DORNSTRAUCH, RUDOLF (Germ.). Mint-master at Celle, 1673- 1685.
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.
DEPAULIS, ALEXIS JOSEPH
DEPAULIS, ALEXIS JOSEPH (French) 1790-1867. Medallist, born at Paris ; pupil of Andrieu and Cartellier ; entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts on the 24th of August, 1813 ; obtained a second-class medal in 1827, and a first class in 1833 ; decorated with the Legion of Honour in 1834. Amongst the numerous medals exhibited by him at the Salon from 1819 to the year of his death, I may note the following : Louis XVIII. ; — Martin Luther, after Holbein ; — Suger; — Ambroise Paré; — Jacques Amyot, 1819; — ...
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DEPAULIS, ALEXIS JOSEPH (French) 1790-1867. Medallist, born at Paris ; pupil of Andrieu and Cartellier ; entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts on the 24th of August, 1813 ; obtained a second-class medal in 1827, and a first class in 1833 ; decorated with the Legion of Honour in 1834. Amongst the numerous medals exhibited by him at the Salon from 1819 to the year of his death, I may note the following : Louis XVIII. ; — Martin Luther, after Holbein ; — Suger; — Ambroise Paré; — Jacques Amyot, 1819; — ...
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DERICK, ANTHONIE
DERICK, ANTHONIE (Brit.). Engraver at the London Mint under Edward VI. (anno 6), and from the second to the eighteenth year of Elizabeth. He is said to have succeeded Robert, on the latter's decease (Harl. MSS. n° 698, folio 51). In the same document, when the name of this engraver reappears under Elizabeth, it is spelt Anthony Derick. During his tenure of office, important alterations were made in the currency, which had become so debased as to give rise to general discontent, which found vent ...
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DERICK, ANTHONIE (Brit.). Engraver at the London Mint under Edward VI. (anno 6), and from the second to the eighteenth year of Elizabeth. He is said to have succeeded Robert, on the latter's decease (Harl. MSS. n° 698, folio 51). In the same document, when the name of this engraver reappears under Elizabeth, it is spelt Anthony Derick. During his tenure of office, important alterations were made in the currency, which had become so debased as to give rise to general discontent, which found vent ...
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DERNBACH, BERNHARD
DERNBACH, BERNHARD (Genu.). Warden of the Mint of Frankfort on Main, 1452-54. He coined Tournois, Englische, and Hellers, also Half Hellers or Hälblings. On some of these coins appears which Rüppel has taken to be the initial of Dernbach ; it really stands for Conrad von Weinsberg, Mint-master, as the following record from a document of 1432 proves beyond doubt : " Conrat herre zu Winsperg... möge Stempel schneiden lassen...Bibliography. — Paul Joseph u. Ed. Fellner, Die Münzen von Frankfurt am...
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DERNBACH, BERNHARD (Genu.). Warden of the Mint of Frankfort on Main, 1452-54. He coined Tournois, Englische, and Hellers, also Half Hellers or Hälblings. On some of these coins appears which Rüppel has taken to be the initial of Dernbach ; it really stands for Conrad von Weinsberg, Mint-master, as the following record from a document of 1432 proves beyond doubt : " Conrat herre zu Winsperg... möge Stempel schneiden lassen...Bibliography. — Paul Joseph u. Ed. Fellner, Die Münzen von Frankfurt am...
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DERVIEUX, MICHEL
DERVIEUX, MICHEL (French). Forger of coins of the seventeenth century. We read the following note in the Numismatic Chronicle, 1843, p. 54 : " Those who, after the Paduans, acquired the greatest notoriety in making false coins were : Michael Dervieux, who established himself at Florence, where he counterfeited all kinds of ancient coins and medals, but chiefly bronze medallions : these pieces, for the most part, are very thick and large, wide clefts are cut in the sides, and the types are too co...
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DERVIEUX, MICHEL (French). Forger of coins of the seventeenth century. We read the following note in the Numismatic Chronicle, 1843, p. 54 : " Those who, after the Paduans, acquired the greatest notoriety in making false coins were : Michael Dervieux, who established himself at Florence, where he counterfeited all kinds of ancient coins and medals, but chiefly bronze medallions : these pieces, for the most part, are very thick and large, wide clefts are cut in the sides, and the types are too co...
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