============================================== MPC Gram ============================================== Covering the entire World of Military Numismatics ---------------------------------------------- Series 003-Number 570, Tuesday, March 19, 2002 Fest After Action Report By Warner Talso What did I like most about the FEST? I ask myself "what is the single most important reason for going to the FEST?" The answer is - to learn. Thus, what I liked most were all the events, interchanges, and conversations that gave me an opportunity to learn. Particularly satisfying was meeting the people who, previously, I had only heard about or corresponded with. The auction was noteworthy. A great deal of effort went into it. What did I like least about the FEST? Keeping mind that it was a great success, I wish the training schedule had come out earlier. I understand the conflicts, but this proves the value of getting the schedule out early. It should be early enough so that Gramsters can provide input and FESTers can make travel arrangements around it. Comments and Suggestions. 1. The quiz game was great. I think it would be even better if everyone was involved. Why not have brackets, a la the NCAA tournament. Have a random drawing for positions. Have 5 questions per "match". Winners move up. Questions get harder. Have a "trophy" for the winner. 2. The show and tell events were very interesting and I suggest could be expanded. Maybe a little more formality. Advertising in the training schedule. There is an amazing amount of interesting and fascinating people, history and knowledge there. Take advantage. 3. It seems like most people left about noon on Sunday. Is this acceptable? One way to minimize that is to have desirable events later in the day. 4. I thought my visit to Camp Perry was most interesting. Apparently most of the others did not think so. Too bad. Do you plan to attend FEST IV? Yes, the good Lord willing and the creeks don't rise. Thanks, Fred, for all your Herculean efforts, hard work, and enthusiasm. Also, thanks to Phil and Larry for putting the auction together. Also, Harold, for being the "finisher" - seeing that things came to closure. ============================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------- Wow, in Gram 569 I was excited and explained how we had solved the mailing problems at Yahoo. It required breaking the Gram list into lists of no more than 40 names. That was a pain to do and was going to be a continuous pain to use, but it looked workable and I was ready to get the Gram back on schedule. Well, within a few hours of solving that problem, Yahoo introduced another enhancement. Yahoo now allows no more than 100 emails to be sent in an hour! That is completely unworkable. That put us back to the drawing board. All along we have wanted papermoneyworld to be the home of MPCGam. It was fitting and appropriate, but another circle of technical problems kept that from happening. However, with the Yahoo problems, Doug "Wiz" Bell (namesake of the Bell charts) went to work and seems to have fixed the problems at pmw. This Gram is being sent via this new system. Sure there will be problems, and please tell us of any that you see, but our testing looks good. I am sorry to spend so much editorial space on technical problems, but it has been necessary. Hopefully, we can get back to true numismatics and a regular Gram schedule immediately! Thanks for your patience and other virtues that you have demonstrated during this difficult time. ============================================= Mail Call ---------------------------------------------- Dear Editor, Got the new Catalogue last week, and you have really out done your self on this work. Thank You Jack Dear Editor: Have not received a GRAM since FEST. Was hoping to read others thoughts on the FEST Marv Editor, I wanted to take a few minutes and tell you how much I enjoyed the Fest. I really had a good time. I sold 3 books on the way home. Once again , I enjoyed the fest and hope you guys are recovering and doing well. Sam Feeback Editor! When's the next Fest? Gary "Who has Fours?" Hicks ............................. (Had a ball the last weekend. I try to explain it to others but find myself just smiling and saying I had a great time. Sometimes words just cant express a feeling. Thanks for everybody's hard work for a successful Fest III. Fester Hicks ============================================== 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 June 29 to July 5 W.W.II numismatics seminar at ANA Summer Seminar, July 2002 Session I (June 29 through July 5, 2002) Session II (Sunday, July 7 through Thursday, July 