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Covering the entire World of Military Numismatics
Series 003 -
Number 633 Monday - 27 MAY 2002
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__277 days to Fest IV__
FEATURED ARTICLE
I was doing some research
on-line recently and stumbled across a webpage titled Australian Treaty
Series. The address is http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/.
It houses the complete text of every treaty to which Australia was a party since
1900. I looked for comparable sites for the United States and the other
major countries, but found none. Treaties deposited with the United
Nations are available on-line but only through a paid subscription
service. US treaties can be found in print in the Treaties and
International Agreement Series (TIAS). Unfortunately, the complete TIAS is
usually found only in the libraries of major universities and law
schools.
I found a number of treaties on the Australian site that made
reference to military currency. These included various treaties of peace
at the end of WWII and Status of Forces Agreements. Below is the relevant
text from the treaties I found.
I. WWII Peace Treaties
A. AUSTRIA
(15 May 1955)
The Government of Austria shall assume full responsibility
for Allied military currency of denominations of five schillings and under
issued in Austria by the Allied Military Authorities, including all such
currency in circulation at the coming into force of the present Treaty. Notes
issued by the Allied Military Authorities of denominations higher than five
schillings shall be destroyed and no claims may be made in this connection
against any of the Allied or Associated Powers.
B. ITALY (10 February
1947)
The Italian Government shall assume full responsibility for all
Allied military currency issued in Italy by the Allied military authorities,
including all such currency in circulation at the coming into force of the
present Treaty.
C. HUNGARY (10 February 1947)
The Hungarian
Government shall assume full responsibility for all Allied Military currency
issued in Hungary by the Allied military authorities, including all such
currency in circulation at the coming into force of the present
Treaty.
D. ROMANIA (10 February 1945)
The Romanian Government
shall assume full responsibility for all Allied military currency issued in
Romania by the Allied military authorities including all such currency in
circulation at the coming into force of the present Treaty.
[It is
interesting to note the difference in the treaty for Austria that limits the
Austrian government’s responsibility to those notes of five schillings and
smaller. I assume this is due to the late date of this treaty
(1955). WWII Remembered indicates the Austrian AMC was issued until 30
December 1945 for 10-1000 schilling notes and 24 December 1947 for the lower
denominations. The Austrian National Bank began issuing notes 29 May
1945. The smallest notes issued were 5 schilling notes of 1945 and
1951. Austria did issue coins up to 2 schillings during this period.
My presumption is that by 1955 the notes of the Austrian National Bank had
effectively replaced AMC as the circulating medium and repudiating AMC at this
point would not have an effect on the economy; however, it is possible that the
smaller notes remained in circulation due to the absence of notes of similar
denominations being issued by the Austrian National Bank. (For what it is
worth while I am on the subject of Austrian AMC, there is a scene in Orson
Wells’ adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel The Third Man, which takes place in
post-war Vienna, in which Joseph Cotten’s character tries to buy a drink in a
local bar with AMC, but the bar won’t accept “army money.”)
Although
Italian currency circulated side-by-side with AMC, WWII Remembered indicates
that Italian AMC remained valid until 30 June 1951. There was undoubtedly
a vast quantity of AMC lire still in circulation in 1947 such that repudiation
of it at that time would have had a negative effect on the Italian
economy.
The Hungarian and Romanian treaties are interesting since we do
not usually categorize the Soviet occupation issues for these countries as
AMC. Nevertheless, the treaties certainly identify them as such. I
also reviewed the treaties with Japan, Finland and Bulgaria. None of these
treaties made reference to currency.]
Status of Forces
Agreements
A. UN FORCES IN JAPAN (1950)
Article IX
1.
Non-appropriated fund organizations authorized and regulated by the United
Nations forces, may be established in the facilities in use by the United
Nations forces for the use of members of such forces and of the civilian
components, and their dependents. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, such organizations shall not be subject to Japanese regulations,
license, fees, taxes or similar controls.
2. No Japanese tax shall be
imposed on sales of merchandise and services by such organizations, but
purchases within Japan of merchandise and supplies by such organizations shall
be subject to Japanese taxes.
3. Except as such disposal may be
authorized by the Japanese authorities and the United Nations forces in
accordance with mutually agreed conditions, goods which are sold by such
organizations shall not be disposed of in Japan to persons not authorized to
make purchases from such organizations.
