BUSHELL, THOMAS (Brit.). Mint-master at Aberystwith and Oxford during the reign of Charles I. " On the 30th of July 1637, a mint was established in the castle of Aberystwith, in the county of Cardigan and principality of Wales, for the purpose of refining and coining the silver drawn from the mines in that principality, the coins to be marked on both sides with the feathers, for a clear difference from other monies. The indenture with Mr. Bushell, master and worker of the Mint, bore the same date, and authorized him to coin half-crowns, shillings, half-shillings, two penny pieces, and pennies, of the same value as those coined in the-Tower of London. And by a commission dated on the 22d of October, he was empowered to add groats, three penny pieces, and half-pennies " (Ruuing, Vol. I, 391). In 1642, Bushell was at Oxford in the same capacity. A letter, given by Ruding, reads as follows : "From the College Register of All Souls. Jan. 6, 1642. The king's letter to the college, to deliver their plate to Sir William Parkhurst and Thomas Bushell esq., masters of the mint, to be repaid, as soon as God shall enable us, after the rate of five shillings per ounce white silver, and five shillings sixpence gilt silver". Folkes's Table of English Silver Coins has an interesting note on p. 85 : " Mr. Bushell having obtained a grant from the king to coin silver, clothed the king's army at Oxford, and brought the said mint to serve the king's present occasion in his garrison there, when his mint in the Tower was denied him. The mint-mark upon some of the coins struck in this mint is the letter B, which is conjectured to refer to this person. " Oliver Cromwell reinstated him in his office of master of the Aberystwith Mint, and the grant was confirmed and ratified to him in 1658 by the Protector, Richard. Bushell's name appears on Mine Share tickets of 1660, with bust of Francis Bacon and R. legend DEVS. EST.QUI.CLAVSA. RECLVDIT, of which at least three varieties are known. Bibliography. — Ruding, Annals of the Coinage of Great Britain, London, 1840, — M. Folkes, Table of English Silver Coins.
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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