New pickup--A couple of Don Taxay's books

jesbroken

I recently picked up a couple of Don Taxay's books--- Scott's Comprehensive Catalogue and Encyclopedia of U.S. Coins, 1971 and An Illustrated History of
U. S. Commemorative Coinage, both in hard copy.
I understand that their is quite a discussion going on regarding Don Taxay's works
and his disappearance. I would like to hear anyones thoughts on Don Taxay and his works.
Thanks
Jim

Sonorandesertrat

There are a couple of other books by Taxay worth getting, both available in reprint editions (get these from out-of-print book dealers like Abebooks):
"Counterfeit, Mis-struck, and Unofficial U. S. Coins"
"The U. S. Mint and Coinage"
Both were quite influential when they appeared, and are still very much worth reading.

CaptHenway

"The U.S. Mint and Coinage" is one of my favorite numismatic books.

I met him once at the offices of Coin World. I knew he was going to be there, so I brought his books in from my home library and asked him to sign them.

shorecoll

I think his works are some of the best out there...they may have been somewhat dated by RWB's work, but they stood up for a long time.

denga

For a photograph of Taxay see ...


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