4. The obligations for the
withholding and payment of income tax, local inhabitant tax and social security
contributions, and, except as may otherwise be mutually agreed, the conditions
of employment and work, such as those relating to wages and supplementary
payments, the conditions for the protection of workers, and the rights of
workers concerning labour relations shall be those laid down by the legislation
of Japan.
5. The organizations provided for in paragraph 1 shall provide
such information to the Japanese authorities as if required by Japanese tax
legislation.
6. Such organizations may use military payment scrip in
their transactions with persons who are authorized to use military payment scrip
as provided for in Article XI. Such organizations may not hold deposit accounts
in foreign currency with foreign exchange banks in Japan unless otherwise agreed
through the Joint Board.
Article X
1. Members of the United Nations
forces and of the civilian components, and their dependents shall be subject to
the foreign exchange controls of the Government of Japan.
2. The
preceding paragraph shall not be construed to preclude the transmission into or
outside of Japan of foreign exchange instruments representing the official funds
of the Governments of the sending States or realized as a result of service or
employment in connection with this Agreement by members of the United Nations
forces and of the civilian components, or realized by such persons and their
dependents from sources outside Japan.
3. The authorities of the United
Nations forces and the Governments of the sending States shall take suitable
measures to preclude the abuse of the privileges stipulated in the preceding
paragraph or circumvention of the Japanese foreign exchange controls.
Article XI
1. Military payment scrip may be used by persons
authorized by the sending States for internal transactions within facilities in
use by the sending States in accordance with the regulations of the States which
issued the scrip and in whose currency it is denominated. The United Nations
forces shall take appropriate action to ensure that authorized persons are
prohibited from engaging in transactions involving military payment scrip except
as authorized by appropriate regulations of the State which issued the military
payment scrip. The Government of Japan shall take necessary action to prohibit
unauthorized persons from engaging in transactions involving military payment
scrip and, with the aid of the United Nations forces if necessary, shall
apprehend and punish any person or persons under its jurisdiction involved in
the counterfeiting or uttering of counterfeit military payment scrip.
2.
The United Nations forces shall apprehend and punish by due process of law
members of the United Nations forces or of the civilian components, or their
dependents who tender military payment scrip to unauthorized persons and no
obligation shall be due to such unauthorized persons or to the Government of
Japan or its agencies from the United Nations forces as a result of any
unauthorized use of military payment scrip within Japan.
[This agreement
dealt with the status of UN forces in Japan during the Korean War.
Although this serves as the legal basis for the use of MPC and BAFSV in Japan
(and possibly the Danish “Jutlandia” issues,) it does not answer the question
recently raised in the Gram as to whether the other UN forces used MPC or
BAFSV.]
B. US-Japan (1960)
ARTICLE XX
1. (a) United States
military payment certificates denominated in dollars may be used by persons
authorized by the United States for internal transactions within the facilities
and areas in use by the United States armed forces. The Government of the United
States will take appropriate action to insure that authorized personnel are
prohibited from engaging in transactions involving military payment certificates
except as authorized by United States regulations. The Government of Japan will
take necessary action to prohibit unauthorized persons from engaging in
transactions involving military payment certificates and with the aid of United
States authorities will undertake to apprehend and punish any person or persons
under its jurisdiction involved in the counterfeiting or uttering of counterfeit
military payment certificates.
(b) It is agreed that the United States
authorities will apprehend and punish members of the United States armed forces,
the civilian component, or their dependents, who tender military payment
certificates to unauthorized persons and that no obligation will be due to such
unauthorized persons or to the Government of Japan or its agencies from the
United States or any of its agencies as a result of any unauthorized use of
military payment certificates within Japan.
2. In order to exercise
control of military payment certificates the United States may designate certain
American financial institutions to maintain and operate, under United States
supervision, facilities for the use of persons authorized by the United States
to use military payment certificates. Institutions authorized to maintain
military banking facilities will establish and maintain such facilities
physically separated from their Japanese commercial banking business, with
personnel whose sole duty is to maintain and operate such facilities. Such
facilities shall be permitted to maintain United States currency bank accounts
and to perform all financial transactions in connection therewith including
receipt and remission of funds to the extent provided by Article XIX, paragraph
2, of this Agreement.
