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MPC Gram
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Vol 1 Number 47 June 16, 2000
News and Views
Wow, we are having a hoot here at Memphis. Where can I start? Joe Boling, Doug (WIz), Marcus Turner, Marv M., and many others are here. The 691/701 MPC are a real hit. Marcus Turner completed his basic MPC set, where do I stop?
Brace yourself for this. Marcus was holding back on one of the great items from the 691/701 hoard. Yesterday he showed a Series 691 $20 REPLACEMENT! It is serial number 900! Wow, it will take your breath away!
The International Bank Note Society meets Saturday morning. Guido Crapanzano from Italy will take over as president at the society tomorrow. Guido is a great friend of collectors. While he is certainly not specialized in military money, he has tremendous knowledge about many different issues and has been the source of many great discoveries as well.
In a surprise move he was hornored with a presidents award by the American Numismatic Association at the breakfast meeting of the Society of Paper Money Collectors this morning. The award was actually made by gram receipent and ANA director John Wilson. Guido was touched by the award.
MPC collectors are everywhere and having a ball. The Smythe auction with MPC is tonight. This is the one with the Series 471 $10 error as described by Smythe. I told you that I did not think that it is an error. Profski and I studied this note for a long time and the Smythe people were very gracious in allowing us to examine it. The note has clearly been washed and pressed which certainly undermines it. On the other hand I could not find the clear evidence that I expected to dispute it as an error. Nonetheless, I conclude that this is not an error. I will be at the auction tonight and will try to report tomorrow on the results.
We will try to make it to chat tonight, but I cannot be sure that we will make it by 10pm eastern. It might be more like 11pm eastern, but we will try. It will be a little easier now that I have figured out how to get on line from the hotel.
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Letters
We need your letters for publication in this section. Suggestions, complaints, whatever you like, throw it at us.
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Calendar
In this section we will highlight MPC chat, MPC Fest, and MPC gram events. Other events will be mentioned as they get close. For planning purposes see the papermoneyworld.com calendar of events.
Chat tonight 10pm eastern.
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Mission statement
Statement of philosophy and mission. The MPC Gram is a FREE publication sponsored by papermoneyworld.com and BNR Press. It is distributed free to anyone who is interested. It is intended to promote the study and collecting of MPC and other military money. Although it is distributed for free, all rights are reserved. Subscribers are invited to keep a copy of the gram in an electronic and or paper version for their own use. Further distribution by photocopy or electronic means is not authorized without specific coordination with the publisher and author where appropriate.
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Treasure hunting
This section includes military material for sale and notices from collectors and dealers wanting to buy material. Items for sale will be included until further notice at NO charge. The notice must inlucde a specific item for sale. Routinely the notice will appear only once in the gram. Then it will be forwarded to papermoneyworld.com for listing.
You can help make the gram successful by sending notices of things for sale. It is my hope that we can have something new every single day!
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MPC Gram
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Vol 1 Number 47 June 16, 2000
News and Views
Wow, we are having a hoot here at Memphis. Where can I start? Joe Boling, Doug (WIz), Marcus Turner, Marv M., and many others are here. The 691/701 MPC are a real hit. Marcus Turner completed his basic MPC set, where do I stop?
Brace yourself for this. Marcus was holding back on one of the great items from the 691/701 hoard. Yesterday he showed a Series 691 $20 REPLACEMENT! It is serial number 900! Wow, it will take your breath away!
The International Bank Note Society meets Saturday morning. Guido Crapanzano from Italy will take over as president at the society tomorrow. Guido is a great friend of collectors. While he is certainly not specialized in military money, he has tremendous knowledge about many different issues and has been the source of many great discoveries as well.
In a surprise move he was hornored with a presidents award by the American Numismatic Association at the breakfast meeting of the Society of Paper Money Collectors this morning. The award was actually made by gram receipent and ANA director John Wilson. Guido was touched by the award.
MPC collectors are everywhere and having a ball. The Smythe auction with MPC is tonight. This is the one with the Series 471 $10 error as described by Smythe. I told you that I did not think that it is an error. Profski and I studied this note for a long time and the Smythe people were very gracious in allowing us to examine it. The note has clearly been washed and pressed which certainly undermines it. On the other hand I could not find the clear evidence that I expected to dispute it as an error. Nonetheless, I conclude that this is not an error. I will be at the auction tonight and will try to report tomorrow on the results.
We will try to make it to chat tonight, but I cannot be sure that we will make it by 10pm eastern. It might be more like 11pm eastern, but we will try. It will be a little easier now that I have figured out how to get on line from the hotel.
=======================================================
Letters
We need your letters for publication in this section. Suggestions, complaints, whatever you like, throw it at us.
=======================================================
Calendar
In this section we will highlight MPC chat, MPC Fest, and MPC gram events. Other events will be mentioned as they get close. For planning purposes see the papermoneyworld.com calendar of events.
Chat tonight 10pm eastern.
==================================================================
Mission statement
Statement of philosophy and mission. The MPC Gram is a FREE publication sponsored by papermoneyworld.com and BNR Press. It is distributed free to anyone who is interested. It is intended to promote the study and collecting of MPC and other military money. Although it is distributed for free, all rights are reserved. Subscribers are invited to keep a copy of the gram in an electronic and or paper version for their own use. Further distribution by photocopy or electronic means is not authorized without specific coordination with the publisher and author where appropriate.
========================================================
Treasure hunting
This section includes military material for sale and notices from collectors and dealers wanting to buy material. Items for sale will be included until further notice at NO charge. The notice must inlucde a specific item for sale. Routinely the notice will appear only once in the gram. Then it will be forwarded to papermoneyworld.com for listing.
You can help make the gram successful by sending notices of things for sale. It is my hope that we can have something new every single day!
please respond to this address or to fred@papermoneyworld.com
Do You Yahoo!?
Send instant messages with Yahoo! Messenger.
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