KÜNER (Amer.). Engraver of the two rare Pattern 20 and 10 Dollar pieces of British Columbia, 1862, a specimen of each of which is in the National Collection ; the only other two known were in the Murdoch Collection and sold for ? 116 and € 53 respectively. Those in the British Museum were presented by F. Seymour, Governor of British Columbia, in 1864. Al. 20 Dollars. Obv. GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. A royal crown. R. 20 DOLLARS 1862 in three lines within oak-wreath; edge grained. Al. 10 Dollars. Same type as last, but with 10 in place of 20; edge grained. During the height of the gold fever in British Columbia, Colonel Gosilt, who was then Treasurer of the Province, established a mint at New Westminster, but before any coins had been struck, it was learned that no gold or silver coins could be issued except under the authority of the Queen in Council. By this Engraver is a medal on the Californian Railways, with bust of Washington, 1876. Bibliography. — Murdoch Sale Catalogue, July 1903. — Atkins, Colonial Coins and Tokens, ?c. — Breton, Coins ? Tokens relating to Canada, p. 187.
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
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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KOCH, JOHANN CHRISTIAN
KOCH, JOHANN CHRISTIAN (Germ.). Medallist of the first half of the eighteenth century; born at Aken on the Elbe in 1680 ; died in 1742 ; son of Nicolaus K. of Zerbst. He was a pupil of Christian Wermuth and Raimund Faltz ; entered about 1706 the service of the Dukes of Saxe-Gotha, for whom he worked until his death as Mint-engraver at Gotha, 1730-1742. By this Medallist are the following commemorative medals. Death of John William, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, 1707 (signed KOCH F. on obv. and KOCH. FECIT...
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KOCH, JOHANN CHRISTIAN (Germ.). Medallist of the first half of the eighteenth century; born at Aken on the Elbe in 1680 ; died in 1742 ; son of Nicolaus K. of Zerbst. He was a pupil of Christian Wermuth and Raimund Faltz ; entered about 1706 the service of the Dukes of Saxe-Gotha, for whom he worked until his death as Mint-engraver at Gotha, 1730-1742. By this Medallist are the following commemorative medals. Death of John William, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, 1707 (signed KOCH F. on obv. and KOCH. FECIT...
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KOCH, KILIAN
KOCH, KILIAN or CHILIAN (Germ.). A Nuremberg Countermanufacturer of the end of the sixteenth century. His counters, some of which are dated 1587, 1588, 1600, &c., are not quite so common as those of his great competitors, the KRAUWINKELS and their successors, the LAUFFERS, &c. A number of Counters by Kilian Koch are described in Neumann, Kupfer-Münzen, vol. V, nos 32203-21 ; also in Katalog des numismatisch sphragistischen Sammlungen des Herrn Heinrich Lempertz Senior Zu Köln, 1899, nos 4090-409...
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KOCH, KILIAN or CHILIAN (Germ.). A Nuremberg Countermanufacturer of the end of the sixteenth century. His counters, some of which are dated 1587, 1588, 1600, &c., are not quite so common as those of his great competitors, the KRAUWINKELS and their successors, the LAUFFERS, &c. A number of Counters by Kilian Koch are described in Neumann, Kupfer-Münzen, vol. V, nos 32203-21 ; also in Katalog des numismatisch sphragistischen Sammlungen des Herrn Heinrich Lempertz Senior Zu Köln, 1899, nos 4090-409...
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