C. US-Australia 1954
Article
16
Should a request be made by the United States for agreement for the use of
military payment scrip, Australia would sympathetically consider the request.
[Since I was searching an Australian site, I was only privy to the SOFAs
to which Australia was a party. It would be interesting to find out
whether the SOFAs or other agreements with any other country not usually
associated with MPC contain similar provisions.]
I want to take a few moments to list the following articles
scheduled for Gram Series matches:
Series
641 Philip M. Goldstein
Series
651 Marv Mericle
Series
661 Harold Kroll?
Series
681 Dave Klinger?
Series
691 Mr. 691?
Series
692 Tom Koch
Series
701 Marcus Turner
Please check
to see if this list is correct. If it is not, or if you cannot author the
article please contact me..
2002
W.W. II
numismatics seminar at ANA Summer Seminar, July 2002
Session I
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general events will return
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FILING IS CLOSED FOR 2002 SCHOLARSHIP
APPLICATIONS
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Series 541
$10 xf /
xf
$1250
SN
F11420626F PN 28
Series 591
$5 f / f - with hole in
center from
folding
$400
SN
G01590625G PN
49
Series 591
$10 unc - with 1/8" tear top dead center
-
$3000
SN
G02225825G PN
29
cannot be seen when in holder - sharp square corners, the unc in
Lyn Knights auction sold for 6k+, this is an affordable
alternative
Series 611 $5 vf+ /
vf+
$1300
SN
H02336122H PN 43
Series 611 $10 xf+
/ xf+ gorgeous note. 3 light folds, but looks
au
$450
SN
04598956H PN 25
reply to Phil:
iwantmympc@aol.com
FOR SALE:
ALLIED MILITARY AUTHORITY CURRENCY FOR AUSTRIA. 1944
ISSUE
P-102b 50
Groschen XF
$1 AU
$2 CU
$3
P-103a 1
Schilling
F $2 VF
$3
P-103b 1
Schilling
F $1 VF
$2 XF
$3
P-104b 2
Schillings
XF $3 AU
$4
P-105 5
Schillings
VF $3 XF
$4 AU
$5
P-106a 10
Schillings
(no fractional line in prefix
number) F $3
VF$4 XF
$5 AU
$6
P-106b 10
Schillings
(with fractional line in prefix
number) VF+ $5
P-107
20 Schillings F
$3 AU
$8
P-109 50
Schillings VF
$8 XF
$10 AU
$12
P-110a 100
Schillings (no fractional line in prefix number) F $6
VF$8 AU
$12
P-110b 100
Schillings (with fractional line in prefix number) F $6 VF
$8
RUSSIAN OCCUPATION - WWII - 1945
issue
P-113b 1
Reichsmark VF
$10 AU $20
ALLIED ISSUE FOR BELGIUM - GOVERNMENT
IN EXILE - ISSUE
1-2-43
P-121 5
Francs
F $3 VF
$4 XF
$5 AU
$6
P-122 10
Francs
F $3 VF
$4 XF
$5 AU
$6
P-123 100
Francs F
$10 VF
$15 XF
$20
P-124 500
Francs F
$50 VF $75
MILITARY ISSUE OF
1-8-46
P-M1 1 Franc prefix
'A' F $15 VF
$25
P-M4 10 Francs
prefix
'A'
F $50
Please confirm availability with Ed @ hoffman@rabbitbrush.com
Thank you Phil,
ED
Comprehensive
Catalog of Military Payment Certificates - 4th Edition
by Fred Schwan
Collectors’s Edition (432 pages!)
$ 95
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Collectors may
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Dealers
and collectors who have these items, are then encouraged to list them for sale
in the above section as a reply.
Wanted listings will run for a period of 1
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WANTED - Philippine Guerrila Money (5/26)
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Page 18, Bottom - Users of Military Payment
Certificates
Check marks were omitted from production copies of books.
Please check off the following:
Australia:
641, 661, 681, 692
Canada:
461 through
and including 591
Korea:
641,
661, 681, 692
New Zealand: 641, 661, 681, 692
Thailand:
641, 661, 681, 692
United States: All
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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