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Updated: 09/25/01 11 AM

Anyone with information is requested to contact:

Ken Barr, P. O. Box 32541, San Jose, CA 95152 ..... 408-272-3247 ..... e-mail: ken<at>kenbarr.com
Charles W. Woodruff, P. O. Box 3776, Redwood City, CA 94064 ..... 650-367-1064 ..... e-mail: cwwoodruff<at>phc.net

A reward will be paid to anyone providing information leading to the return of any or all of the merchandise.

Stolen Merchandise

Stolen in Theft From Auto in Cordova, TN in the late afternoon of Sunday, June 17, 2001

Some of the MPC notes were fenced at a coin show in Melville, NY on June 24, 2001.
Some of this material has since been recovered and was removed from this list on 09/25/01.

Brown Samsonite briefcase with PSA Executive Flyer id tag for Kenneth Barr, containing (will be updated as I unpack, inventory and remember):

Numerous "hand-pulled proof" BEP souvenir cards, including:

9 of 10 items from lot # 1009 of the R. M. Smythe sale of June 15, 2001: B 109A (2 copies, serial numbers 10 and 17 if I recall correctly), B 117A (serial number 15) http://www.kenbarr.com/Stolen/b117a.jpg , B 131, B 154A. B 180A, B 185A, B 193A and B 200A
B 109A (serial number 28)
B 113A
B 117A
B 131
B 157A
B 160A
B 166A both mint and show-cancelled
B 172A both mint and show-cancelled
B 174A both mint and show-cancelled
B 244A July 2000 "Submarine", several, including #2 show-cancelled
B 245A August 2000 "Dr. Martin Luther King", several, including #2 show-cancelled

Numerous International Plate Printers Union limited edition souvenir cards, including:

F 1982C mint and show-cancelled
F 1983E mint
F 1983G mint
F 1984D Napex 1984 presentation folder, large black leatherette tri-fold with three "Men In Currency" souvenir cards inside, previous owner's address label (Hollywood, FL) on tissue guard insert, mint

Numerous Bureau of Engraving and Printing show-cancelled souvenir cards, including:

B 8 Hapex 1970, FDShC with matching stamp
B 177 Mississippi Flood Relief 1993 (several, including some with autographs)
B 186 BEP Centennial 1994
B 229 Long Beach 1998 Trans-Mississippi stamps, FDShC
B 248 November 2000 vignette card, dual-cancelled (5)
B 249 December 2000 vignette cards, dual-cancelled (5)

Other intaglio and/or lithographed souvenir cards/items, including:

"Junior Astronaut" certificate with facsimile signatures of all seven Mercury 7 astronauts (GPO litho, early 1960's)
United States Bank Note Company advertising sheets (large, 1960's)
"Poor's Railroad Guide" (frontis from mid-1880's edition with intaglio train vignette on back)

Numerous Military Payment Certificates, some of which are listed below:

(Most of the bulk lots are packaged 10 per mylar holder and are typical Vietnam era circ notes, with a mild musty odor and pinholes near one edge or the other. The other items are in individual mylar holders. The 541 5¢ and 661 50¢ were in an unmailed letter-sized envelope addressed to a collector in Texas.)

Series 471 $10.00 VG, serial number B07877495B http://www.kenbarr.com/Stolen/471-1000.jpg
Series 481 $10.00 VG serial number D15373427D http://www.kenbarr.com/Stolen/481-1000.jpg
Series 541 5¢ Choice CU serial number F13628011F http://www.kenbarr.com/Stolen/541-5.jpg
Series 541 5¢, 10¢ and $1.00, each uncirculated but mishandled with minor bend in center
Series 641 $1.00 VG - VF (approx. 20)
Series 641 $5.00 VG - VF (approx. 20)
Series 641 $10.00 VG - VF (approx. 60)
Series 651 5¢ Choice CU serial number A03947982A http://www.kenbarr.com/Stolen/651-5.jpg
Series 661 5¢ Choice CU (approx. 10)
Series 661 10¢ Choice CU (approx. 10)
Series 661 50¢ Choice CU serial number B07022166B http://www.kenbarr.com/Stolen/661-50.jpg
Series 661 $20.00, Very Good
Series 681 5¢, 25¢ and $1.00, each Choice CU
Series 691 $1.00 (unissued series), first printing, CU
Series 691 $1.00 (unissued series), second printing, CU
Series 691 $20.00 (unissued series), second printing, serial number ending in '33', plate position 28, CU
Series 692 10¢ Choice CU (approx. 10)
Series 692 $1.00 VG - VF (approx. 5)
Series 692 $5.00 VG - VF (approx. 10)
Series 692 $5.00 AU
Series 692 $5.00 Choice CU
Series 692 $10.00 VG - VF (approx. 5)
Series 692 $20.00 VG - VF (approx. 30)
Series 692 $20.00 VG with purple "NON-NEGOTIABLE, EVIDENCE" overprint (approx. 3)
Series 641 $10.00 replacement serial number J00009004, F, pinholed
Series 692 $20.00 replacement serial number E00007503, F, pinholed
Vietnam Commodity Coupons: Daniel # 1 (3 pieces), #2, #3, #4 (2 pieces) and #SM7 (serial number 001702 or 001072)
Various Allied Military Currency, mostly circulated common items, including a German 1000 mark
German Auxiliary Payment Certificates, 10 Reichspfennig, Pick P-M34, VG - XF (approx. 50)
German Auxiliary Payment Certificates, 1 Reichsmark, Pick P-M36, AU (3)
Florence, Arizona: World War II P. O. W. Canteen chits, 1¢ (unlisted denomination), each chit hole-cancelled, uncut strip of five http://www.kenbarr.com/Stolen/powchits.jpg

