BRIGONNET (French). Die-sinker of the first half ot the nineteenth century. He executed a Pattern 5 Franc piece of Charles X.
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
BOOTH, WILLIAM
BOOTH, WILLIAM (Brit.). " A notorious Forger, at Perry Bar, Staffordshire, issued a penny token of his own as a blind for having a coining machine in his house. The collar in which his coin was struck was exactly the same size as the Bank of England token, which, it is believed he freely counterfeited. He forged the notes of the Bank of England and was eventually detected, tried, found guilty, and executed at Stafford ". Bibliography. — Maberly Phillips, The Token Money of the Bank of England, L...
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BOOTH, WILLIAM (Brit.). " A notorious Forger, at Perry Bar, Staffordshire, issued a penny token of his own as a blind for having a coining machine in his house. The collar in which his coin was struck was exactly the same size as the Bank of England token, which, it is believed he freely counterfeited. He forged the notes of the Bank of England and was eventually detected, tried, found guilty, and executed at Stafford ". Bibliography. — Maberly Phillips, The Token Money of the Bank of England, L...
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BORATINI, TITIUS LIVIUS
BORATINI, TITIUS LIVIUS (Pol.). His name appears for the first time in Polish records in 1658, when he received a concession to work the Krakau Mint. In 1659 he was ordered to strike one million copper Shillings, and between 1663 and 1665 he issued again Shillings to the value of 6.690.822 Gulden 26 Groschen. In this transaction Boratini is said to have made a profit of 832.600 Gulden. At the Mint of Ujazdow and at other Lithuanian Mints, Boratini struck seven million Shillings, from 1660-1666. ...
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BORATINI, TITIUS LIVIUS (Pol.). His name appears for the first time in Polish records in 1658, when he received a concession to work the Krakau Mint. In 1659 he was ordered to strike one million copper Shillings, and between 1663 and 1665 he issued again Shillings to the value of 6.690.822 Gulden 26 Groschen. In this transaction Boratini is said to have made a profit of 832.600 Gulden. At the Mint of Ujazdow and at other Lithuanian Mints, Boratini struck seven million Shillings, from 1660-1666. ...
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BORNER, PETER PAUL
BORNER, PETER PAUL (Swiss). Medallist, and Coin-engraver, born at Lucerne, 10. January 1656 (1657?), worked at the Mint of Rome, and died in 1727. Hecut, in a bold style, Portrait-medals of the Popes Alexander VII., Innocent XII., and Clement XI. Between 1677 and 1697 he was receiving a monthly allowance of 10 Florins. He also engraved a number of the scudi issued by these pontiffs. His signature (P. P. BORNER F; — P. BORNER F. ; — P. B. ; — B. F. ; — BORNER, F. ; —or P.P.B.F.) appears on Scudi ...
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BORNER, PETER PAUL (Swiss). Medallist, and Coin-engraver, born at Lucerne, 10. January 1656 (1657?), worked at the Mint of Rome, and died in 1727. Hecut, in a bold style, Portrait-medals of the Popes Alexander VII., Innocent XII., and Clement XI. Between 1677 and 1697 he was receiving a monthly allowance of 10 Florins. He also engraved a number of the scudi issued by these pontiffs. His signature (P. P. BORNER F; — P. BORNER F. ; — P. B. ; — B. F. ; — BORNER, F. ; —or P.P.B.F.) appears on Scudi ...
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BORREL, ALFRED
BORREL, ALFRED (French). Medallist ; son of Valentin Maurice Borrel; he studied under his father, Jouffroy, and Merley. He was born at Paris in 1836, and became a pupil of the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1856. He obtained the second Grand Prix de Rome in 1860, a Mention honorable at the Salon of the Champs-Elysées in 1863, the third Medal at the Salon of 1880, the second in 1890, and the first in 1896. Member of the Jury at the Salon of 1893; Academy Officer, 1881 ; Officer of Public Instruction, 18...
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BORREL, ALFRED (French). Medallist ; son of Valentin Maurice Borrel; he studied under his father, Jouffroy, and Merley. He was born at Paris in 1836, and became a pupil of the Ecole des Beaux Arts in 1856. He obtained the second Grand Prix de Rome in 1860, a Mention honorable at the Salon of the Champs-Elysées in 1863, the third Medal at the Salon of 1880, the second in 1890, and the first in 1896. Member of the Jury at the Salon of 1893; Academy Officer, 1881 ; Officer of Public Instruction, 18...
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