Walter Breen’s Coin Collection, as Recorded in 1950

Breen, Walter. INVENTORY OF WALTER BREEN’S COIN COLLECTION. Recorded in 1950 in a copy of Hewitt's Check-List and Record Book of U.S. Coins. 15 by 9 cm, original green leatherette lettered in gilt. 128 pages. Relevant entries for coins in Breen’s collection are filled out by Breen in pencil (see comments); the rear flyleaf includes a long list of handwritten notes on scarcer date and mintmark combinations. Very good or better. “Property of Walter H. Breen / ANA 12421 / ANS–Associate / Member: Board of Copper Cent Experts / Covering coins now (1950) in my collection, acquired since 1944.” An interesting numismatic item from early in Breen’s collecting career, with the preceding written on the blank second page. Breen’s collection at this time was modest, and the value in this item is as a personal memento of one of the greatest numismatic scholars this country has produced.