LEINMUTH, CHRISTOPH (Germ.). Mint-master at Ratisbon, 1635.
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.
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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LAUFFER, CONRAD
LAUFFER, CONRAD (Germ.). Counter-manufacturer at Nuremberg, during the third quarter of the seventeenth century. "In 1670 he received a special permission to strike Counters for games and reckoning. These often bore the busts of European monarchs. " Among these I have noticed : Charles II. of Great Britain, 1662 (with R. legend : COUNTERS. CONR. LAUFFERS. RECH : PFENNING); — Another, 1667, R. Britannia seated (signed : C.L.R.); — Louis XIII. (CONRADT LAVFER— RECHE PFENNM :); — Louis XIV., severa...
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LAUFFER, CONRAD (Germ.). Counter-manufacturer at Nuremberg, during the third quarter of the seventeenth century. "In 1670 he received a special permission to strike Counters for games and reckoning. These often bore the busts of European monarchs. " Among these I have noticed : Charles II. of Great Britain, 1662 (with R. legend : COUNTERS. CONR. LAUFFERS. RECH : PFENNING); — Another, 1667, R. Britannia seated (signed : C.L.R.); — Louis XIII. (CONRADT LAVFER— RECHE PFENNM :); — Louis XIV., severa...
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LAUFFER, HANS
LAUFFER, HANS (Germ.). Counter-manufacturer and Mint-master at Nuremberg, 1607-1645. Neumann describes 25 varieties of brass Jetons by this Die-sinker, signed HANS LAVFER; — HANNS LAVFER ; — H. L. ; — HANS LAFER ; — H. LAVFER IN NVRMBERG ; — H. LAVF. ; — H. LAV. ; — H. LA., &c. The counters refer to Henry IV. of France; — Henry IV. and Marie de Medicis ; — Louis XIII. (with HANS LAVFER — VNICO VNIVERSV); —Louis XIII. and Anne of Austria; — Louis XIV.; — Gott allein die Ehr; — Perseus riding on P...
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LAUFFER, HANS (Germ.). Counter-manufacturer and Mint-master at Nuremberg, 1607-1645. Neumann describes 25 varieties of brass Jetons by this Die-sinker, signed HANS LAVFER; — HANNS LAVFER ; — H. L. ; — HANS LAFER ; — H. LAVFER IN NVRMBERG ; — H. LAVF. ; — H. LAV. ; — H. LA., &c. The counters refer to Henry IV. of France; — Henry IV. and Marie de Medicis ; — Louis XIII. (with HANS LAVFER — VNICO VNIVERSV); —Louis XIII. and Anne of Austria; — Louis XIV.; — Gott allein die Ehr; — Perseus riding on P...
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