JOACHIM GARLIEB. Mint-master at Rostock, 1796.
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.
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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