KÜCHLER, CONRAD HEINRICH (Germ.). Medallist and Coin-engraver of the last quarter of the eighteenth century and early part of the nineteenth. The precise dates of his birth and death I have been unable to ascertain. He was a native of Flanders, appears to have worked at first in Germany as Die-sinker at Darmstadt, 1763- 1772, Mannheim, 1766, and Frankfort-on-M., 1775, then in France, and probably came over to England about 1790, where for many years, perhaps until 1806, he was employed by Boulton at the Soho Mint, Birmingham. Joseph und Fellner give 1802 as the probable date of his death, which cannot be correct, as the copper coinage of 1805 and 1806, of an entirely new type, as well as tokens of Dublin, 1818-1821 are signed by him. While at Birmingham, Küchler cut the dies for a large number of English, Irish, Danish, Russian, Portuguese, &c., Coins, and Patterns of coins, amongst which I shall enumerate all the varieties known to me. Küchler's signature occurs under the following forms : H.C. KÜCHLER FEC. ; — C. H. K. FECIT ; — C. H. K. ; — K.; — K.; — .-. C. H. K. : — CHK ; — " C. H. Küchler", (S. Timmins, Birmingham and the Midland Hardware District, 1866, p. 564) " who sunk nearly the whole of the dies for the celebrated Soho coinage, and notably, for the wellknown Twopenny piece, worked mainly in the French style. He was at one time living at 22 Bride Court, Fleet Street, Birmingham, where he carried on business as Medal-engraver and Die-sinker. After having been many years at Soho, he quarrelled with Boulton, and seems to have endeci his days in straitened circumstances. He lies in Handsworth Churchyard, without a stone to mark his resting-place. At the time of his leaving Soho he had commenced the die for the celebrated medallion of Boulton, for finishing which Pidgeon afterwards received ?.300... Mills was employed after Küchler's departure ". Bibliography. — Hawkins, Franks & Grueber. Medallic Illustrations ?c. — Dr F. P. Weber, Medals and Medallions of the nineteenth century, ?c. — Grueber, B. M. Guide to the Exhibition of English Medals ?c. — Spink, Catalogue of Mr. Montagu's Collection of coins from George I . to Victoria, 1891. — Tancred, War Medals and Honorary Distinctions, 1891. — Bolzenthal, op. cit. — Grueber, Handbook of the Coins of Great Britain and Ireland, 1899. — Jörgensen, op. cit. — Thomseves Catalogue. — Hildebrand,op. cit. ,II, p. 204. — Paul Joseph & Eduard Fellner, Dr, Münzen von Frankfurt-am-Main, 1896. — H. A. Grueber, English Personal Medalsi Num. Chron., VIII, X & XII. — Catalogue of the Boulton Collection, sold at Sothebf Wilkinson ? Hodge, 1899. — Leroux, op. cit. — W. J. Davis, Token Coinage oy the Nineteenth Century, 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
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
KOENE, D.
KOENE, D. (Dutch). Medallist of the latter end of the seventeenth century, by whom are medals commemorating the return of William III. to Holland, &c. " His works " says Mr. Grueber " are very few, and little is known of him". The Engraver's signature : D. Koene or D. K- occurs on the following pieces : Fireworks at the Hague 26. Jan./ 5. Feb. 1691 on William III.'s return to Holland; — William's throne established, Oct. 1691 R. Four warriors, armed, defending an orange-tree; — Johann van Briene...
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KOENE, D. (Dutch). Medallist of the latter end of the seventeenth century, by whom are medals commemorating the return of William III. to Holland, &c. " His works " says Mr. Grueber " are very few, and little is known of him". The Engraver's signature : D. Koene or D. K- occurs on the following pieces : Fireworks at the Hague 26. Jan./ 5. Feb. 1691 on William III.'s return to Holland; — William's throne established, Oct. 1691 R. Four warriors, armed, defending an orange-tree; — Johann van Briene...
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KOENIG, ANTONI
KOENIG, ANTONI (Austr.). Mint-engraver at Hall in Tyrol, 1723-1743. Probably a son of Johann Antoni Koenig or Khunig. By him are perhaps the Günzburg Thalers of 1765, 1766, &c. (signed : A. K.) ; — The Archduchess Marie-Antoinette arrives at Günzburg, 1770 (R. only); — The Archduke Leopold and consort, and Duke Charles of Lorraine and his sister Caroline visit Vienna, 1770; — Visit of T. H. to the Vienna Mint, 1770; — The Empress Maria Theresia lends prompt aid to the famished inhabitants of Wet...
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KOENIG, ANTONI (Austr.). Mint-engraver at Hall in Tyrol, 1723-1743. Probably a son of Johann Antoni Koenig or Khunig. By him are perhaps the Günzburg Thalers of 1765, 1766, &c. (signed : A. K.) ; — The Archduchess Marie-Antoinette arrives at Günzburg, 1770 (R. only); — The Archduke Leopold and consort, and Duke Charles of Lorraine and his sister Caroline visit Vienna, 1770; — Visit of T. H. to the Vienna Mint, 1770; — The Empress Maria Theresia lends prompt aid to the famished inhabitants of Wet...
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KOENIG, OTTFRIED
KOENIG, OTTFRIED (Germ.). Medallist at Moscow, 1718-1724, whose productions are signed 0. K. Schlickeysen observes that this signature (and also K. 0.) occurs on medals of Peter the Great, for which however dies of the Augsburg Medallist P. H. Müller, who died in 1718, were used. The Moscow Roubles of 1718-1724 are the work of Koenig (one of 1724 illustrated), and apparently also the following medals : Second Expedition of the Russian Fleet to Finland; — Another, on the sameevent; R. A variety o...
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KOENIG, OTTFRIED (Germ.). Medallist at Moscow, 1718-1724, whose productions are signed 0. K. Schlickeysen observes that this signature (and also K. 0.) occurs on medals of Peter the Great, for which however dies of the Augsburg Medallist P. H. Müller, who died in 1718, were used. The Moscow Roubles of 1718-1724 are the work of Koenig (one of 1724 illustrated), and apparently also the following medals : Second Expedition of the Russian Fleet to Finland; — Another, on the sameevent; R. A variety o...
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KOCH, JOHANN
KOCH, JOHANN (Germ.). Mint-master at Dresden, 1688-1698. His initials occur on the coins issued by him of John George III. of Saxony: Thalers, Gulden, &c. of 1690, Begräbnissthalers, Gulden, &c. of 1691; — John George IV : Reichsthaler, 1691 (illustrated); Thaler on the Elector's Inauguration as a Knight of the Order of the Garter; " Begräbnissthalers", and Gulden, 1694; — Frederick Augustus I. : Thaler (illustrated) and subdivisions of 1696, Courant- Thaler on the Birth of the Prince Elector Fr...
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KOCH, JOHANN (Germ.). Mint-master at Dresden, 1688-1698. His initials occur on the coins issued by him of John George III. of Saxony: Thalers, Gulden, &c. of 1690, Begräbnissthalers, Gulden, &c. of 1691; — John George IV : Reichsthaler, 1691 (illustrated); Thaler on the Elector's Inauguration as a Knight of the Order of the Garter; " Begräbnissthalers", and Gulden, 1694; — Frederick Augustus I. : Thaler (illustrated) and subdivisions of 1696, Courant- Thaler on the Birth of the Prince Elector Fr...
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