From: "MPCgram" To: Subject: MPCGram 682 Date: Saturday, July 27, 2002 10:13 AM ============================================== MPC GRAM ============================================== Covering the entire World of Military Numismatics Series 003 - Number 682-Thurski 25 July 2002 681 MPC Series by George Fitzgerald On the back of the 681 MPC’S (5 cent to 50 cent is the picture of first space walk). This is Edward White who did the first space walk and also was killed in the fire on Apollo 1. His great grandfather was James White of Fort Wayne, Indiana. This James White was the founder of the White National Bank in Fort Wayne, Indiana. So there is a connection with the White National Bank Note and the 681 fractional MPC’S. This was Bank Charter number 4725. It was chartered on April 15, 1892 and liquidated on August 26, 1905 with $20,515 outstanding in 1935. They merged with Old National Bank. James White founded the White National Bank. The White National Bank was located on the corner of Clinton & Wayne. National Banks would deposit bonds with the Treasury department and the Treasury Department would print up bills with their name and charter number on the bills, for the value of the bonds. They would have spots for the President and Cashier of the local banks to sign the bills. According to Don Kelly who keeps records of National Bank notes he only knows of two notes for this bank. I do know of two other notes that are not in his records. I believe that all of the others are $10 notes. I recently acquired a $20 note on this bank. The sheets had 4 notes with 3 tens and 1 twenty. There were 8285 sheets issued which means $414,250. (8285 X 3 X $10 + 8285 X $20 = $414,250). The president of the bank was Joseph White, the eldest son of James. Joseph has signed as the president on my note. James Sr. was a local merchant and a Captain in the Civil War. He had a reputation for letting people have merchandise from his store without paying but told to pay when they had the money to do so. James Sr. came to Fort Wayne in 1854 but left for St. Louis. He came back in 1857. James Sr. was born in Scotland in 1835. And died in Fort Wayne on Oct 9, 1897. James Sr. ran for Congress in 1886 for the Congressional district as a Republican in a strong Democrat district and won. He did lose his seat in 1888. He had 8 children. They were John, James Jr., Edward, Alexander, Edna, Grace, Anna and a son who died in childbirth. His son Alexander had a son Edward Higgins White, Higgins after his mother’s maiden name. This son went to West Point Military academy, and went on to be a Major General in the Air Force. He had a son Edward Higgins II who also went to West Point and became an Astronaut. This is the Edward White we talked about earlier in this article. John W White was President of White National Bank. Edward White was president of White Fruit House. James B White Jr was Secretary of White Fruit House. Alexander was Manager of Higgins Artificial Ice house. Grace married W S Morris. Jay in Garrison, TX had an interesting comment to my last week's article about the crew of the German Liner interned at Fort Stanton, New Mexico. Jay wrote that Fort Stanton is a mere 50 miles from the Trinity site were the United States tested the first atomic bomb on the 16th of July 1945. He wondered whether the German seamen were there at the time of the blast. I hadn't thought about that aspect, in fact I have to admit, that I hadn't even associated that piece of World War II history that put us into the Atomic Age with the proximity of the crew from the liner "Columbus". I did some real quick searches on Google to bring myself up to speed on the Blast at Trinity site and reviewed my notes on Fort Stanton. Jay was absolutely right about Fort Stanton being 50 miles from the site of the blast, but so were the cities of Alamogordo and Truth or Consequences with Ruidoso and Socorro a few miles closer than that. I learned from the Internet that that first blast was an air burst suspended on a tower, 100 feet above the ground. That made it a much cleaner detonation than if it were a ground burst which would have hurled much more radiation contaminate up into the sky. I also learned that this first bomb developed a blast equivalent of 19 kilotons of TNT. Now this is much smaller than the megaton nuclear weapons that we used to haul around on B-52's during the cold war. There were bunkers at 10,000 and 20,000 feet from the blast were observers viewed the awesome power though protective lenses. When it was all over there were reports of broken windows as far away as 120 miles. The observers indicated that the heat from the blast was akin to opening the door of a blast furnace. However, the farmhouse where the bomb was assembled, two miles from ground zero was intact, less the windows. The barn roof was reported as being on but bowed. Since the detonation occurred at 0530 in the morning, reports that it could be seen for over a hundred miles are readily believable as it probably was still fairly dark at that time. Gamma radiation was recorded on specially positioned instrumentation but was reported as quickly subsiding. To answer the question on whether the internees were moved prior to the blast, I have found no specific date on when they began their return to their homeland. The few mentions of that event that I have found only say after the war. Since VE day was only a little over two months before the test, I don't imagine we were in any hurry to repatriate the seamen. Our troop ships could probably be more effectively used transporting soldiers to the Pacific Front. By the way, there was no announcement that the blast was going to take place, and the report in the press the following day was that a military ammunition dump blew up causing the shock wave and fireball. No reports of the test were made until after the second bomb was dropped on Japan. As mentioned above, there were several major cities the same distance from the blast as Fort Stanton, therefore I doubt that these internees were considered in harm's way. So my guess is that the internees remained