LEHNER, HAUBOLD (Germ.). Mint-master at Ratisbon, 1598; died in 1628. He was a Goldsmith by profession, and is mentioned as such in documents of 1581, 1582, etc. Bibliography. — W. §chratz, Urkunden, Regesten und Notizen zur Münz- geschichte Regensburgs von 1200 bis 1600, Mitth. Bayer N. G., III. 51.
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.
LAUER, HANS CHRISTOPH
LAUER, HANS CHRISTOPH (Germ.). Mint-master at Nuremberg, 1623-1639 (Kull, II, 710). Lauer was a Goldsmith by profession, and according to Gebert, he applied for the post of Master of the Mint in October 1618, and already in the same year, on the 9. December, he was entrusted with the issue of 150 Goldgulden for Würzburg, which bear his distinctive mark, a star. In 1619, Lauer restruck a large number of foreign gold coins into Nuremberg Goldgulden; again in 1620, and 1621, he was ordered to coin ...
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LAUER, HANS CHRISTOPH (Germ.). Mint-master at Nuremberg, 1623-1639 (Kull, II, 710). Lauer was a Goldsmith by profession, and according to Gebert, he applied for the post of Master of the Mint in October 1618, and already in the same year, on the 9. December, he was entrusted with the issue of 150 Goldgulden for Würzburg, which bear his distinctive mark, a star. In 1619, Lauer restruck a large number of foreign gold coins into Nuremberg Goldgulden; again in 1620, and 1621, he was ordered to coin ...
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LAUER, LUDWIG CHRISTOPH
LAUER, LUDWIG CHRISTOPH (Germ.). Die-sinking establishment, founded in 1729, and reconstructed in 1860 under the style of “ Münz-Präge Anstalt L. Chr. Lauer", Kleinweidenmühle No. 12, Nuremberg. Begun in modest circumstances, the Lauer business was first developed by Johann Jakob Lauer, 1788-1863, son of Ernst-Ludwig Sigmund Lauer, but the real genius, who gave the establishment its present importance, was Ludwig Christoph Lauer. The vast improvements, both mechanical and artistic, which he intr...
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LAUER, LUDWIG CHRISTOPH (Germ.). Die-sinking establishment, founded in 1729, and reconstructed in 1860 under the style of “ Münz-Präge Anstalt L. Chr. Lauer", Kleinweidenmühle No. 12, Nuremberg. Begun in modest circumstances, the Lauer business was first developed by Johann Jakob Lauer, 1788-1863, son of Ernst-Ludwig Sigmund Lauer, but the real genius, who gave the establishment its present importance, was Ludwig Christoph Lauer. The vast improvements, both mechanical and artistic, which he intr...
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LAUFFER, CARL GOTTLIEB
LAUFFER, CARL GOTTLIEB (Germ.). Mint-master at Nuremberg, 1746- 1755. Franks & Grueber call him an Engraver (Vide Med. Ill., II, 730). A Thaler of Hall (Suabia), 1746, is signed C.G.L. It is probable that all the Lauffers, whose names I record here, had connection with die-sinking, and were Counter-manufacturers by trade. Carl Gottlieb Lauffer was a son of Caspar Gottlieb Lauffer, and is said to have left Nuremberg, a bankrupt, for Berlin, in 1755, where he was still living in 1769, and attained...
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LAUFFER, CARL GOTTLIEB (Germ.). Mint-master at Nuremberg, 1746- 1755. Franks & Grueber call him an Engraver (Vide Med. Ill., II, 730). A Thaler of Hall (Suabia), 1746, is signed C.G.L. It is probable that all the Lauffers, whose names I record here, had connection with die-sinking, and were Counter-manufacturers by trade. Carl Gottlieb Lauffer was a son of Caspar Gottlieb Lauffer, and is said to have left Nuremberg, a bankrupt, for Berlin, in 1755, where he was still living in 1769, and attained...
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LAUFFER, CASPAR GOTTLIEB
LAUFFER, CASPAR GOTTLIEB (Germ.). Son of Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer; Mint-master at Nuremberg, ana Mint-warden to the District of Franconia, 1700-1745. Franks & Grueber mention that "he appears to be often confused with Carl Gottlieb Lauffer, the engraver ", and give the description of a medal, issued by him, on the Capture of Tournay, 1709, engraved by Martin Brunner, and bearing the initials C.G.L. Caspar Gottlieb Lauffer published in 1742 a Catalogue of medals issued by him, in conjunction prob...
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LAUFFER, CASPAR GOTTLIEB (Germ.). Son of Lazarus Gottlieb Lauffer; Mint-master at Nuremberg, ana Mint-warden to the District of Franconia, 1700-1745. Franks & Grueber mention that "he appears to be often confused with Carl Gottlieb Lauffer, the engraver ", and give the description of a medal, issued by him, on the Capture of Tournay, 1709, engraved by Martin Brunner, and bearing the initials C.G.L. Caspar Gottlieb Lauffer published in 1742 a Catalogue of medals issued by him, in conjunction prob...
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