Miscellaneous merchant/advertising scrip, exposition tickets, etc.:

1876 International Expo package tickets, including serial number 36214 http://www.kenbarr.com/Stolen/intl1876tik.jpg
1893 World's Columbian Exposition - Handel "Music" ticket
1893 World's Columbian Exposition - Franklin "Complimentary" ticket
set of four 1894 California Midwinter Exposition tickets, one of each type, heavily foxed with cloth mounting tape on back, in old Currency Auctions of America auction lot sleeve
1933 Century of Progress 1¢ certificate, several, sample at http://www.kenbarr.com/Stolen/cpie19331c.jpg
1935 America's Exposition, set of 1, 5 and 10 Nugget scrip, serial numbers A31104, B85884 and C102609 respectively http://www.kenbarr.com/Stolen/cpie1935nug.jpg
1966 Angels Camp "5 Frog Skins" scrip http://www.kenbarr.com/Stolen/angelscamp.jpg
Berkeley, CA Hink's Department Store, several sets of 1960 and 1961 scrip, including a 1960 six-note set with serial number as shown on the image http://www.kenbarr.com/Stolen/hinks.jpg
Oxnard, CA (1933) 25¢ depression scrip coupon
San Francisco, CA Albers Bros. 2 1/2¢ scrip (NOTE: all have the same "serial number") sample at http://www.kenbarr.com/Stolen/albersbros.jpg
1933 Caldwell, ID Dairymen's Cooperative Creamery of Boise Valley depression scrip $1 serial number 02803 http://www.kenbarr.com/Stolen/caldwellid.jpg
New Orleans, LA advertising note for Dailey's Style Shop http://www.kenbarr.com/Stolen/daileys.jpg
St Louis, MO 1878 St. Louis Cotton Compress Company receipt, three pieces including serial number 151056 http://www.kenbarr.com/Stolen/cottoncomp.jpg
Reno, NV casino night scrip from Harold's Club, approx. 100 sets of four different denominations, sample at http://www.kenbarr.com/Stolen/haroldsclub.jpg
Lewisburg, OH 1924 Carnival Currency $1 note http://www.kenbarr.com/Stolen/lewisburgoh.jpg
Pendleton, OR 1910 Pendleton Round-Up 10 Bucks note http://www.kenbarr.com/Stolen/pendletonor.jpg
Hershey, PA Hershey Department Store scrip, set of three notes, sample at http://www.kenbarr.com/Stolen/hershey.jpg
1974 U. S. Gasoline Ration Coupon, uncut strip of four http://www.kenbarr.com/Stolen/grcstrip.jpg

A few Colonial Currency notes, including a CU Connecticut 3 pence and an XF 1780 Connecticut 20 pence hole-cancelled.

BEP "Prosperity Notes", 1999 $1.00 Federal Reserve Notes with serial numbers E88880xxxB in custom holder (approx. 25)

A U. S. Mint 2000 "Millennium Coin and Currency Set", with the serial number of the $1 Federal Reserve Note ending in "11" and the right-hand side serial number having the second "1" about 1 - 2 mm higher than the first "1".

Blue duffel bag containing supplies and numerous paperwork/invoices/etc. from Charles W. Woodruff plus the following merchandise:

detailed list - http://www.cwwoodruff.com/stolen2.htm
scans only - http://www.cwwoodruff.com/scans.htm

plus an advertising note: Fort Wayne, IN Rub-No-More Carbo Naptha Soap 5¢ premium coupon, serial number F996339 http://www.kenbarr.com/Stolen/rubmomore.jpg

Perpetrators: Driver was dark-complexioned Hispanic male, late 20's - mid 30's, 5' 8" - 5' 10", 200 - 220 lbs., short curly black hair, black mustache, no beard, no glasses, no other identifying marks. Accomplice not identifiable.

Vehicle: maroon or burgendy mini-van (Chevy Astro or similar), mid 1990's vintage, no front license plate