KOCH, ISAAC (Germ.). Mint-master at Stockholm, 1652-1664.
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.
KEMPEN & SON, J. M. VAN
KEMPEN & SON, J. M. VAN (Dutch). Die-sinking Establishment at Voorschoten (Holland). This firm has issued a number of medals, some of which were engraved by the Goldsmith F. de Leeuw. One of these commemorates the Seventh Centenary of the Foundation of Bois le-Duc, 1885 ; two others were struck on the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, 1865, and are fully described in Zwierzina, Beschrijving der Nederlandsche of op Nederland en Nederlanders betrekking hebbende Penningen, &c., nos 47 and...
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KEMPEN & SON, J. M. VAN (Dutch). Die-sinking Establishment at Voorschoten (Holland). This firm has issued a number of medals, some of which were engraved by the Goldsmith F. de Leeuw. One of these commemorates the Seventh Centenary of the Foundation of Bois le-Duc, 1885 ; two others were struck on the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, 1865, and are fully described in Zwierzina, Beschrijving der Nederlandsche of op Nederland en Nederlanders betrekking hebbende Penningen, &c., nos 47 and...
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KEMPSON, PETER
KEMPSON, PETER (Brit.). Medallist (Maker of Buttons, Medals, &c.) of the latter end of the eighteenth century, residing at Birmingham, where in 1801 he entered into partnership with SAMUEL KINDON, under the style of KEMPSON AND KINDON. Peter and Thomas Wyon were both employed by Kempson to engrave Tokens, and J. G. Hancock to cut " a series of medals commemorating the Victories of the British armies over Napoleon, the Union with Ireland, George III., and Statesmen of the time ". Amongst Kempson'...
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KEMPSON, PETER (Brit.). Medallist (Maker of Buttons, Medals, &c.) of the latter end of the eighteenth century, residing at Birmingham, where in 1801 he entered into partnership with SAMUEL KINDON, under the style of KEMPSON AND KINDON. Peter and Thomas Wyon were both employed by Kempson to engrave Tokens, and J. G. Hancock to cut " a series of medals commemorating the Victories of the British armies over Napoleon, the Union with Ireland, George III., and Statesmen of the time ". Amongst Kempson'...
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KETTLE & SONS
KETTLE & SONS (Brit.). Die-sinkers and Counter Manufacturers of Birmingham ; in the early part of the nineteenth century. Their signature K. & S. occurs on the following pieces which I have come across : Medal on the Peace of Paris, 1814, with busts jugate to r. of the Tsar, the King of Prussia, the Duke of Wellington, and Marshal Blücher; — Imitation Seven-Shilling Piece, 1798, signed H. K. (H. Kettle) ; — Imitation Spade Guinea of George III., in brass, struck to commemorate various Musical Fe...
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KETTLE & SONS (Brit.). Die-sinkers and Counter Manufacturers of Birmingham ; in the early part of the nineteenth century. Their signature K. & S. occurs on the following pieces which I have come across : Medal on the Peace of Paris, 1814, with busts jugate to r. of the Tsar, the King of Prussia, the Duke of Wellington, and Marshal Blücher; — Imitation Seven-Shilling Piece, 1798, signed H. K. (H. Kettle) ; — Imitation Spade Guinea of George III., in brass, struck to commemorate various Musical Fe...
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KEY, WILLIAM H.
KEY, WILLIAM H. (Amer.). Assistant-engraver at the Philadelphia Mint, appointed in 1864 and still in service in 1892. He is a native of Brooklyn, and an expert Die-sinker. We owe to him the Kane Expedition and Archbishop Wood Medals, various Pattern pieces and many Dies of the current U. S. coinage ; also : Washington Medal (2 var.), 1878 (signed : KEY) of the Harzfeld Series; — Lafayette Medal (2 var.) of the same Series (signed : W. H. KEY F.); — E. K. Price, an American Numismatist, 1879; — J...
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KEY, WILLIAM H. (Amer.). Assistant-engraver at the Philadelphia Mint, appointed in 1864 and still in service in 1892. He is a native of Brooklyn, and an expert Die-sinker. We owe to him the Kane Expedition and Archbishop Wood Medals, various Pattern pieces and many Dies of the current U. S. coinage ; also : Washington Medal (2 var.), 1878 (signed : KEY) of the Harzfeld Series; — Lafayette Medal (2 var.) of the same Series (signed : W. H. KEY F.); — E. K. Price, an American Numismatist, 1879; — J...
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