HAUSEN, MARTIN (Germ.). Mint-master at Wiesbaden, 1592. He was a native of Cassel.
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.
HAIRT, JOHN
HAIRT, JOHN (Scotch). Moneyer, or Mint-master at Edinburgh, under Queen Mary. He appears to have been in office for a short time only, between 1560 and 1561, during John Achesoun's exile in France. In the Hopetoun MS, quoted by Burns, he is stated to have coined Ducats, "quhilkfor the maist pairt wes of gold gottin of gylt challices and vther Jowellis ", and Testons " of. . .deneyris fyne, V in the ounce, ilk pece weyand iiij deneyris xix griJ, having cowrse... VS ilk pece, fra the vij of Junij ...
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HAIRT, JOHN (Scotch). Moneyer, or Mint-master at Edinburgh, under Queen Mary. He appears to have been in office for a short time only, between 1560 and 1561, during John Achesoun's exile in France. In the Hopetoun MS, quoted by Burns, he is stated to have coined Ducats, "quhilkfor the maist pairt wes of gold gottin of gylt challices and vther Jowellis ", and Testons " of. . .deneyris fyne, V in the ounce, ilk pece weyand iiij deneyris xix griJ, having cowrse... VS ilk pece, fra the vij of Junij ...
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HALLAICHER, JOHANN LUDWIG
HALLAICHER, JOHANN LUDWIG (Germ.). Mint-master at Frankfort- on-Main, 1645-1667. He came from Augsburg, and was at first installed for a term of three years only, on the 20. January 1646. His distinctive sign consists of three acorns, which are seen on coins from 1646 to 1666, as well as on some undated Ducats. Besides the Gold Ducats, Hallaicher struck also Doppelthalers, Thalers, and Half-Thalers, Schiisselpfennige, Albuses, &c, and some medals of 1650 on the Conclusion of Peace at the end of ...
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HALLAICHER, JOHANN LUDWIG (Germ.). Mint-master at Frankfort- on-Main, 1645-1667. He came from Augsburg, and was at first installed for a term of three years only, on the 20. January 1646. His distinctive sign consists of three acorns, which are seen on coins from 1646 to 1666, as well as on some undated Ducats. Besides the Gold Ducats, Hallaicher struck also Doppelthalers, Thalers, and Half-Thalers, Schiisselpfennige, Albuses, &c, and some medals of 1650 on the Conclusion of Peace at the end of ...
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HALLER, CHRISTIAN
HALLER, CHRISTIAN (Austr.) Coin-engraver at the Mints of Vienna, 1777-1787, and Brussels, 1787-1793. This Engraver, "graveur scolaren ", who had been rewarded with a gold medal by the Austrian Academy, was engaged at the Mint of Brussels on the 7. April 1787 with a yearly stipend of 1000 German florins. When in 1793, General Dumouriez occupied Brussels, Haller went over to the French, and agreed to strike coins for them, but was hindered doing so by the arrival of the Austrians. Haller was born ...
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HALLER, CHRISTIAN (Austr.) Coin-engraver at the Mints of Vienna, 1777-1787, and Brussels, 1787-1793. This Engraver, "graveur scolaren ", who had been rewarded with a gold medal by the Austrian Academy, was engaged at the Mint of Brussels on the 7. April 1787 with a yearly stipend of 1000 German florins. When in 1793, General Dumouriez occupied Brussels, Haller went over to the French, and agreed to strike coins for them, but was hindered doing so by the arrival of the Austrians. Haller was born ...
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HALOU, ALFRED JEAN BAPTISTE PAUL
HALOU, ALFRED JEAN BAPTISTE PAUL (French). Sculptor, born at Blois, on March 23, 1829; pupil of Husson and Duret; entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1847. At the Salon of 1859, this artist exhibited Portrait-medallions of M. de La Saussaie, member of the Institute; — Pierre Dupuis; — M. Lafitte; — M. Martin; — M. Lancry; — M. Soubeyran, prefect of Loir-et-Cher ; — M. Vollon ; — Mme Bourdonneau ; — M. Bourdonneau ; — Doc- tor Boulay : in 1863, Mlle M. C*** ; 1864, Mlle de***; 1868, Mlle L. N***,...
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HALOU, ALFRED JEAN BAPTISTE PAUL (French). Sculptor, born at Blois, on March 23, 1829; pupil of Husson and Duret; entered the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in 1847. At the Salon of 1859, this artist exhibited Portrait-medallions of M. de La Saussaie, member of the Institute; — Pierre Dupuis; — M. Lafitte; — M. Martin; — M. Lancry; — M. Soubeyran, prefect of Loir-et-Cher ; — M. Vollon ; — Mme Bourdonneau ; — M. Bourdonneau ; — Doc- tor Boulay : in 1863, Mlle M. C*** ; 1864, Mlle de***; 1868, Mlle L. N***,...
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