I'm a little late getting the plug out for this years MPCFest. It is March 15-17 at the Holiday Express, Port Clinton, OH. This year's special presenters are: 1) Len Buckley - former BEP engraver who designed Series 692 MPC 2) Grant Morris - former executive at AAFES who designed the first 10 series of the POGS used as small change in Iraq and Afghanistan In addition to the educational programs, there is a 12 table bourse on Friday March 15. Admission is free. There is also a live auction on Sunday morning. Lots of excellent military numismatics in between. For more information contact mpcgram@yahoo.com
I won't be around for this, but I'd love to hear Len Buckley's account of how the design for the Series 692 fractional MPC was selected. If you're able to post something on this thread I'd appreciate it: http://www.cointalk.com/t221756/#post1626942
I will see if the programs can be videoed and posted somewhere. The facility is not well suited for this but it is worth a try.
