JOHANN FRIEDRICH FREUND. Mint-master at Altona, 1819-1848.
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.
JAEGER, REINHARD
JAEGER, REINHARD or RICHARD (Germ.). A native of Einbeck; Mint-master at Leipzig, before 1621; appointed joint Mint-master at Crossen with Basilius Bernhard in 1621 ; incarcerated on October 31., 1623, with Jamnitzer and other colleagues ; released in 1624, but applied in vain for the wardenship of the Ratibor mint in 1625. Coins issued at Crossen 1622-1623 bear this Mint-master's distinctive mark : hunting-horn between stag's horns. This mark appears also on " Klippe " coins of Leipzig, 1622 (G...
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JAEGER, REINHARD or RICHARD (Germ.). A native of Einbeck; Mint-master at Leipzig, before 1621; appointed joint Mint-master at Crossen with Basilius Bernhard in 1621 ; incarcerated on October 31., 1623, with Jamnitzer and other colleagues ; released in 1624, but applied in vain for the wardenship of the Ratibor mint in 1625. Coins issued at Crossen 1622-1623 bear this Mint-master's distinctive mark : hunting-horn between stag's horns. This mark appears also on " Klippe " coins of Leipzig, 1622 (G...
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JAHN, VALENTIN
JAHN, VALENTIN (Pol.). Mint-master and Contractor of the Mints of Posen and Fraustadt, 1592-1595; Bromberg, November 1594- July 1595. On the 9th of July 1592, Jahn took the oath as Mintmaster at Posen, and on the 24th of October 1594, he installed Johannes Dittmar as administrator there (administrator seu provisor). In 1600 he again contracted to work the Mint of Fraustadt, which he did until 1603. His name occurs also as Jans, Johns, Jonas and Jonghe. From 1603 to 1613 he worked the Mint at Jä...
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JAHN, VALENTIN (Pol.). Mint-master and Contractor of the Mints of Posen and Fraustadt, 1592-1595; Bromberg, November 1594- July 1595. On the 9th of July 1592, Jahn took the oath as Mintmaster at Posen, and on the 24th of October 1594, he installed Johannes Dittmar as administrator there (administrator seu provisor). In 1600 he again contracted to work the Mint of Fraustadt, which he did until 1603. His name occurs also as Jans, Johns, Jonas and Jonghe. From 1603 to 1613 he worked the Mint at Jä...
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JACHTMANN, JOHANN LUDWIG
JACHTMANN, JOHANN LUDWIG (Germ.). Medallist, born at Berlin in 1776, where he died in 1842. " This Engraver ", says Bolzenthal, " learned the art of Stierle; however in style and composition he progressed with the age, as we may perceive by his medals of reward for Arts and Sciences, struck to commemorate the third centenary of Alb. Dürer, and the Prize medal of the Royal Academy of Arts. He always endeavoured to produce something better than the last. For some time, Jachtmann endeavoured to exe...
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JACHTMANN, JOHANN LUDWIG (Germ.). Medallist, born at Berlin in 1776, where he died in 1842. " This Engraver ", says Bolzenthal, " learned the art of Stierle; however in style and composition he progressed with the age, as we may perceive by his medals of reward for Arts and Sciences, struck to commemorate the third centenary of Alb. Dürer, and the Prize medal of the Royal Academy of Arts. He always endeavoured to produce something better than the last. For some time, Jachtmann endeavoured to exe...
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JALEY, LOUIS
JALEY, LOUIS (French). Medallist, born at Charité-sur-Loire, near St. Etienne (Loire) in 1763 ; died at Paris in 1838. He was a pupil of Moitte and Dupré, and distinguished himself as an Engraver of medals of the Napoleonic series. His signature appears on the R of the following; 1804, Consecration of Napoleon I., by Pope Pius VII. ; — 1805, Coronation of Napoleon I. as King of Italy, at Milan, 1805 (R The crown of Agilulphus, King of the Lombards); — 1805, Capitulation of Ulm and Memmingen; — 1...
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JALEY, LOUIS (French). Medallist, born at Charité-sur-Loire, near St. Etienne (Loire) in 1763 ; died at Paris in 1838. He was a pupil of Moitte and Dupré, and distinguished himself as an Engraver of medals of the Napoleonic series. His signature appears on the R of the following; 1804, Consecration of Napoleon I., by Pope Pius VII. ; — 1805, Coronation of Napoleon I. as King of Italy, at Milan, 1805 (R The crown of Agilulphus, King of the Lombards); — 1805, Capitulation of Ulm and Memmingen; — 1...
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