GUESZ, HANS (Austr.). Coin-engraver at the Mint of Kremnitz, 1618-1648. He prepared dies for a Hungarian coinage of Ducats, Thalers, Half, and Quarter-Thalers, of various dates. He also engraved several medals, signed H. G. : Portrait-medal of Ferdi- nand II., as King of Hungary, 1618 ; — Prize Medal for the Kremnitz College, 1618; — Religious medal; — Commemorative medal of the Diet of Ratisbon, 1633; — Ferdinand III., 1638; — Ferdinand III. and Queen Maria Anna; — Susanna Hoflinger; — Johann von Wendenstain, 1628; — Hermann Roth von Rothenfels, 1632; — Religious Medal (Talisman) of 1628; — Religious medals of 1633, 1634, 1648, and undated, etc.; — Thalers, Half, and Quarter Thalers for Hungary, 1648 ; — Portrait-medal of Ferdinand III. ; — Marriage of Ferdinand III. with Maria Leopoldina of Austria, 1648, etc. Bibliography. — Katalog der Münz-und Medaillen-Stempel-Sammlung des K. K. Hauptmünzamtes in Wien, 1902.
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
GODOFFRE, CLAUDE
GODOFFRE, CLAUDE (French). Coin-engraver at the Mint of Lyons, 1594-1612. Son of Pierre Godoffre. He was appointed on the 14th of April 1594 tailleur particulier de la monnaie" and obtained from the King, on the 5th of May of the same year, con- firmation of his nomination. In 1595 this Engraver was actively employed in the execution of coin-dies. Testoons struck at Lyons in 1602 bear I.B. (for Jean de Bourges, Mint-master) and a cres- cent with mullet which is probably Godoffre's sign. This art...
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GODOFFRE, CLAUDE (French). Coin-engraver at the Mint of Lyons, 1594-1612. Son of Pierre Godoffre. He was appointed on the 14th of April 1594 tailleur particulier de la monnaie" and obtained from the King, on the 5th of May of the same year, con- firmation of his nomination. In 1595 this Engraver was actively employed in the execution of coin-dies. Testoons struck at Lyons in 1602 bear I.B. (for Jean de Bourges, Mint-master) and a cres- cent with mullet which is probably Godoffre's sign. This art...
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GODOFFRE, PIERRE
GODOFFRE, PIERRE (French). Coin-engraver at the Mint of Lyons, 1574-1594. He engraved the dies for the Deniers douzains issued in the name of Cardinal de Bourbon, proclaimed King in 1589 under the name of Charles X., and struck until 1594. He resigned office in April 1594 in favour of his son Claude Godoffre. His name appears on Mint documents as " Tailleur Pierre Godoffre ". In 1594, the Masters and Officers of the Mint were ordered, " not to strike any coins of gold, silver, or billon under ch...
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GODOFFRE, PIERRE (French). Coin-engraver at the Mint of Lyons, 1574-1594. He engraved the dies for the Deniers douzains issued in the name of Cardinal de Bourbon, proclaimed King in 1589 under the name of Charles X., and struck until 1594. He resigned office in April 1594 in favour of his son Claude Godoffre. His name appears on Mint documents as " Tailleur Pierre Godoffre ". In 1594, the Masters and Officers of the Mint were ordered, " not to strike any coins of gold, silver, or billon under ch...
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GOETZE, GOTTLIEB
GOETZE, GOTTLIEB (Germ.). Medallist of the second quarter of the nineteenth century. He filled the post of Medallist to the Mint at Berlin, between 1830-1840, when on account of increasing blindness he retired to his native town of Suhl. This talented artist would have accomplished much more, had not his failing eyesight obliged him to give up his profession. One of his best medals, that of the great sculptor Thorwaldsen (illustrated) exhibits uncommon skill of execu- tion ; the drawing is good ...
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GOETZE, GOTTLIEB (Germ.). Medallist of the second quarter of the nineteenth century. He filled the post of Medallist to the Mint at Berlin, between 1830-1840, when on account of increasing blindness he retired to his native town of Suhl. This talented artist would have accomplished much more, had not his failing eyesight obliged him to give up his profession. One of his best medals, that of the great sculptor Thorwaldsen (illustrated) exhibits uncommon skill of execu- tion ; the drawing is good ...
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GOETZINGER, JOHANN SAMUEL
GOETZINGER, JOHANN SAMUEL (Germ.). Medallist, Coin, and Gem-engraver, of the second half of the eighteenth century, 1734- 1791. Most of his medals illustrate the history of Margraves Charles William Frederick, and Alexander. As early as 1752, the initial G of Goetzinger appears on coins ot Brandenburg. The Reimmann Collection comprised the following signed coins and medals by this Engraver : Reichsthaler of 1752, with bust of Charles William Frederick of Brandenburg; — Gulden of 1753 (signed I S...
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GOETZINGER, JOHANN SAMUEL (Germ.). Medallist, Coin, and Gem-engraver, of the second half of the eighteenth century, 1734- 1791. Most of his medals illustrate the history of Margraves Charles William Frederick, and Alexander. As early as 1752, the initial G of Goetzinger appears on coins ot Brandenburg. The Reimmann Collection comprised the following signed coins and medals by this Engraver : Reichsthaler of 1752, with bust of Charles William Frederick of Brandenburg; — Gulden of 1753 (signed I S...
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