Status: U Return-Path: Received: from web12702.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.173.239]) by walker.mail.mindspring.net (Earthlink Mail Service) with SMTP id u5ju5a.fq3b.37kbi73 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 21:08:42 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20020201020838.70950.qmail@web12702.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [205.188.197.184] by web12702.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 18:08:38 PST Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 18:08:38 -0800 (PST) From: MPCgram Subject: MPCGram 542/4 To: mpcgram@yahoo.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0-124387929-1012529318=:68866" --0-124387929-1012529318=:68866 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii ============================================== MPC Gram ============================================== Covering the Entire World of Military Numismatics ---------------------------------------------- Series 003-Number 542, Thurski, January 31, 2002 A Nice Auction Item By Larry "Ski" Smuczenski For the last two Thurski's, I've been asking for inputs for the FEST auction but to date I've only received the one from Dave Seelye (in fact he sent two packages) and an email from Marv Mericle. Marv gave me the information on the lots he had which were a scholarship donation from Angus Bruce and will turn them over to me at CPMX. That was fine in that I can write them up and make the final adjustments in that week between CPMX and FEST. David is really to be commended in that he sent two packages stuffed full of notes with instructions that " all proceeds are to go to the Scholarship Fund. That's overly generous David and we all thank you. Now don't get the idea that we are only auctioning things where the proceeds go to the scholarship fund. That's not true. The auction originated to sell quality items to the collectors who have a mutual interest gathered at the FEST who would most appreciate them. So I make one more plea for you to let me know if you have items that you want to put up for auction at the FEST, email me with an item description including grade and minimum acceptable bid and I'll take it from there. "'Nuff sed." Now that I've made my plea, let me tell you about one of the many items that Dave Seelye donated for auction at the FEST with the proceeds going to the scholarship fund. This is a real beaut and believe me it would be a great addition to any MPC collection. I'm really torn about writing about this item in that if I'd keep quite about it, and hide it behind some other lots maybe nobody would notice and then I could own it with a low bid. But this is too good of an item to keep quite about. I even called Dave to confirm that he was donating this to the scholarship fund. Without hesitation he answered "Of course." The lot consists of a letter and three MPC notes. The letter is written on the stationary of "The First National Bank of St. Mary's" in Leonardtown, Md. and addressed to the "National Central Bank of Baltimore and dated 9 January 1958. It reads-- Gentlemen: Receipt is acknowledged of your collection letter NO. A 81002, dated 30 December 1957, addressed to the U.S. Treasury Department, Washington, D.C., forwarding for payment the enclosed Military Payment Certificates, Series 521, in the amount of $30.00. Your letter has been referred to this office for consideration and reply. The possession, use, and exchange of Military Payment Certificates are restricted to authorized personnel as stated on the certificates. Authorized holders of Military Payment Certificates are required to exchange their Military Payment Certificate holdings prior to departure from the overseas MPC area in which they were acquired. However, this office under certain conditions, is authorized to approve claims for exchange of these certificates. In view of the foregoing, it is suggested that the certificates be returned to the individual from whom they were received . That individual should then forward the certificates to this office by letter, making reference to the above file, stating the source of the certificates, the reason they were not exchanged prior to departure from the oversea MPC area, and his date of departure from the oversea area. It is signed by a "B. H. Burch" who was titled " Asst., Field Service Division" and there was an enclosure of "MPC ($30.00)" First of all, I had never heard of St. Mary's or Leonardtown, so I grabbed my trusty atlas and found Leonardtown about fifty miles almost straight south of Washington D.C. and noted a current population of 1475. St. Mary's was another fifteen miles down the road. Both of them are on the point of land where the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay join each other. The $30.00 in MPC that you read about in the letter are indeed three Series 521 $10 bills. The notes are nice clean notes that easily grade Fine or a little better. There are a number of staple holes in the upper left hand corner which can be lined up when the bills are held together and indicate that they where at one time stapled in mass to some correspondence. These notes all look good enough to be included in most collections. My interpretation of the letter is that someone tried to pay a debt or a bill to the Bank in Baltimore with the three MPC $10.00 bills. That bank probably tried to do their customer a service by submitting the notes to the Treasury for redemption. The Treasury in turn forwarded the letter to this bank. This letter is the response from this little bank to the bank in Baltimore which originated the request. I personally did not know that there was a procedure in place to redeem MPC stateside as indicated in the last sentence of the second paragraph. I thought that if you didn't redeem them in the theatre of use, you were out of luck. The amazing part to me is that a bank in such a small town would be the focal point for such a procedure. It appears that who ever had these three notes could not or did not comply with the instructions in the third paragraph, as the notes remained with the above letter. I think you will agree that this letter with the notes is a great piece of MPC lore. The only thing better would be if the letter had listed the three notes by serial number, but the staple holes prove that the three traveled together. We will have this jewel on exhibit at CPMX and at FEST before it is auctioned. ============================================== Editorial ---------------------------------------------- Ron Waddell has provided a very nice list of MPC for sale. Please see the For Sale section. We have not done a good job with this section in the past few months. Hopefully, we can correct that, but it can be done only with your help. Do you have material for sale? Make a list and send it in! ============================================= Mail Call ---------------------------------------------- Dear Gram, I am not sure if this is of interest to anyone but I thought I'd let you know anyway. I finished my last volume on Surinam currency (published next week but already sold out) so I have started research for my BMA and AMLira book to be out sometime soon - don't hold your breath. Why I am writing though: I came across some details on the French Equatorial African notes ref WWII Bible page 124. These were printed by the Bank of England printing works in April 1941 in the following quantities: Frs 5 32,000,000 notes Frs 25 4,200,000 notes Frs 100 1,300,000 notes Frs 1,000 85,000 notes More details such as specs, cost of printing are available if interesting. Regards Theo van Elmpt Dear Theo, Wow, what a wonderful message! All good news. Thanks for the great info on FEA and we sure look forward to your new book. Actually, I did not know that the new BMA book would also include AM lira. All the better though! We hope to hear from you as your work continues. If the Gram can help gather information or anything else, please write. I am sure that Gramsters would like to help. Editor ============================================== 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, Gene Ryanwood, Al Glaser, Ian Marshall, Carlson Chambliss, Ray Bows, Fred Schwan {running total 28}] [missing "old" Festers: Dan Swartz, Leo May, Kevin Maloy (did I forget someone?), come on guys, give us your reservation, * honorary] 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 coordinate 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. 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 ==================================================== 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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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 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. I would like to have the following MPC’s included in the forsale section of the MPCGram. 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Series 003-Number 542, Thurski, January 31, 2002

