BUSCA, BERTINO (Ital.). Mint-master at Ivrea, 5th September 1421 to 6th March 1426, then at Nyon from the 2nd December 1427 for a year, under Louis, Duke of Savoy. Bibliography. — Dr Ladé, Contribution á la Numismatique des ducs de Savoie, Revue suisse de numismatique, 1896.
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
Mint master:
In medieval and early modern Germany, the Münzmeister ("mint master", the Latin term is monetarius) was the director or administrator of a mint, a moneyer with responsibility for the minting of coins, or specie. His duties were defined differently at different locations and ages.
BRANDT, HENRI FRANCOIS
BRANDT, HENRI FRANCOIS (Swiss). 1789-1845. Medallist, born on the 13. January 1789 at La Chaux-de-Fonds (canton Neuchâtel). His first master in engraving was the watch-case-maker, Perret, in whose apprenticeship he was placed at the age of eleven, in 1800. Seven years later he went to Paris, where his fellow countryman, J. P. Droz, then Keeper of the Paris Medal Mint, procured a situation for him as Engraver of coin-dies, medals, &c. During his residence in France, Brandt studied under the paint...
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BRANDT, HENRI FRANCOIS (Swiss). 1789-1845. Medallist, born on the 13. January 1789 at La Chaux-de-Fonds (canton Neuchâtel). His first master in engraving was the watch-case-maker, Perret, in whose apprenticeship he was placed at the age of eleven, in 1800. Seven years later he went to Paris, where his fellow countryman, J. P. Droz, then Keeper of the Paris Medal Mint, procured a situation for him as Engraver of coin-dies, medals, &c. During his residence in France, Brandt studied under the paint...
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BRASHER, ABRAM
BRASHER, ABRAM (Amer.). Jeweller and Die-sinker of the latter end of the eighteenth century, who struck the extremely rare and valuable Brasher Doubloon. We find the following particulars of this interesting piece in the Proceedings of the American Numismatic and Archaeological Society, 1899, p. 17 : " Brasher issued his gold piece in 1787 ; it was about the size of a Spanish doubloon and was intended as a suggestion for a State coinage. On the obverse appears the rising sun, as on the arms of ...
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BRASHER, ABRAM (Amer.). Jeweller and Die-sinker of the latter end of the eighteenth century, who struck the extremely rare and valuable Brasher Doubloon. We find the following particulars of this interesting piece in the Proceedings of the American Numismatic and Archaeological Society, 1899, p. 17 : " Brasher issued his gold piece in 1787 ; it was about the size of a Spanish doubloon and was intended as a suggestion for a State coinage. On the obverse appears the rising sun, as on the arms of ...
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BRAUN, JOHANN BARTHOLOMAEUS
BRAUN, JOHANN BARTHOLOMAEUS (Germ.). Medallist of the seventeenth century, who worked circ. 1636-1666, and died in 1684. He resided at Nüremberg, and is mentioned as having modelled the patterns in wax of the medals of Bishop Philip Valentine of Bamberg. The following medals are said to be Braun's work : Melchior Otto Voit of Salzburg, Bishop of Bamberg, 1642- 1653 (undated); — Andreas Imhoof (1636); — Sigismund Gabriel Holzschuher (1642); — Christoph Fuerer (1645 and 1653); — Johann Jacob Tetze...
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BRAUN, JOHANN BARTHOLOMAEUS (Germ.). Medallist of the seventeenth century, who worked circ. 1636-1666, and died in 1684. He resided at Nüremberg, and is mentioned as having modelled the patterns in wax of the medals of Bishop Philip Valentine of Bamberg. The following medals are said to be Braun's work : Melchior Otto Voit of Salzburg, Bishop of Bamberg, 1642- 1653 (undated); — Andreas Imhoof (1636); — Sigismund Gabriel Holzschuher (1642); — Christoph Fuerer (1645 and 1653); — Johann Jacob Tetze...
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BREHMER, FRIEDRICH
BREHMER, FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Sculptor and Medallist, born on the 25th of November 1815, died at Hanover on the 2nd February 1889. He was appointed Mint-engraver and Medallist at the Royal Mint of Hanover in 1846. His bust of King Ernest Augustus, which appears on the Hanoverian coins from 1848 to 1851 and also on medals, as those commemorating the 81st Birthday of the Sovereign, 1851, and the Inauguration of the Ernest Augustus Monument at Hanover, 1861, is considered amongst the best works of th...
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BREHMER, FRIEDRICH (Germ.). Sculptor and Medallist, born on the 25th of November 1815, died at Hanover on the 2nd February 1889. He was appointed Mint-engraver and Medallist at the Royal Mint of Hanover in 1846. His bust of King Ernest Augustus, which appears on the Hanoverian coins from 1848 to 1851 and also on medals, as those commemorating the 81st Birthday of the Sovereign, 1851, and the Inauguration of the Ernest Augustus Monument at Hanover, 1861, is considered amongst the best works of th...
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