GEORG NÜRNBERGER der Jüngere. Mint-master at Nuremberg, 1655-1677
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.
FUNCKE, SEBASTIAN
FUNCKE, SEBASTIAN (Germ.). Son of Andreas Funcke, and Mint-master at Schneeberg, Buchholz and Zwickau, 1530, 1556, and later. He probably died in 1569 or 1570, and was succeeded by his son Hans Funcke, who filled the post of Mint-master for six months, the Mint of Schneeberg having been closed in 1570. In a letter of the Elector Augustus addressed on the 21st of February, 1567, to the Emperor Maximilian II. from the camp before Gotha, he is named " Müntzmeister und lieben getrewen Sebastian Funk...
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FUNCKE, SEBASTIAN (Germ.). Son of Andreas Funcke, and Mint-master at Schneeberg, Buchholz and Zwickau, 1530, 1556, and later. He probably died in 1569 or 1570, and was succeeded by his son Hans Funcke, who filled the post of Mint-master for six months, the Mint of Schneeberg having been closed in 1570. In a letter of the Elector Augustus addressed on the 21st of February, 1567, to the Emperor Maximilian II. from the camp before Gotha, he is named " Müntzmeister und lieben getrewen Sebastian Funk...
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FURET, LOUIS
FURET, LOUIS (Swiss). Contemporary Die-sinking establishment of Geneva. M. L. Furet was the successor of Marc-Louis Bovy, at the old City Mint, Rue Chantepoulet 91, and is now in Rue de l'Arquebuse. He has issued a large number of medals, which will be found enumerated under the names of the engravers : Hugues Bovy, George Hantz, C. Richard, and other artists who are working for him. Between 1825 and 1848, the Geneva Mint always belonged to a member of the Bovy family, whom the government entrus...
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FURET, LOUIS (Swiss). Contemporary Die-sinking establishment of Geneva. M. L. Furet was the successor of Marc-Louis Bovy, at the old City Mint, Rue Chantepoulet 91, and is now in Rue de l'Arquebuse. He has issued a large number of medals, which will be found enumerated under the names of the engravers : Hugues Bovy, George Hantz, C. Richard, and other artists who are working for him. Between 1825 and 1848, the Geneva Mint always belonged to a member of the Bovy family, whom the government entrus...
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FÜRST, MORITZ
FÜRST, MORITZ (Hung.). Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century, born in 1782 near Pressburg in Hungary. He studied at Vienna and Milan, and was a pupil of J. N. Würth. In 1807, he went to the United States of America and in the following year obtained the appointment of Engraver at the Mint of Philadelphia, a post which he still filled in 1838. His signature : FURST F. appears on a large number of medals, some of which exhibit fair workmanship, according to Dr P. F. Weber's opinion...
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FÜRST, MORITZ (Hung.). Medallist of the first half of the nineteenth century, born in 1782 near Pressburg in Hungary. He studied at Vienna and Milan, and was a pupil of J. N. Würth. In 1807, he went to the United States of America and in the following year obtained the appointment of Engraver at the Mint of Philadelphia, a post which he still filled in 1838. His signature : FURST F. appears on a large number of medals, some of which exhibit fair workmanship, according to Dr P. F. Weber's opinion...
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FUTTER, KASPAR
FUTTER, KASPAR (Swiss). Mint-master at Lucerne, 1597- 1606. Betore 1592 he was employed at the Mint of Chur; then he became Mint-master at Zug and in the Valais fled to Italy ; became Mint-master to Count Agostino Spinola. Between 1601 and 1606, Futter issued currency for 188.000 Gulden. He was received a burgher of Lucerne, in 1597. Bibliography. — Dr Th. von Liebenau, Die Münzmeister von Luzern, Bulletin de la Société Suisse de numismatique, 1890. — F. Haas, Beiträge zu einer Luzernerischen Mü...
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FUTTER, KASPAR (Swiss). Mint-master at Lucerne, 1597- 1606. Betore 1592 he was employed at the Mint of Chur; then he became Mint-master at Zug and in the Valais fled to Italy ; became Mint-master to Count Agostino Spinola. Between 1601 and 1606, Futter issued currency for 188.000 Gulden. He was received a burgher of Lucerne, in 1597. Bibliography. — Dr Th. von Liebenau, Die Münzmeister von Luzern, Bulletin de la Société Suisse de numismatique, 1890. — F. Haas, Beiträge zu einer Luzernerischen Mü...
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