at the camp during the test. I also mentioned in the article that the German seamen were rescued by the U. S. Cruiser Tuscaloosa. When I reread my column, that name rang a bell in my mind. There was something familiar about Tuscaloosa that I just couldn't put my finger on. Of course, I knew the city was in the west central part of Alabama, and was the home of the University of Alabama, but that wasn't what I was reaching for. I was going through some items that I had picked up at the Memphis paper money show, when it jumped up and grabbed me. Good friend R. A. Medina had given me an envelope of odds and ends to go through. There was some short snorters, World War I POW notes, propaganda leaflets, a couple of Chinese Bonds, some ration items, etc, etc, etc. AND A HAND DRAWN PHILATELIC COVER FROM THE CRUISER TUSCALOOSA. Someone had taken an envelope drawn a red, white and blue background, then sketched an outline of the state of Alabama on it with a basket of cotton and the location of Tuscaloosa. ''Cruiser" is hand lettered above the state with "Tuscaloosa" below. The postmark features "U.S.S. TUSCALOOSA--FEB 12, P.M. 1941." The three cent stamp is the 1937 Territorial issue from the Virgin Islands with a slogan cancellation that reads "Lincoln's Birthday" and sure enough it was. See it at www.papermoneyworld.net/grams/postcard.htm I tried to find what the Tuscaloosa was doing at the time of the post mark, but all I could find is that much of 1941 involved the tedium of patrolling the shipping lanes of the North Atlantic. Yes, it is postmarked a year and a couple of months after the rescue of the German seamen, but still there is a connection. I'm not a stamp collector but I consider this a nice addition to my note collection. I will never be able to pass by that Ship's Money Order (Bordanweisung) note from the Columbus without thinking about it's scuttling, the rescue by Tuscaloosa and this cover. To me this is one of the greatest parts of our collecting hobby, being able to tie the events and issues together. Now who out there is going to find a chit or possibly a short snorter from Trinity Site, Fort Stanton or the U.S.S. Tuscaloosa. ============================================== Editorial ============================================== I am certainly happy that I gave Mark Watson credit for his 681 article in the editorial since I blew it and did not put his byline on the article. Will you buy the story that that was an editorial experiment? Sorry, Mark, and thanks again. Fred ============================================== MAIL CALL =============================================== Dear Gram, Enjoyed Mark's article on Series 681 and particularly liked the NASA photo of Maj Edward A. White's space walk. Noting NASA had uploaded the picture upside down, and not being too keen to turn my monitor over in line with Mark's first suggestion, I followed his alternate idea and viewed it standing on my head. Makes all the difference, but unfortunately I was still unable to compare it properly with the astronaut vignette on the back of the fractionals as I discovered, when on my head, the note was then upside down. 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This collection includes some VERY important replacements, starting with the first one. Terms are available, please confirm availability via email fred@papermoneyworld.net. Of course the email confirmation gets the note. Series 471 50c, (SN B00488021/pos 62, plate note in MPC 4) very rare, four reported. This is the most difficult series. A great note. Listed as VG in the census, but it has claims to better. Indeed, except for some soiling on the back it clearly would be fine. It is important to look at the others in the census. They are VG, F, and F+ respectively. Furthermore, all three of those pieces are in major collections that are unlikely to come on the market for decades. This is an important chance: $3950 Series 521 5 cent, second printing (12 reported), great fine (SN E01088098/pos 53) $275.00 Series 521 25 cents (E00264390/34 first printing, 7 reported), VG with honest wear, all quarters are scarce to rare, $300. Series 591 5 cents (G00209786/27) F-VF $295.00. Series 591 $1 (G00256925/33) F $1750.00 Series 611 5 cents (H00089203/12) VG (condition rarity!) $75 Series 611 25 cents (H00058207//8) , only 11 of the type, rare F, attractive, $850 Series 611 $1 (H00017307/3) F-VF $150 Series 611 $10 this is a rare and important note. Furthermore, it has a good pedigree. It was in the famed DeRosa collection then in another private collection until now. In the census it is listed as fine. That is probably a reasonable description. Technically it is somewhat lower, but it looks better! It has three heavy vertical folds. The two flank folds have splits at the bottom. There is tape residue on the right side of the face (this is probably removable), but the portrait is unaffected and the note does not look bad. SN H00076907, are you ready for this? It is position number 10 thus matching the denomination! All in all a desirable note at only $995. Series 641 5 cents (first printing J00333038/42) VF, interesting SN $150 Series 641 50 cents (first printing J00534868/67) F-VF looks much better than fine $300 Series 641 $1 (first printing J00220517/28) VG with two staple holes but looks good $250 Series 661 $1 F $95.00 Series 681 5 cents VG-F $100 Series 681 $20 first printing wonderful VF $800 Series 692 5 cents EF+ $150 Series 692 10 cents AU $200 Former Kesselman Series 692 25 cents VF $285 Series 692 $10 EF, 2 pin holes $3300 WANTED SECTION: 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 for sale in the above section as a reply. Wanted listings will run for a period of 1 month. WANTED - Fancy Series 641 fractional notes - any condition. (5/18) WANTED - Philippine Guerrila Money (5/26) =================================================== MPC CATALOG CORRECTIONS & ENHANCEMENTS 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 (date listed: 02 APRIL 2002) 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. 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