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Series 003 - Number 603
Tuesday - 23 APRIL 2002
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__311 days to Fest IV__
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ARTICLE
More Personal Reminiscences
by Joe Boling
Going back to the thread I was on
two weeks ago, in January 1969 I arrived back in the States from VN, assigned to
the Adjutant General's school at Ft. Ben Harrison, Indiana. Here began my
involvement with things like coin clubs and shows. I found that there was a show
within 25 miles of Indianapolis almost every weekend of the year, and I began
putting all my loose change aside every night so that on the weekend I would
have some money to spend at a show. Don Foltz, the IBNS auctioneer, lived in
Indy. I don't remember how I met him, but I did, and he recruited me to join the
society in early 1970 (my original number was 808, one of those "8" events that
kept me associated with the number). Several local coin dealers had paper money
junk boxes (that was the only way they sold world paper--they did not have notes
in holders or individually priced). They were more than happy to give a
fledgling collector breaks on the already low prices for those notes. I began to
accumulate notes of countries I had never lived in, as well as searching out
notes to fill out the series I was already collecting. There were still no
catalogs available for world notes, except for the very early military books
from Toy and Toy/Meyer.
Speaking of T/M reminds me that I had
bought my first notes of the Japanese puppet banks at a show in Houston on my
way to VN. A collector (probably a vet) was trying to sell them to dealers
there, but the pieces were in tatters, and he could find no buyers. I took them
(and learned a lesson in show etiquette, as the security guard chased us out of
the hall for trading on the floor). At that same show (after I came back in with
my new rags stashed away), I was looking for MPC in the stock of the Roses. Mr.
Rose (Harvey? I don't remember their names now) got irritated because he judged
that I was not a serious buyer, and he declined to show me any more notes.
(Remember my experience with Almanzar eight years later?) I don't think I bought
anything from the Roses that day (or perhaps ever, after that unpleasant
experience).
Back to Indy.
When my household goods were delivered, one carton was missing--the one with my
five Lighthouse binders of notes that I had bought in Germany, that had been
with my wife while I was in VN (the notes I had bought in VN were already with
me in Indy). I figured that I had been ripped off by a warehouseman in Houston.
About two weeks later, I got a call at work from my wife: the van driver had
gotten out to Kansas or Nebraska and found a carton in the van that did not
belong to that family. He realized it should have been left in Indy, and he had
dropped it off that day as he went back through heading east. Sure enough, it
was my collection, completely unmolested. Happy day!
There was a monthly club meeting in
west Indy (in a union hall near the Speedway). I remember Don Foltz finding a
princess one-yen note there one night; I was green. Steve Sawyer bought a 179x
US dollar for under $200 in an auction on another night (closer to $100, as I
recall). It was a very nice dollar--the grade was high enough that we were
examining the adjustment marks on it. I don't know if Steve is a gramster--I
suspect not. Don died in 1996.
I was
not yet building my "biographical collection," but I did find a nice UNC 1929-I
$10 Indianapolis national in a local shop, and bought it. Speaking of the
biographical collection, in searching for data on the Indy national, I stumbled
over the record for the Hawaii $1 that I received from by step-grandfather,
Harvey Holdeman, about 1948 (or 1953--he may have only showed it to me in 1948).
He had carried it for years, and the condition shows it--poor. It's a completely
uncollectible note, and has no graffiti tying it to Granddad, but I'll never get
rid of it.
The department of the AG
school where I worked was responsible for the Army's postal training; there was
a mock APO set up for that purpose. The mock APO used the Gates-Lord Hall
training money that has been mentioned in previous grams. They did not use the
training MPC because APO clerks only deal with one kind of currency at a time,
so there was no need to have both "green" and MPC in their windows. Finance
clerk training, in the Finance School and in another building from the APO, DID
use multiple kinds of currency, but I can't say whether it was green/MPC/local,
or simply green and local. Few finance clerks would ever have green and MPC in
their tills, so there was little incentive to train with both kinds of currency
at once.
Next week we'll turn to
LOGEX money--I find no record of having discussed it in depth in a gram column,
and the same department was responsible for the AG school's contingent to LOGEX
each year.
EDITORIAL
Another day, another dollar. This Gram will be
going out late, because I had to put in a few extra hours at work, and our
beloved Webmaster had to go out before I got home and won't be home until
midnight. It was actually prepared at 17:30 EST, but it wasn't sent from server
until much later. So, it's a Night Owl Gram..
