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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tom B, post: 1793533, member: 11854&quot;]I would <i>not </i> recommend a purchase of Breen&#039;s <i>Encyclopedia. </i>&nbsp; I realize some may view that statement as numismatic heresy, but it&#039;s just the truth.&nbsp; Breen put an enormous number of hours into his works and he turned up quite a bit of information using more rigorous research of the available data than many before him had applied, but he also occasionally placed some bits into his works that have not stood the test of time, were pet theories with little or nothing to support them, did some mistaken reckoning or perhaps was just plain wrong.&nbsp; Therefore, with all the newer and likely better referenced material out there to choose from, I find it difficult to encourage folks to spend $125 or so for a global work on US coinage that may or may not be accurate on a case-by-case basis.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>By the way, I have had this work for nearly two decades and use it less and less as time goes on.&nbsp; Currently, I may take it out twice each year.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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