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Walter Henry Breen Jr. (September 5, 1928 – April 27, 1993) was an American numismatist, writer, and convicted child sex offender. He was known among coin collectors for writing Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins .
Nov 3, 2015 · Twenty-two years ago, noted numismatist Walter H. Breen died at Chino’s California Institute for Men, part of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. A convicted serial...
Oct 3, 1991 · Walter Breen, a nationally heralded rare coin expert whose eccentric personality has made him the “guru of numismatics,” has been arrested and charged with eight counts of felony child...
His biography includes his convictions for child molestation, his marriage to lesbian fiction writer Marion Zimmer Bradley, his widely read and accepted numismatic books on the United States Half Cent, and his Encyclopedia of United States Coins, published in 1988.
Nov 21, 1987 · Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins. Hardcover – November 21, 1987. by Walter Breen (Author) 4.6 59 ratings. See all formats and editions. Drawing on a lifetime of research, America's top coin historian presents the most comprehensive guide to U.S. coins ever published.
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Aside from writing nearly three dozen monographs and volumes on almost every aspect of American numismatics, Walter Breen authored, under various names, manuscripts on such diverse subjects as sexology, economics, psychopharmacology, astrology, musicology, and the occult.
Interviewed by David Lisot. Walter Breen is one of the most enigmatic and controversial characters in all of numismatics. His photographic memory and knowledge of numismatics...
Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U. S. and Colonial Coins in 1988 @ $75.00. In 1977 F.C.I. Press released a "Talking Book Record" The Care and Preservation of Rare Coins by Walter Breen. In 1954 he was charged with lewd behavior in Atlantic City and received probation.
WALTER BREEN CREATES HIS U.S. COIN ENCYCLOPEDIA. Stanley Afelbaum was the driving force behind the publication of the greatest American numismatic book. Walter Breen was on his staff as cataloger for his numismatic auctions. Stanley was well aware of Walter's vast knowledge of American coins of every denomination.
Jul 27, 2021 · Biographical notes on Walter Breen, prepared c. 1990 by Bruce Vogel. Includes chronological resume of publications in addition to personal observations.
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