September 17, 1998



VIA ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION

Securities & Exchange Commission
450 5th Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C.  20549

         Re:  AmeriPrime Funds, File No. 33-96826

To Whom It May Concern:

         Pursuant to Rule 477 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act"),
we  hereby  request  that the  post-effective  amendment  filed on behalf of the
AmeriPrime Funds on September 10, 1998 (accession  number  0001000579-98-000030)
be withdrawn.  The amendment was filed  erroneously under the 1933 Act only. The
amendment    was   refiled   on   September   11,   1998    (accession    number
0001035449-98-000078)  under both the 1933 Act and the Investment Company Act of
1940.

         If you have any  questions  please  contact  the  undersigned  or JoAnn
Strasser at (513) 381-2121.


AmeriPrime Funds



                         By:____________________________
                     Donald S. Mendelsohn, attorney-in-fact

DSM/jlm
c.  Ken Trumpfheller