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Curiousity? funny stories, or obligations? Any way, bet he would enjoy this one. Let him know. Comments? P.S. Miss you Walter. Gusp
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He was a pedophile, so any good he did in our hobby is wiped out IMHO. Do a google search on him....awful human being.  Edited by Becky
01/12/2007 5:44 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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Breen was a brilliant individual who turned out to be one sick puppy!
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AI YI YI! I just looked up Walter Breen in Wikipedia. I am shocked! He was a perverted genius. What a total waste of intellectual talent!
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You say and state that this man was a pedophile. Was he charged or convicted? And why? g
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Great numismatist, horrible person. Convicted of 8 felony counts of child molestation, sentenced to 10 years and died in Chino while serving his time |
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Forum Dad
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Wasn't he also accused of stealing coins from the Smithsonian? Or was that someone else.
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Thought that Walter blew his brains out. Incorrect? As a very young man I will state that this man never did, nor said, anything inappropriate to me. Ever. In 10 plus years of close work together, He helped me and two or three other freinds write the Neca files. And he wrote THE coin book. Dont like it? Do not use it to profit! Easy, and as if. As if in like... do not profit!
Back then, (late fiftys, early sixtys) my grandfather was turned away from a resturant for being too dark skinned. JEWS could not live in most neighborhoods. Blacks on the back of busses. ECT.
And of course all along, there was the pathetic MaCarthy. Murder and assasination was the rule of the day. Perhaps it still is. Is this coin history or what?
You all collecting coins or souls? Anyone remember reality, history, or just taking profits? Antey up kids. 50 years of tracking liars can do this little to a man. Coins?...What coins. Judas got them first! Want them?... G
***Edited by Forum Dad - Family friendly remember? ***
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He started out doing research and cataloging for John J. Ford Jr. I believe he was also a partner at one time with First Coinvestors. And he had a column in COINS called Bristles and Barbs opposite of Carl Allenbaugh column. He issued his own letters of authentication for coins, at least for awhile. I seem to remember him railing once in Bristles and Barbs about losers that didn't want to pay him after he authenticated some coins. Those letters may well be worth a fortune some day in spite of Breen's social transgressions. He's almost the Hollywood archetype of the brillant man who manages to end up discraced and ruin in the end. Only Breen never even got to be rich first before he destroyed himself.
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Originally posted by bobby131313
Wasn't he also accused of stealing coins from the Smithsonian? Or was that someone else.
I think that was William Sheldon, accused of stealing large cents from the American Numismatic Society. |
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IMG009. Wow that shakes the rust. He was also the best grader I ever knew. Remember? Thanx. G
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" You say and state that this man was a pedophile. Was he charged or convicted? And why? g"
He was both charged & convicted, and went to jail.
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Originally posted by longnine009
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Originally posted by bobby131313
Wasn't he also accused of stealing coins from the Smithsonian? Or was that someone else.
I think that was William Sheldon, accused of stealing large cents from the American Numismatic Society.
Yes, it was Sheldon and the ANS, although never proved. |
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Originally posted by gusp
IMG009. Wow that shakes the rust. He was also the best grader I ever knew. Remember? Thanx. G
I never purchased anything from Stack's or First Coinvestors so I never really came across anything graded by Breen. But I think technical grading back in the 70's was a lot easier. Market factors weren't decided by some Mystical Priesthood, they were decided by the market--coin collectors. Coin collectors decided what they found to be appealing or un-appealing. They assigned their own values to what they liked rather then accepting the values assigned by some TPG, and bid accordingly in auctions or bargained accordingly with dealers at shows. |
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I just finished reading the wikipedia reference on him. I had heard the name but still being relatively new in coin collecting I had not idea of his history. He was one strange dude and I don't think his loss is of any significance to the hobby or the world.
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He was tried and convicted, that's enough for me. But, I wouldn't put a lot of stock in Wikipedia. It's a handy tool for very quick reference, that's about all.
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