A Nice Auction Item

By Larry "Ski" Smuczenski

For the last two Thurski's, I've been asking for inputs for the FEST auction but to date I've only received the one from Dave Seelye (in fact he sent two packages) and an email from Marv Mericle. Marv gave me the information on the lots he had which were a scholarship donation from Angus Bruce and will turn them over to me at CPMX. That was fine in that I can write them up and make the final adjustments in that week between CPMX and FEST. David is really to be commended in that he sent two packages stuffed full of notes with instructions that " all proceeds are to go to the Scholarship Fund. That's overly generous David and we all thank you. Now don't get the idea that we are only auctioning things where the proceeds go to the scholarship fund. That's not true. The auction originated to sell quality items to the collectors who have a mutual interest gathered at the FEST who would most appreciate them. So I make one more plea for you to let me know if you have items that you want to put up for auction at the FEST, email me with an item description including grade and minimum acceptable bid and I'll take it from there. "'Nuff sed."

Now that I've made my plea, let me tell you about one of the many items that Dave Seelye donated for auction at the FEST with the proceeds going to the scholarship fund. This is a real beaut and believe me it would be a great addition to any MPC collection. I'm really torn about writing about this item in that if I'd keep quite about it, and hide it behind some other lots maybe nobody would notice and then I could own it with a low bid. But this is too good of an item to keep quite about. I even called Dave to confirm that he was donating this to the scholarship fund. Without hesitation he answered "Of course."