11, 2002) general events will return --------------------------------------------------- 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 maturner@indy.rr.com or 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 Joel Shafer Ed Hoffman Howard A. Daniel, III Keith and Sue Bauman Mr. 691 ==================================================== Hot Contact List Below is the BNR Press Hot Contact List. This list serves several functions. Obviously it is an outreach by the dealers listed for your business. Most of them buy and sell MPC. Others organize shows or publish periodicals. They have supported the new Comprehensive Catalog of Military Payment Certificates with their advertising. They deserve your support and patronage. Secondly, this is a draft from the book that participating dealers should check for correctness. Finally, dealers who are not on it and want to can still get their ads in if they act promptly. Respond to this email or call (419) 732-6683. We are sorry if the format is a little messed up here in the Gram, we are not sure of how to fix it! 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M. Smythe (800) 622-1880 (212) 908-4047 Military Trader (800) 334-7165 Fred Schwan (419) 732-6683 (419) 732-6683 FredSchwan@Yahoo.com Richie Self (318) 868-9077 Mel Steinberg & Son (415) 453-9750 (415) 457-4432 melsteinberg@mindspring.com Scott Winslow Associates (603) 472-7040 (603) 472-8773 scott@scottwinslow.com George Warner (307) 672-3700 Pam West [44] 0208 641 3224 [44] 0208 641 3224 pamwestbritnotes@compuserve.com 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 advertisement of material for sale (related to military money collecting) will be accepted for this section at no charge as a public service. Fourth edition Comprehensive Catalog of Military Payment Certificates by Fred Schwan shipping about March 5. Order yours now. Standard edition (400 pages!) $50 Collectors's Edition (432 pages!) $95 Researchers' Edition (432 page, 46 produced, limited to availability) $125 All orders plus $4 shipping per order (NOT per book). Send snail mail payment to BNR Press, 132 E. Second St., Port Clinton, OH 43452 or PayPay using email fredschwan@yahoo.com. ALLIED MILITARY CURRENCY FOR JAPAN, SERIES 100, 'B' YEN 10 SEN A-A F $2 VF $4 AU $5 UNC $6 P-65 50 SEN A-A F $3 VF $5 XF $6 AU $7 P-67a 1 YEN A-A F $1 VF $2 XF $3 AU $4 UNC $5 P-67b 1 YEN B-B VG $8 P-67c 1 YEN C-C VG $3 F $6 VF $10 XF $15 AU $20 UNC $26 P-67d 1 YEN D-D F $6 VF $10 XF $15 AU $20 UNC $30 P-69a 5 YEN A-A F $3 VF $6 XF $9 AU $12 P-69b 5 YEN B-B UNC $40 P-71 10 YEN A-A F $3 VF $5 XF $7 AU $10 UNC $15 P-73 20 YEN A-A VG $3 F $5 VF $10 XF $20 AU $30 UNC $40 P-75 100 YEN A-A AU $25 UNC $35 Shipping is $2.50 per order. If insurance coverage is desired, the cost is extra. Please confirm availability: hoffman@rabbitbrush.com MPC for sale: Series 481 50 Cents 1st printing VG 6.00 Series 481 50 Cents 1st printing F GR 10.00 Series 481 50 Cents 1st printing F 12.50 Series 481 50 Cents 1st printing A.VF 20.00 Series 481 50 Cents 1st printing gr. VF 20.00 Series 481 50 Cents 1st printing VF 25.50 Series 481 50 Cents 1st printing gr A.EF 25.00 Series 481 50 Cents 1st printing EF 50.00 Series 481 50 Cents 1st printing A.UNC 100.00 Series 481 50 Cents 1st printing UNC stain 125.00 Series 481 50 Cents 2nd printing F-VF 15.00 Series 481 50 Cents 2nd print tape damage? VF 10.00 Series 481 50 Cents 2nd printing VF 26.00 Series 481 50 Cents 2nd printing EF 60.00 Series 481 50 Cents 2nd printing A.UNC 100.00 Series 481 50 Cents 3rd printing F 25.00 Series 481 50 Cents 3rd printing VF 75.00 Series 481 50 Cents 3rd printing EF 150.00 Please confirm at 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. Collector wants All USAFFE and AUSA Free Samar notes All 125th Infantry Regiment and Markings Guerrilla notes. I am also interested in any and all Guerilla Municipal issues. if you have any of this material for sale, advertise it in the Gram =================================================== Staff: publisher and editor: Fred Schwan - MPCGram@Yahoo.com assistant editor - Phil Goldstein IWANTMYMPC@aol.com distribution manager - Brad Peacock bp22@swbell.net Tuesday columnist Joe Boling - JoeBoling@aol.com Thurski columnist Larry "Ski" Smulczenski - ski@prodigy.net critic: Harold Kroll - HARBONS@aol.com scholarship coordinator - Marcus Turner maturner@indy.rr.com fact checker: Warner Talso index manager: Ed Beaman webmaster & technical advisor -- Doug Bell - (Wiz): doug@papermoneyworld.net The Boss: Judy Schwan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- please respond to this address or to fred@papermoneyworld.com