LVDWIG NEUFARER. Medallist and Mint-master at Prague, † 1563.
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.
LON, FRANZ ANTON VAN
LON, FRANZ ANTON VAN (Dutch.). Mint-engraver at Cologne, 1727, Treves, 1757, and Bamberg-Würzburg, 1763, 1764. He was a Line-engraver, and worked in turn at Cologne, Bonn and Ehrenbreitstein, 1727-1764. The coins he engraved for the Bishop of Würzburg, Adam Frederick, Count Seinsheim, are signed L, or V. LON. A Cologne Thaler of 1727, and a Mining Gulden of 1757, of Treves (John Philip, Baron von Walderdorff), also a Thaler of 1762, are all signed : V. LON. Bibliography. — Kull, op. cit., II, 7...
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LON, FRANZ ANTON VAN (Dutch.). Mint-engraver at Cologne, 1727, Treves, 1757, and Bamberg-Würzburg, 1763, 1764. He was a Line-engraver, and worked in turn at Cologne, Bonn and Ehrenbreitstein, 1727-1764. The coins he engraved for the Bishop of Würzburg, Adam Frederick, Count Seinsheim, are signed L, or V. LON. A Cologne Thaler of 1727, and a Mining Gulden of 1757, of Treves (John Philip, Baron von Walderdorff), also a Thaler of 1762, are all signed : V. LON. Bibliography. — Kull, op. cit., II, 7...
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LONGACRE, JAMES B.
LONGACRE, JAMES B. (Amer.). Mint-engraver at Philadelphia, September 6, 1844 to 31 December 1868. He was born on August 11, 1794, in Delaware Co., Pa., and served an apprenticeship as a Line-engraver with George Murray, Philadelphia, doing some high-class platework before he was free, in 1819. He was one of the originators of the National Portrait Gallery of distinguished Americans, the first volume of which appeared in 1834. Longacre drew from life and engraved many of the portraits entire. — L...
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LONGACRE, JAMES B. (Amer.). Mint-engraver at Philadelphia, September 6, 1844 to 31 December 1868. He was born on August 11, 1794, in Delaware Co., Pa., and served an apprenticeship as a Line-engraver with George Murray, Philadelphia, doing some high-class platework before he was free, in 1819. He was one of the originators of the National Portrait Gallery of distinguished Americans, the first volume of which appeared in 1834. Longacre drew from life and engraved many of the portraits entire. — L...
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LONGUEIL, HONORÉ DE
LONGUEIL, HONORÉ DE (French). Grandson of the celebrated Line-engraver, Joseph de Longueil ( † 1792), was born on the 16th February 1818 at Paris; settled in business as an Engraver, rue Royale, 8, in 1838; retired into private life in 1861, and died on the 31. July 1889 at Grignon Castle, Thiais (Seine), his nephew's residence. By this Engraver are several medals and jetons, some of which are signed : DELONGUEIL F. I have come across the following : Jetons of the Asphalte Works of Seyssel-Lobsa...
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LONGUEIL, HONORÉ DE (French). Grandson of the celebrated Line-engraver, Joseph de Longueil ( † 1792), was born on the 16th February 1818 at Paris; settled in business as an Engraver, rue Royale, 8, in 1838; retired into private life in 1861, and died on the 31. July 1889 at Grignon Castle, Thiais (Seine), his nephew's residence. By this Engraver are several medals and jetons, some of which are signed : DELONGUEIL F. I have come across the following : Jetons of the Asphalte Works of Seyssel-Lobsa...
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LONISON
LONISON or LONYSON, JOHN (Brit.). Mint-master at London, anni 14-19 of Elizabeth, 1571-1576. Kenyon makes two references to this Mint-master : " By an indenture of the 19th April, 1572, made with John Lonison, only three gold coins were to be made, namely, Angels, Angelets, and Quarter Angels, of the old standard and the same weight as before, and these were to be current at their old values of 10 s., 5 s., and 2 s 6 d respectively. On the 19th December, 1578, a commission was made out, authoriz...
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LONISON or LONYSON, JOHN (Brit.). Mint-master at London, anni 14-19 of Elizabeth, 1571-1576. Kenyon makes two references to this Mint-master : " By an indenture of the 19th April, 1572, made with John Lonison, only three gold coins were to be made, namely, Angels, Angelets, and Quarter Angels, of the old standard and the same weight as before, and these were to be current at their old values of 10 s., 5 s., and 2 s 6 d respectively. On the 19th December, 1578, a commission was made out, authoriz...
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