The lot consists of a letter and three MPC notes. The letter is written on the stationary of "The First National Bank of St. Mary's" in Leonardtown, Md. and addressed to the "National Central Bank of Baltimore and dated 9 January 1958. It reads--

Gentlemen:

Receipt is acknowledged of your collection letter NO. A 81002, dated 30 December 1957, addressed to the U.S. Treasury Department, Washington, D.C., forwarding for payment the enclosed Military Payment Certificates, Series 521, in the amount of $30.00. Your letter has been referred to this office for consideration and reply.

The possession, use, and exchange of Military Payment Certificates are restricted to authorized personnel as stated on the certificates. Authorized holders of Military Payment Certificates are required to exchange their Military Payment Certificate holdings prior to departure from the overseas MPC area in which they were acquired. However, this office under certain conditions, is authorized to approve claims for exchange of these certificates.

In view of the foregoing, it is suggested that the certificates be returned to the individual from whom they were received . That individual should then forward the certificates to this office by letter, making reference to the above file, stating the source of the certificates, the reason they were not exchanged prior to departure from the oversea MPC area, and his date of departure from the oversea area.

It is signed by a "B. H. Burch" who was titled " Asst., Field Service Division" and there was an enclosure of "MPC ($30.00)"

First of all, I had never heard of St. Mary's or Leonardtown, so I grabbed my trusty atlas and found Leonardtown about fifty miles almost straight south of Washington D.C. and noted a current population of 1475. St. Mary's was another fifteen miles down the road. Both of them are on the point of land where the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay join each other. The $30.00 in MPC that you read about in the letter are indeed three Series 521 $10 bills. The notes are nice clean notes that easily grade Fine or a little better. There are a number of staple holes in the upper left hand corner which can be lined up when the bills are held together and indicate that they where at one time stapled in mass to some correspondence. These notes all look good enough to be included in most collections.

My interpretation of the letter is that someone tried to pay a debt or a bill to the Bank in Baltimore with the three MPC $10.00 bills. That bank probably tried to do their customer a service by submitting the notes to the Treasury for redemption. The Treasury in turn forwarded the letter to this bank. This letter is the response from this little bank to the bank in Baltimore which originated the request.

I personally did not know that there was a procedure in place to redeem MPC stateside as indicated in the last sentence of the second paragraph. I thought that if you didn't redeem them in the theatre of use, you were out of luck. The amazing part to me is that a bank in such a small town would be the focal point for such a procedure.

It appears that who ever had these three notes could not or did not comply with the instructions in the third paragraph, as the notes remained with the above letter.

I think you will agree that this letter with the notes is a great piece of MPC lore. The only thing better would be if the letter had listed the three notes by serial number, but the staple holes prove that the three traveled together. We will have this jewel on exhibit at CPMX and at FEST before it is auctioned.

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Ron Waddell has provided a very nice list of MPC for sale. Please see the For Sale section. We have not done a good job with this section in the past few months. Hopefully, we can correct that, but it can be done only with your help. Do you have material for sale? Make a list and send it in!

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Dear Gram,

I am not sure if this is of interest to anyone but I thought I'd let you know anyway. I finished my last volume on Surinam currency (published next week but already sold out) so I have started research for my BMA and AMLira book to be out sometime soon - don't hold your breath.

Why I am writing though: I came across some details on the French Equatorial African notes ref WWII Bible page 124. These were printed by the Bank of England printing works in April 1941 in the following quantities: Frs 5 32,000,000 notes Frs 25 4,200,000 notes Frs 100 1,300,000 notes Frs 1,000 85,000 notes More details such as specs, cost of printing are available if interesting.

