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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 28539, member: 57463&quot;]If you collect U.S. coins, then the one book you <b>have </b> to incliude is <i>Walter Breen&#039;s Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was recommended in this thread a few times, but no one said <u>why</u>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Walter Breen earned a four-year degree from Johns Hopkins in 1951 in one year.&nbsp; Walter Breen was a genius who brought a new level of academic research to American numismatics.&nbsp; His <i>Encyclopedi</i>a is a complete history of U.S. coins based on prinary research on the coins themselves, and from auction catalogs and government records. </p><p><br /></p><p>Breen worked for the New Netherlands Coin Company, which was founded by Charles Wormer, who was the son of Moritz Wormser, one of the leading lights of the ANA in the early 1900s.&nbsp; In this capacity, and working for other dealers on contract, Breen personally attributed many of the finest known examples of American coinage. When asked what he collected, Breen answered, &quot;Knowledge.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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