From: "MPCgram" To: Subject: MPCGram 755 Date: Sunday, October 20, 2002 8:43 PM ============================================== MPC GRAM ============================================== Covering the entire World of Military Numismatics Series 003 - Number 755 Sunday Oct 20, 2002 MPC Data Base Now Includes Values By Doug Bell doug@papermoneyworld.net The MPC database at papermoneyworld.net is now displaying prices for notes entered and totaling up a users total value of the notes.The price list is using prices out of the NEW Comprehensive Catalog of Military Payment Certificates. If a user finds a error I need to know the exact notes that is in question. I have found several of my own notes that I input incorrectly and now with those corrections it looks sweet :) The subroutine at this time must be run manually. So just send a reminder to me when you input notes so I can up date them. At present when I run the price update subroutine it take 1.5 minuets. On a cirrus 233 machine, on my 1700 MHz machine it takes 15 seconds. That is crunching approximately 4500 notes. The sub routine prices replacements as well as muliti printings and categorizes them with grade of note. Later we will update values, but for now I want to get everything working perfectly. NOMINATIONS TO BE ACCEPTED FOR ANA BOARD OF GOVERNORS Nominations for candidates to the American Numismatic Association’s (ANA) Board of Governors will be accepted beginning December 1, 2002. The ANA is a nonprofit, educational organization recognized under the Internal Revenue Service Code as a Section 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. It is governed by a nine-member Board, which includes a president, vice president and seven governors at large. The ANA’s federal charter, granted in perpetuity by the United States Congress, rests control of the Association in the hands of this Board. In 2003 the terms of all nine officers will expire. Those elected will be installed on August 2, 2003, at the ANA’s 112th Anniversary Convention in Baltimore, Maryland, and will compose the Board of Governors for the ensuing two years. ANA members with voting privileges can nominate candidates for the ANA Board of Governors. Nominations must be in writing and received by the executive director no earlier than December 1, 2002, and no later than March 31, 2003. Nominees must be members who are entitled to hold office under the ANA Bylaws. Associate and honorary members, member clubs, and members under the age of 18 may not hold office. To be eligible for the office of president or vice president, a member must have served at least one term as governor. To be eligible to serve as a governor, a member must have been in good standing for at least three consecutive years immediately preceding the election. No member can serve on the Board more than 10 years. To be a candidate for office, a member must receive at least five (5) nominations from member clubs in good standing and at least five (5) nominations from individual members in good standing. No member may nominate himself or herself for office. No member may nominate a number of candidates for any office in excess of the number that can be elected to an office. This means each individual member or club is allowed to nominate one person for president, one for vice president and seven for governor. The executive director will contact each qualified nominee, notifying him or her of such nominations and requesting written acceptance or refusal on or before April 7, 2003. No nominee may accept a nomination for more than one elective office. A list of nominees who have received the required number of nominations, and their resultant actions, will be published in The Numismatist beginning with the March 2003 issue. All candidates for the Board of Governors are invited to participate in the ANA Candidate Forum to be held March 21, 2003, during the Association’s National Money Show™ in Charlotte, North Carolina. Official nomination forms and guidelines can be obtained by contacting the ANA Executive Offices, 818 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80903-3279; telephone 719/632-2646; fax 719/634-4085; E-mail rochette@money.org; or by visiting the ANA web site at www.money.org/electioninfo2003.html. ============================================== Editorial ============================================== Every time that Doug makes an improvement on the MPC data base, I have an opportunity to harp on the subject. This online data base which maintains an interactive list of all MPC reported by collectors will be a great service to collectors. First, it will allow research into questions that we have not even composed yet. Secondly, it can be a good record of your collection and thereby a security measure. I look forward to sending news releases to the print media when we go over half then a full million notes! That will be grand. Go to papermoneyworld.net and enter some notes! A few comments on the story about ANA nominations. Several current and former board members are Gramsters. It is likely that some Gramsters will want to run in the next election. Certainly we anticipate supporting Gramsters in their campaigns. In that vain, we encourage potential nominees and candidates to write to the Gram. We do not promise to run every political notice, but if such notices are tailored to the special interests of Gramsters, we certainly will run them. Fred ============================================== Mail Call ============================================== Dear Editor, I recently made a challenge to Gramsters to help assemble at least a Basic type set of MPC for the ANA museum. What follows is from the ANA, describing the meager collection now in our museum holdings: David Klinger "Dear Dave-- It is a noble goal. The ANA has some MPC's, but nowhere near a complete collection. Of the following notes, we have some duplicates, but these are the ones we own: Series 100 - NONE Series 461 - 5 cents Series 471 - None Series 472 - None Series 481 - 5 cents, 50 cents, $1 Series 521 - 5, 15, 25, 50 cents Series 541 - 5, 10, 25 cents Series 591 - NONE Series 611 - NONE Series 641 - 5, 10, 25, 50 cents, $1, $5, $10 Series 651 - NONE Series 661 - $10 Series 681 - 5, 10, 25, 50 cents, $1 Series 692 - 5, 10, 25, 50 cents, $1 That, my friend, is what the ANA Museum has. I will be honored to work with you to get the project of completing this collection going!!! -Chris Connell ANA Museum Collection Manager" Doug and The Gram: Thanks for the answer to the printing amount question. J J Sullivan ============================================== CALENDAR OF EVENTS ============================================== 2002 Paper Money Convention IBNS Sydney & Melbourne Chapters 2/3 November 2002 Artarmon Motor Inn, Sydney Australia Contact Tony James wk. 61 2 9235 0888 fax. 61 2 9235 0588 email:- info@tonyjamesnoteworld.biz Come on escape the Winter in the north and see the Land Down Under. Very Inexpensive! Australian dollar is only 55c US !!!!! Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention, November 7-10 2002. Baltimore Convention Center. Hours are Fri-Sat 10AM- 7 PM. Sunday 10AM-4PM. Included will be a Bowers and Merena Auction and an Auction by Presidential Coins and Medals of exonumia and political memorabilia. [Len Harsel reports that he will have a table at this show] St. Louis paper money show 21-24 November WESPMEX:11 - 13 October Westchester Paper Money Exposition - 100 Dealers Westchester County Center, White Plains, NY WESPMEX:29 November - 1 December Westchester Paper Money Exposition - 160 Dealers Westchester County Center, White Plains, NY December 7, opening of World War II Numismatics exhibition at American Numismatic Association Museum, Colorado Springs, CO. [Warner Talso confirmed, Fred Schwan likely] 2003 FUN Florida United Numismatists, Orlando, 9 - 12Jan 2003 CPMX 9: 20 - 23 February, Chicago, IL MPC Fest IV: 28 Feb - 2 March, Port Clinton, OH Fest Registrants: Doug Bell, Joe Boling, Guido Crapanzano, Dick Freyser, Philip M. Goldstein, Gary Hicks, Harold Kroll, Jack Lippincot, Kevin Maloy, Leo May$$, Fred Schwan, David Seelye, Nick Shrier, Larry Smulczenski, Warner Talso, Marcus Turner, Tom Warburton, Mark Watson, Bill Yanchick, Tom Koch, Nancy and John Wilson, Bill McNease, Cuneyt Tolek $$ = Paid Running total: 24 ANA:21-23 March 2003, March, Charlotte, NC ======================================== 2003 scholarship fund Donations of cash and numismatic material will be gladly accepted. Generally the numismatic material is auctioned at MPCFest, but might be sold via ebay or other places. Your scholarship donations help the hobby by sending qualified individuals to the ANA summer seminar military money class. Except for unavoidable charges like ebay fees, 100% of your donation goes to scholarships. 2003 Scholarship Donors Ed Hoffman RA Medina Dick Freyser Larry Smulczenski David Seelye Howard Daniel Steve Feller Warner Talso Contact me at: "Marcus Turner" maturner@indy.rr.com Checks should be made out to the "Military Numismatists Scholarship". or Marcus Turner 8103 East US Highway 36 Suite 163 Avon, Indiana 46123 USA ========================================================== Subscription information: You can enter an email address to receive the gram by using the link below. Use this to change your address (add the new one), add a friend or enemy. http://www.papermoneyworld.net/WebMailList/Default.asp =================================================== HOT CONTACT LIST - DEALER & RESOURCE 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. 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Smythe(800) 622-1880 (212) 908-4047 www.smytheonline.com Mel Steinberg & Son(415) 453-9750 (415) 457-4432 melsteinberg@mindspring.com Military Trader(800) 334-7165 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, purchase or trade 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. In all cases confirm your order via email first. FOR SALE: MPC Series 691 and 701, full sets of second printings each (no fractionals of course) $7050. Confirm iam@total.net. Replica MPC set of 107 notes. Advertised in the numismatic press for $25.00 available to any gramster for $20.00 (plus $1.00 postage) with $5.00 per set being donated to the ANA Summer Seminar Military Money Scholarship fund. Also available a set of series 681 replica notes (8 notes) for $2.00 (plus $0.60 postage up to 5 sets) per set with 25% per set being donated to the scholarship fund. Email your order to dfreyser@cs.com and mention you saw it in the gram to ensure donation to the scholarship fund. 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) Wanted: War and other bonds issued by the US government, will purchase or trade. =================================================== 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. Guy Araby (date listed 08 APRIL 2002) =================================================== MPC Gram Staff: Publisher: Fred Schwan - MPCGram@yahoo.com Editor: Philip M. Goldstein - IWANTMYMPC@aol.com Subscription Manager:Doug Bell - doug@papermoneyworld.net Tuesday Columnist : Joe Boling - JoeBoling@aol.com Thurski Columnist: Larry "Ski" Smulczenski - skifla@prodigy.net Friday Columnist:Fred Schwan - MPCGram@yahoo.com Critic: Harold Kroll - HARBONS@aol.com Scholarship Coordinator: Marcus Turner - maturner@indy.rr.com Index & Back Issue Manager:vacant Webmaster & Technical Advisors:Doug Bell "Wiz" - doug@papermoneyworld.net Russ Walsh - russ.walsh@gte.net Fact Checker: Warner Talso - Calendar Coordinator: John & Nancy Wilson - The Boss: Judy Schwan ===== MPC Gram is published by BNR Press and papermoneyworld.com as a free service to the community of military money collectors. Your suggestions, criticisms, complaints, editorial contributions, letters, and even praise are very welcome. 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