Regards Theo van Elmpt

Dear Theo,

Wow, what a wonderful message! All good news. Thanks for the great info on FEA and we sure look forward to your new book. Actually, I did not know that the new BMA book would also include AM lira. All the better though!

We hope to hear from you as your work continues. If the Gram can help gather information or anything else, please write. I am sure that Gramsters would like to help.

Editor

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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.

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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, Gene Ryanwood, Al Glaser, Ian Marshall, Carlson Chambliss, Ray Bows, Fred Schwan {running total 28}] [missing "old" Festers: Dan Swartz, Leo May, Kevin Maloy (did I forget someone?), come on guys, give us your reservation, * honorary]

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 coordinate 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.

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

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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

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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!

Hot Contact List

Dealers and resources for collectors

Name/phone/fax/email

Allens (614) 882-3937 (614) 882-0662 info@allens.com

American Coins & Collectibles (800) 865-3562

American Numismatic Association (800) 367-9723

Bob Baker (713) 864-3122

Ken Barr (408) 272-3247 ken@kenbarr.com

Fred Bart (810) 979-3400

Dick Balbaton (508) 699-2266 (508) 643-1154 RJBalbaton@AOL.com

Keith and Suzanne Bauman (362) 262-1514 tnaksbauman@earthlink.net

Joe Bissell (602) 440-0442 (602) 494-9103

BNR Press (419) 732-6683 (419) 732-6683 fredschwan@yahoo.com

Remy Bourne (800) 789-7070 (763) 789-4747

Ed Carne (614) 882-3937 (614) 882-0662 info@allens.com

Champion Stamp (212) 489-8130 (212) 581-8130

Cookie Jar Collectibles (301) 604-9225 cjc-pi@home.com

Currency Dealer Newsletter (310) 515-7369

Cygnet Charters (419) 734-2422

David F. Cieniewicz (205) 852-7015

Currency Grading & Certification (602) 493-4758 (602) 494-9103 sales@gradedcurrency.com

Guido Crapanzano 39-2-8056228 39-2-4459856

Ray Czahor (301) 604-9225 cjc-pi@home.com

Doric Coins & Currency (508) 699-2266 (508) 643-1154

FUN (407) 321-8747

Great Lakes Bank Note Company (800) 793-0683

David Cieniewicz (256) 852-7015

Mike Cummings (863) 603-9899 (863) 603-9880

Great Lakes Bank Note Company (419) 732-6683

International Bank Note Society

Essie Kashani (909) 627-3996 (909) 627-2776 kashani10@aol.com

Great Lakes Bank Note Company (419) 732-6683

Lyn Knight (800) 243-5211

Krause Publications (715) 445-2214 (715) 445-4087 bnr@krause.com

Harold Kroll (251) 421-0387 HARBONS@AOL.com

Leo May (305) 271-8391 LeoMayent@aol.com

Ian Marshall (416)-445-0286 (416) 445-0286 iam@total.net

Memphis Coin Club (901) 757-2515

MPCGram (419) 732-6683 MPCGram@Yahoo.com

Bob Reed (504) 361-5684

Fred Schwan (419) 732-6683

David Seelye (716) 594-1987 (716) 594-2311

R. 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

 

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.

I would like to have the following MPC’s included in the forsale section of the MPCGram.

