JES (Bohem.). Mint-engraver at Kuttenberg, 1483.
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
JACOB, HANS (3.)
JACOB, HANS or JAKOB (Germ.). Father of JOHANN HEINRICH JACOB. Mint-master at Dresden and Eisleben, circa 1618-1627, and before that at Saalfeld, 1612-1618. He died on January 24, 1635. Vide Friedensburg, Studien zur schlesischen Medaillenkunde, p. 59. In 1627, he placed the contract to work the Breslau Mint with his son and his brother-in-law Hans Ziesler. Whether Ammon, Sammlung etc., p. 29 in mentioning Hans Jakob as Mint-master at Anhalt, 1615-1618 is right, I have not been able to confirm. ...
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JACOB, HANS or JAKOB (Germ.). Father of JOHANN HEINRICH JACOB. Mint-master at Dresden and Eisleben, circa 1618-1627, and before that at Saalfeld, 1612-1618. He died on January 24, 1635. Vide Friedensburg, Studien zur schlesischen Medaillenkunde, p. 59. In 1627, he placed the contract to work the Breslau Mint with his son and his brother-in-law Hans Ziesler. Whether Ammon, Sammlung etc., p. 29 in mentioning Hans Jakob as Mint-master at Anhalt, 1615-1618 is right, I have not been able to confirm. ...
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JACOB, JOHANN HEINRICH
JACOB, JOHANN HEINRICH or HANS HEINRICH JACOB (Germ.). Son of Hans Jacob, the Dresden Mint-master. Between 17.. July 1627 and 1629, he worked the Breslau Mint in connection with his uncle Hans Ziesler. From 1629 to 1631 he was Mint-master at Sagan, in Wallenstein's service, on whose currency the monogram H X I occurs. He may have again been connected with the Breslau Mint, but a document of 1631 only names Ziesler. It is doubtful whether the initials H-I on a square Double Thaler of Archduke Cha...
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JACOB, JOHANN HEINRICH or HANS HEINRICH JACOB (Germ.). Son of Hans Jacob, the Dresden Mint-master. Between 17.. July 1627 and 1629, he worked the Breslau Mint in connection with his uncle Hans Ziesler. From 1629 to 1631 he was Mint-master at Sagan, in Wallenstein's service, on whose currency the monogram H X I occurs. He may have again been connected with the Breslau Mint, but a document of 1631 only names Ziesler. It is doubtful whether the initials H-I on a square Double Thaler of Archduke Cha...
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JACOBS, B.
JACOBS, B. (Brit.). A London Die-sinker of the latter part of the eighteenth century. His signature appears on numerous eighteenth century tradesmen's tokens : Evesham (Manufacturer : Skidmore ; Proprietor : J. Thomson); — Inverness (R. by Milton; Propr. : Conder); — Blackfriars Token; — London Tokens (various); — Rye (Man : Skidmore ; Propr. : G. Bennett) ; — Flitwick 1/2D, 1797 - — Cambridge Pennies (several varieties); — Chesterton ID ; — Cambridge Halfpennies and Farthings (various, some uns...
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JACOBS, B. (Brit.). A London Die-sinker of the latter part of the eighteenth century. His signature appears on numerous eighteenth century tradesmen's tokens : Evesham (Manufacturer : Skidmore ; Proprietor : J. Thomson); — Inverness (R. by Milton; Propr. : Conder); — Blackfriars Token; — London Tokens (various); — Rye (Man : Skidmore ; Propr. : G. Bennett) ; — Flitwick 1/2D, 1797 - — Cambridge Pennies (several varieties); — Chesterton ID ; — Cambridge Halfpennies and Farthings (various, some uns...
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JACOBSON, JOHANN
JACOBSON, JOHANN or JACOB (Germ.) came from Emden over Danzig to Poland in 1617, where he contracted to work the Bromberg Mint. His distinctive mark I. I. — V. E. occurs for the first time on a medallic Thaler of that year. Until 1623 he administered only the Bromberg Mint, but after that date he extended his superintendence over the mints of Wilna, Warsaw and Krakaw; in fact, between 1623 and 1639 he was Administrator-general of all the Crown Mints and of those of Lithuania. In 1630, he leased ...
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JACOBSON, JOHANN or JACOB (Germ.) came from Emden over Danzig to Poland in 1617, where he contracted to work the Bromberg Mint. His distinctive mark I. I. — V. E. occurs for the first time on a medallic Thaler of that year. Until 1623 he administered only the Bromberg Mint, but after that date he extended his superintendence over the mints of Wilna, Warsaw and Krakaw; in fact, between 1623 and 1639 he was Administrator-general of all the Crown Mints and of those of Lithuania. In 1630, he leased ...
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