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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;baseball21, post: 2425265, member: 76863&quot;]I really don&#039;t care if people are acting immoral without hurting someone or what they do in their private lives for the most part, if they want to cheat on their wife or use drugs ect that is their business.&nbsp; However child molestation is one of if not the most heinous things someone can do.&nbsp; We aren&#039;t talking about statutory rape where it was consensual either, a 13 year old boy and his (step?)daughter for instance.&nbsp; &nbsp; In my opinion Breen is a black eye on the numismatic community that should be allowed to fade into oblivion where he won&#039;t be missed.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Now as far as how does it affect his research, well I would argue that it does in several ways.&nbsp; We already know he was someone with no morals or integrity, people who have those don&#039;t molest children over several decades.&nbsp; Numismatic research is a field where integrity and character are extremely important with all the reporting in the style of &quot;I was told...&quot;, &quot;I remember....&quot;, &quot;I have seen...&quot; ect.&nbsp; It is very important for these types of stories to be coming from a source that can be trusted and isn&#039;t just making things up to sell books and make money.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In my opinion the money was all he cared about.&nbsp; I personally don&#039;t believe any of his stuff until it is confirmed by someone reputable, which certainly has happened.&nbsp; But a fair amount has also been disproved and it doesn&#039;t seem to be a secret about his notes that you could get a &quot;proof&quot; if you were willing to pay up given how few if any have ever actually turned out to be a proof.&nbsp; Even auction houses who would have a vested interest in his proofs being a proof have disagreed with his letters before.</p><p><br /></p><p>His research to me is of mediocre quality.&nbsp; There is just to much to wade through to get to the good stuff and prefer to stick to sources that were trying to get it right instead of just trying to sell books.&nbsp; Had his research been top notch, then as much as I would have despised his actions I would use it, but given what type of person he was the quality of his &quot;research&quot; was no where near good enough for me to overlook that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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