M1 Series 461 5 Cents (54) A01773840A VF $ 6.00

M2 Series 461 10 Cents (23) A00850005A F/VF $ 4.50

M5 Series 461 One Dollar (63) A02182490A F $ 6.00

M6 Series 461 Five Dollars (13) A01299284A F $27.50

M7 Series 461 Ten Dollars (1) A22805998A VF $35.00

M8 Series 471 5 Cents (72) B02588240B F/VF $ 7.50

M12 Series 471 One Dollar (49) B07666440B F $15.00

M16 Series 472 10 Cents (54) C03791048C F/VF $ 3.00

M17 Series 472 25 Cents (10) C01418555C VF $10.00

M18 Series 472 50 Cents (25) C02882064C F $ 8.00

M19 Series 472 One Dollar (23) C08020409C VG $ 5.00

M21 Series 472 Ten Dollars (8) C08457118C VG/F $30.00

M22 Series 481 5 Cents (54) D00424185D VF+ $ 3.00

M22 Series 481 5 Cents (50) D05099527D AU/U $14.00

M24 Series 481 25 Cents (41) D01670759D F+ $ 6.00

M25 Series 481 50 Cents (12) D03448866D VG $ 4.00

M28 Series 481 Ten Dollars (13) D00498498D F $45.00

M29 Series 521 5 Cents (44) E03708516E VF $ 2.50

M30 Series 521 10 Cents (82) E08713845E XF $ 6.00

M31 Series 521 25 Cents (25) E02213929E XF $17.50

M32 Series 521 50 Cents (10) E03434675E VF/XF $20.00

M33 Series 521 One Dollar (4) E17948717E F $ 8.00

M34 Series 521 Five Dollars (4) E01225310E VG $210.00

M35 Series 521 Ten Dollars (10) E10473127E F/VF $105.00

M36 Series 541 5 Cents (13) F00773466F F/VF $ 1.00

M37 Series 541 10 Cents (60) F09883525F VF/XF $ 3.00

M39 Series 541 50 Cents (1) F04037073F F $ 4.00

M40 Series 541 One Dollar (39) F07024454F F $10.00

M43 Series 591 5 Cents (1) G00676089G F/VF $ 2.50

M45 Series 591 25 Cents (47) G03735713G F/VF $15.00

M47 Series 591 One Dollar (49) G02630208G VF $30.00

M50 Series 611 5 Cents (51) H06453855H F/VF $ 2.00

M51 Series 611 10 Cents (24) H06238347H VF $ 4.00

M52 Series 611 25 Cents (2) H04713755H XF $20.00

M54 Series 611 One Dollar (47) H08215771H F $ 4.25

M54 Series 611 One Dollar (19) H04069678H F/VF $ 5.00

M57 Series 641 5 Cents (80) J00639034J F/VF $ 1.00

M60 Series 641 50 Cents (71) J03253915J F $ 1.50

M63 Series 641 Ten Dollars (45) J188354210J VF $20.00

M64 Series 661 5 Cents (76) B18073656B VF/XF $ 1.00

M65 Series 661 10 Cents (21) B08231670B XF/AU $ 3.00

M66 Series 661 25 Cents (67) B11953041B VF $ 3.00

M67 Series 661 50 Cents (38) B07021628B UNC $12.00

M68 Series 661 One Dollar (8) B16856842B UNC $10.00

M69 Series 661 Five Dollars (48) B00383863B UNC $17.50

M72E Series 651 One Dollar (8) A01176362A F $ 3.00

M72E Series 651 One Dollar (35) A04197460A UNC $30.00

M75 Series 681 5 Cents (71) C11317069C XF $ 1.50

M76 Series 681 10 Cents (83) C00662195C UNC $ 5.00

M77 Series 681 25 Cents (46) C06411299C VF+ $ 2.00

M79 Series 681 One Dollar (41) C12082649C VF/XF $ 3.00

M80 Series 681 Five Dollars (19) C04150106C VF/XF $15.00

M82 Series 681 Twenty Dollars (37) C02291141C VF/XF $40.00

M83 Series 692 5 Cents (23) E12945577E AU/U $ 6.00

M84 Series 692 10 Cents (18) E02157231E UNC $ 8.00

M86 Series 692 50 Cents (22) E03535901E UNC $22.50

M87 Series 692 One Dollar (58) E01578006E AU $25.00

M90 Series 692 Twenty Dollars (27) E03811082E F stp h’s $50.00

Notes will be sent first class - postpaid, however, if insurance is desired please advise and include insurance fees. I can be contacted at rrw@lynchburg.net and notes will be held or write to:

Ron Waddell

PO Box 840

Forest, VA 24551

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.

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