A Big Thank You To The People Who Put This Book Online

Stew

I would like to say Thank You to the people involved with putting Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins online.
It is a great piece of literary work that is full of information. And will help further peoples knowledge in the field of Numismatics. I hope more out of print coin books can make it online to help people with the study of a subject that has brought me so much joy in my life.

http://www.breenencyclopedia.com/index.html


Good Form

Stew

Jsayre

WOW! Thank you!

STONE

Linky

STONE

I just added it to my master list

jonathanb

I find it very odd that there's no hint of anyone taking credit for putting the site up -- no "contact us" or "about us" links, or anything else of that sort.

It appears that the original book was copyrighted by F.C.I. Press. I'd be a whole lot happier about using this site if I knew it was produced with their permission...

baddspellar

The domain name is registered to someone on Grand Cayman Island. It sounds a bit fishy to me...

I goth this from running whois on the domain name:

Registrant:
Direct Privacy ID 2F612
PO Box 12068
George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1010
KY
1-345-745-6022


Domain Name: BREENENCYCLOPEDIA.COM

Administrative Contact:
Direct Privacy ID 2F612, Direct Privacy LTD breenencyclopedia.com@directnicprivacy.com
PO Box 12068
George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1010
KY
1-345-745-6022


Technical Contact:
Direct Privacy ID 2F612, Direct Privacy LTD breenencyclopedia.com@directnicprivacy.com
PO Box 12068
George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1010
KY
1-345-745-6022

messydesk

I'm guessing it's not legit. Don't get used to it being there.

Stew

Wow Sorry guys I never even thought about it not being legit. I was doing a quick yahoo search to see if any book stores had a copy at a
decent price before bed and it came up somewhere around the sixth position on the search. Figured everything was on the up and up.
Again Sorry

Stew

Swampboy

<< <i>I find it very odd that there's no hint of anyone taking credit for putting the site up -- no "contact us" or "about us" links, or anything else of that sort.

It appears that the original book was copyrighted by F.C.I. Press. I'd be a whole lot happier about using this site if I knew it was produced with their permission... >>



As would I.
That said, after rooting around for a while I have come to the conclusion that I need to buy this volume.
I continue to and probably always will get maximum enjoyment from reading when I am away from my monitor.

Type2

Cool link.

denga

The text is not a reproduction of the actual pages but rather an OCR generated text
that has not been carefully checked. The word

Boulton’s ... became ... !Mutton's

for example. The photographs were lifted from the book, however, and pasted onto
the reproduced pages.

The fact that the website is registered outside the U.S. does not inspire confidence in
the legality of the posting. The book was copyrighted in 1988 and it is difficult to believe
that the copyright holder would willingly surrender this right for free usage over the
internet.

Denga

kaz

I seem to recall that Breen was sued by at least one of the people he abused. I also recall that after his death his estate remained tied up in litigation, which was still going on when his wife died. I would be surprised if anyone was able to get permission to reproduce it any manner.

spoon

The Whois data for the website is just a privacy screen. That doesn't necessarily mean the owner of the site is based out of the Caymans. It's a common practice nowadays for domain registrars to offer privacy like this where they list their own data and forward the owner any correspondence. Cuts down on spam for webmasters, but reduces transparency for users.

MWallace

<< <i>I find it very odd that there's no hint of anyone taking credit for putting the site up -- no "contact us" or "about us" links, or anything else of that sort. >>



There is a "Contact Us" link at the top of the home page.

There is also an ad for "US Rare Coin Investments" out of Florida. Perhaps they know something about the encyclopedia being online.

RWB

FCI Press seems to retain copyright. I did not find an assignment in the Copyright Office.

denga

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<< <i>I find it very odd that there's no hint of anyone taking credit for putting the site up -- no "contact us" or "about us" links, or anything else of that sort. >>


There is a "Contact Us" link at the top of the home page.
There is also an ad for "US Rare Coin Investments" out of Florida. Perhaps they know something about the encyclopedia being online. >>



There are two links at this website, one for rare coins, the other for books. Both have the same
toll-free number at Port Charlotte, Florida.

Denga

Swampboy

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