Donald Paul Taxay (born May 24, 1933 in Chicago) was an American numismatist and historian, known for the reference works he composed, and for his disappearance...

 57–61. Taxay, p. 125. Taxay, p. 201. Winter & Fuljenz, p. vii. Taxay, p. 202. Hobson, p. 116. Taxay, p. 203. Taxay, p. 204. Lange, p. 75. Taxay, pp. 205–206...

discovered the origin of the branch design—although numismatic historian Don Taxay notes that it is odd Leach had not discovered the source of the standing...

also authorized a three-dollar gold coin; according to numismatic writer Don Taxay, provision for it had been inserted at the behest of gold interests. According...

present silver at the mints for coining. According to numismatic historian Don Taxay, "an agitation followed, during which several pious Congressmen feigned...

was indicated on the reverse, an attribution which numismatic historian Don Taxay found incomprehensible as "Chinese merchants would never understand them"...

the head. He made other changes as well; according to numismatic author Don Taxay, "Roosevelt had never looked better!" Lawrie and Vinson approved the models...

sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) of American Independence. Numismatic writer Don Taxay later discovered that Sinnock had based his Liberty Bell (as depicted...

mathematician (d. 1996) May 23 – Joan Collins, English actress May 24 – Don Taxay, American numismatist and historian (disappeared. 1977) May 29 – Helmuth...

the measure in this fashion were never revealed." Numismatic historian Don Taxay suggested that by March 3, 1865, "the wide circulation of the bronze cent...

atop a liberty pole to be "emblematic of Liberty". Numismatic historian Don Taxay notes the similarity between Patterson's Seated Liberty concept and designs...

 208–209. Taxay, pp. 219–220. Taxay, pp. 232, 386. Bowers 2006, p. 57. Taxay, pp. 181–182. Taxay, pp. 221–223. Snow, p. 224. Taxay, p. 223. Taxay, pp. 210–211...

Charles E. Barber was responsible for the designs. Numismatic historians Don Taxay and Q. David Bowers both suggest that Barber most likely based his designs...

Golden Gate Bridge, but it failed to pass. According to numismatic author Don Taxay, preparations for the coin must have begun soon after the authorization...

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to the one the sculptor had created for the Connecticut half dollar. Don Taxay, writing in 1966, concurred, considering the eagle the most modernistic...

Sinnock until Don Taxay published his An Illustrated History of U.S. Commemorative Coinage in 1967, disclosing Lewis's involvement. Taxay referred to "the...

faces of the coin, later described as "unusually crude" by numismatist Don Taxay. These included a large number of design elements likely requested by...

done due to its status as the "flagship" of American coins. According to Don Taxay in his history of the Mint and coinage, "the silver dollar, which it [the...

customary inscriptions, mottoes and such, appear on it." Numismatic historian Don Taxay, in his study of early U.S. commemoratives, dismissed contemporary accounts...

members busy with other projects, and according to numismatic historian Don Taxay, the choosing of an artist to design the coin fell upon its sculptor-member...

engraver Taxay, p. 50. Taxay, p. 66. Bowers 2011, p. 1. Yeoman, pp. 377–378. Taxay, pp. 200–201. Taxay, p. 200. Taxay, p. 201. Bowers 2001, p. 77. Taxay, p...

of the Mint, pp. 88–89. Taxay, p. 14. Flynn, p. 248. Taxay, p. 15. Flynn, pp. 248–249. Taxay, p. 17. Taxay, pp. 17–18. Taxay, p. 18. Slabaugh, p. 15....

Breen, pp. 101–102. Taxay, pp. v–vi, 161. Taxay, pp. 161–166. Swiatek, pp. 249–250. Taxay, p. 166. Swiatek, p. 250. Taxay, p. 161. Taxay, p. 165. Swiatek...

coin-size hubs by the Medallic Art Company of New York. Numismatic author Don Taxay felt it unjust that Parsons and Hawkins are given joint credit for the...

giving Raleigh's bust on the obverse a truncation which numismatic author Don Taxay described as "more graceful". One change Simpson made was to render Raleigh's...

metal was too expensive to use in a minor coin. Numismatic historian Don Taxay, in his history of the United States Mint and its coins, noted that Linderman...

mile territory's acquisition by peaceful means". Numismatic historian Don Taxay criticized Reich's medal, stating that it "is hardly elegant, with Jefferson...

McAdoo's order, the Illinois inscription was retained on the scroll. Don Taxay, in his book on commemoratives, speculated it might have been the Illinois...

various mottoes required by law to be present on the coinage. Numismatist Don Taxay, in his volume on the history of commemorative coins, speculated that...