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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1609188, member: 112&quot;]There are mistakes in Breen&#039;s book. Some say he made things up, like certain varieties. Others say he believed what he wrote but was just plain wrong. But overall, Breen&#039;s encyclopedia is considered to be one of the greatest numismatic books ever written. And many collectors and dealers consider it to be a must have book - even with the mistakes.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s one of the things about books though. A lot of authors merely copy research and what are considered facts from previous authors. So if the previous author made a mistake, so does the new one. You&#039;ll find a lot of mistakes repeated over and over in books by many different authors. It has been this way for as long as there have been books.</p><p><br /></p><p>What one has to do as a serious student of numismatics is to sort out the mistakes from the accurate information - regardless of who wrote the book and no matter how famous or well known they are.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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