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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WEG, post: 1258530, member: 32893&quot;]Now this is something I speak of out of experience<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. For those unfamiliar with what an MPCFester is, it is a member of a group of people with a high appreciation of war time world numismatics. Many are the the most knowledgable people of war time <b>world</b> numismatics I&#039;ve had the pleasure of meeting.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have to admit to not knowing the exact origin of the challange coin but do know how it is used by MPCFesters. Many if not most of you know about shortsnorters, the notes pilots carried with them and when they met in some place in the world they would sign each others shortsnorter. If the pilots met in another country or place they would get their shortsnorter out with the other pilots signature on it, if you had the other pilot signature on yours the other pilot better be able to pull his out with your signiture; if not, he had to buy you a shortsnort (a small shot of alcohol).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Festers use the challenge coin in like fashion; if two or more festers meet anywhere (city, state, or country) one of them may decide to pull out his or her challenge coin. If done, the other/s better be able to produce theirs or else the drink is on them. Now I could make all kind of excuses but excuses are worthless, the fact is that my coin was back home sitting on the dresser while my wife and I attended a large paper show. Being a newbe I didn&#039;t know it was tradition that for this particular show <b>all </b>the MPCFesters have dinner at of all the restaurants in Memphis, the same steak house that Eddie and Angie invited us to join them at. This restaurant is dark inside, I was half way finished with my meal when my eyes finally adjusted to the light and what did I see, twice as many festers than there were inches in length of the last fish that got away. <b>Someone </b>strolled over to our table and showed me a coin, then I looked up to see a bunch of tables together and every person sitting at those tables was holding up a coin; one word, busted.</p><p><br /></p><p>They&#039;re a good group of people, they didn&#039;t let me off the hook, I didn&#039;t expect them to but they went easy on me. I had enough left to buy gas for the trip home.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mr. Someone, does this pretty much cover it?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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