Numisma: The United States Cent 1816-1857

by Walter Breen, Sidney Sheldon, Olivier Vogel

Historic text, 300+ high quality photographs. Includes the progression in the minting process, worth the cover price alone. Reproductions of Breen's "cheat sheets" which he used in cataloging rare coins for auction houses and his forth coming book (this).

365 pages, Paperback

First published August 5, 1998

About the author

Walter H. Breen, Jr. was an American numismatist, writer and convicted child sex offender, and the husband of author Marion Zimmer Bradley. He is known among coin collectors for writing Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins. "Breen numbers", from his encyclopedia, are widely used to attribute varieties of coins. He is also known for activity in the science fiction fan community and for his writings in defense of pederasty.

He died in prison in Chino, California.