice at them, since they are a secondary collection for me. I will try to write an article about them in the near future for World Coin News, but it might appear in Numismatic News because they are U.S. material. After Viet Nam, I went back to Tokyo with my wife. This past Sunday, she took me to her favorite flea market at a temple/shrine. It was a great place and numismatic material was for sale there. 99.9% of it is Japanese and more of it was in medals, decorations and ribbons, than coins, notes and bonds. There were several times I wished I had WWII Remembered or a JNDA catalog with me! I saw some Japanese war bonds and photographed them for Joe Boling, but I think they were common. But I did buy what appears to be a Wartime Postal Savings Stamp on page 584 for him because I never saw one before this time. It cost me US$2. and the bonds were offered at US$4. and $5. each. If Joe likes the photographs of the latter, my wife can buy them, if they are still there during her next visit. We looked for some commercial pre-WWII stock certificates she found for Joe on a previous visit, but we could not find them. But Phung did find four cotton house kimono's to buy and one jacket somewhat in the shape of a kimono top. On the way back to her apartment, we stopped at one her favorite antique stores in Tokyo. She showed me a section of old Japanese and Korean cabinets and storage boxes. One of them was a fantastic Japanese money box of the late 1800s or very early 1900s. I really wanted to buy it because it was so nice and the price was only about US$200., but I already own a Japanese money box and promised myself that all future money boxes I buy must be from Southeast Asia. That is all for you guys from this trip. The esteemed editor of this newlsetter is always wanting more words from me, so I will work on some much shorter items about specific MPC or other military pieces in my collection. It is really great to be back in the Land of the Big PX. I will be holding a meeting for NI/IBNS at the Baltimore show on December 1 from 2PM to 2PM. If you are in the Baltimore area, please come to the meeting, and I will be showing pieces from the above and other recent purchases. ============================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------- We are excited to include the list of 20 replacements for sale from Ed Hoffman. I have known Ed for about 30 years and will tell some more stories about him as time goes by. I have mentioned before that my first purchase of MPC by mail was from him. Anyway, we are delighted to have this important list in the Gram. We consider lists of items for sale to be an asset to the Gram and many things have sold from Gram listings. A few have been at record prices, many have been at record speed. If you have something for sale within the area of military money, advertise it for sale in your Gram! ============================================== Mail Call ---------------------------------------------- MPCGramers, I have a June 1994 issue of "ARMY" Magazine, titled "D-Day+ 50 Years" with 9 articles documenting various aspects of D-Day, total of 80 pages. Didn't see anything particularly about numismatics but lots of history here. It is available to first person that tells me he/she wants it via email to cjc-pi@home.com and then sends me a self-addressed 9' x 11" envelope with $1.50 in postage. Thanks, Ray Czahor Cookie Jar Collectibles Box 597 Columbia, MD 21045 Phone/Fax: 301-604-9225 e-mail: cjc-pi@home.com ================================================ Departments ------------------------------------------------- Calendar of events for Gramsters maintained by Howard Daniel, Nancy and John Wilson and Gram staff, last updated September 7, 2001 show reports are requested on all events. Even if it was not a great show, there must be something to report. What and whom did you see? Market activity? Share your observations and thoughts with Gramsters everywhere. ---------------------------------------------------- Special "MPC" events 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, Nick Schrier, Richard Freyser, Tom Koch, Mark Watson, Bill Yanchick, Doug Bell, Sam Feeback, Bruce Potter, Elmer Smith, Marv Mericle, Wes and Rod Hardy, Marcus Turner, Fred Schwan {running total 23}] Three airports are reasonably available for the Fest. In order of proximity they are: Toledo Cleveland Detroit (Metro) All three are reasonable. If you can arrive early enough AND coordinate it well ahead, every attempt will be made to pick you up at the airport to save on rental cars. Festers are encouraged to corridnate among themselves for rides. We will also run notices in the Gram and, finally, we will try to coordinate for Festers to run pickups from Fest central. 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, 2002) general events will return soon --------------------------------------------------- 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 Leo May Warner Talso Marv Mericle Mark Watson Gail Baker ==================================================== 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 The following list of MPC replacements is available. Please email to confirm. issue/ # Reported /Serial number/ Pos # /Con / Price 461 $1 19 A00377503 48 VF $750.00 472 5c 34 C00624708 79 F/VF $300.00 472 $1 21 C00040842 6 F $650.00 481 10c 38 D00170337 22 VG/F $150.00 481 25c 21 D01617344 35 discolored XF $575.00 541 5c 45 F01193155 66 VG $200.00 541 5c 45 F01761339 53 GCU $800.00 541 10c 70 F00954890 36 F $100.00 541 50c 89 F11020164 44 VF $200.00 591 5c 31 G00425460 54 F+ $195.00 611 5c 127 H00331092 42 GCU $185.00 611 10c 145 H00282786 36 GCU $195.00 611 $1 170 H00016589 3 VG $100.00 641 5c 90 J00721442 7 VG/F $50.00 641 10c 29 J00482501 61 ink 8 rev. F $175.00 641 $10 59 J00483291 11 discolored VF $200.00 661 10c 59 B00058454 8 CU $700.00 661 $1 75 B00253005 32 stained F $100.00 681 5c 42 C00281032 36 F $100.00 681 50c 35 C00072051 10 CU $750.00 681 $1 28 C00330407 42 GCU $950.00 681 $20 43 C00057576 8 F $500.00 692 5c 100 E00473007 60 F $75.00 692 10c 83 E00561106 71 F $85.00 692 25c 38 E00065719 9 F $200.00 692 50c 25 E00233975 30 XF $575.00 Confirm with Ed Hoffman hoffman@rabbitbrush.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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