To Joe: Whatever
you did worked.
For all future sales listings: after dicussing
the subject with the publisher, all sales ads must be accompanied by a price. It
would be prefered that the gram not be you used to solicit offers privately.
Your cooperation is appreciated.
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MAIL CALL
In response to Guy Araby's letter:
" I can't
explain why I only have seen one "lone series #461 $10" on this "high bright
paper" as no other notes exhibit this quality until the 600 series."
Some accidents of circulation can
change the paper's reaction to UV light, such as being washed in certain
detergents. What condition is the bright 461 $10 in? It could also be a
counterfeit prepared on non-standard paper.
Joe
Appreciate
all your time and efforts dedicated to the gram. I enjoy your editorials
as well as your articles. I particularly liked your article SHOW REPORT -
WESTPMEX, NEW YORK (Gram #596) about how you bartered and received your items at
a saving of 25%. I've always struggled with challenging a dealer on
grading, choosing, most often, instead to simply pass on items priced too high.
Hopefully your article will come to mind next time I'm faced with such a
decision. It appears as though it worked out well for both seller and
buyer and that's what it's all about.
Dick Freyser
I have generally been through the layout of
the book but have not read the whole book yet. Here are my initial
impressions:
*
collectors and currency collector as
well as dealers.
* Layout -
logically
* Cost - a
bargain at the price of $50
* Not available
in the Omaha Public Library System - how can this be? I checked and the
OPLS does not have
our book. What's with
Omaha?
* Color - lack of color
makes it less attractive, perhaps the next version we can have color picture of
every note,
regular and
replacement, in full color.
* Can use more
information on series 651 and 701
* No discussion
on chits and/or tokens. My understanding is that chits and tokens were used in
Vietnam war for
cafeteria types
of service (food, drink, smoke, and the likes) but can not be used as MPC for
purchase of
goods.
*
Page 185 discusses the use of MPC in M*A*S*H. The time era
for this TV show was after the WWII. The
MPC was Series 611 $1. Was it used in
Korea at that time?
* The price list is
great to have, and the note area is a great idea, but I would not, absolutely
not, write anything in
this book. It
must be kept GEM UNC all the time.
Thanks for allowing me to become a part (very small part) of the legendary
book. I am taking another trip to the homeland this summer, yes, another
trip. What can I do you there? Best regards,
Trung T. Nguyen,
P.E.
Thank you very much for your comments on
the book. I am humbled. I agree about your public library (and far too many
others around the country). You can help fix this by visiting or calling the
library and specifically recommending this book and WWII Remembered. Libraries
like recommendations from local patrons. Thank you for your help with the book
and the good comments.
Fred
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
2002
W.W. II
numismatics seminar at ANA Summer Seminar, July 2002
Session I
Session II (Sunday, 7 July
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general events will return
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Please check off the following:
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Page 201, Bottom Right - Very last sentence on this
page
Two serial numbers listed for the second printing of
Series 472 .50
cent notes. The first serial number listed is obviously in error as a nine
digit number: C040351392C
Correct Serial Number is:
C04035139C
D Freyser (date listed 10 April 2002)
Page
207, #833/4 - Series 481 .25 4th Printing (table listing serial
number breakdowns) line 5
Start Number is incorrect. It appears as:
(start) D14784001D (end) D14784000D
Correct start
number should be: D09408001D
PK6 (date listed: 03 APRIL 2002)
Page 214, #855/r2 - Series 541 $1 Replacements,
Ending serial
number is incorrect
Correct number is F1112000
(date listed: 02
APRIL 2002)
Page 220, #884/2r - Series 641 .50
Replacements
On page 284, it is broken down into 2 printings. That's
correct, BUT, on page 220 he lists only (1) printing reported. It should "list"
both first and second printings.
Guy Araby (date
listed 04 APRIL 2002)
Page 287, Series 661 Series Summary,
25 cent note: the "list" shows "#CU as 10(7) . It should read, 8(7). As only 8
are known in CU. Just recount P.289.
Guy Araby (date
listed 08 APRIL 2002)
Page 398, Series #541 $10 on
"UNC." price is $2500, on P.214 the UNC. price is $3500. Also the rest of
the prices don't match all the way to "VG" on this issue. They should be the
same price.
Guy Araby (date listed 08 APRIL 2002)
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