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Don Paul Taxay was an American numismatist and historian, known for the reference works he composed, and for his disappearance at the height of his career. Taxay's first published work was ''Counterfeit, Mis-Struck and unofficial U.S. Coins'', in 1963, followed by ''The U.S. Mint and Coinage'' in 1966 (which Gilroy Roberts called "the most complete and authoritative treatise on the subject ever written"),〔(THE U.S. MINT AND COINAGE, By Don Taxay ), at Kirkus Reviews, retrieved April 11, 2012〕 ''An Illustrated History of U.S. Commemorative Coinage'' in 1967, ''Money of the American Indians'' in 1970, and ''Scott's Comprehensive Catalogue and Encyclopedia of United States Coins'' in 1971. He also served as the curator of the Chase Manhattan Bank's Money Museum.〔 In 1974, he joined award-winning numismatist Harry Forman in establishing the coin dealership of Forman, Taxay and Associates.〔(ANA NAMES HARRY FORMAN 2000 NUMISMATIST OF THE YEAR ); August 12, 2000; by the American Numismatic Association, at money.org (via archive.org); retrieved April 11, 2011〕 In approximately 1977, Taxay withdrew from society. In 2005-2006, the members of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society's mailing list undertook a joint research project to discover what had happened to Taxay.〔(WHATEVER BECAME OF DON TAXAY? ), from ''The E-Sylum'' newsletter - Volume 8, Number 54, December 25, 2005, Article 10, by Wayne Homren; archived at coinbooks.org; retrieved April 11, 2012〕 They established that Taxay had been introduced to Indian spirituality by Walter Breen, and that as a result, Taxay became a Rajneeshee and emigrated to India.〔(DON TAXAY WHERE ARE YOU? ), from ''The E-Sylum'' newsletter - Volume 9, Number 1, January 1, 2006, Article 9 , by Wayne Homren; archived at coinbooks.org; retrieved April 11, 2012〕 Historian Karl Moultonwhose 2007 ''Henry Voigt and Others Involved in America's Early Coinage'' includes a chapter analyzing Taxay's historiographyspeculates that Taxay attempted to liquidate all his property so that he could donate his wealth to the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, and describes him as "brainwashed and untraceable", concluding that Taxay's ultimate fate may never be known.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Don Taxay」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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