MEYER, HEINRICH (Germ.). Mint-master at Barby, 1611-1615, Magdeburg, 1617, and Königssee, 1620. He was a native of Halle. Vide E. Fischer, Die Münzen des Hauses Schwarzburg, 1904, p. 199.
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.
MAYER, WILHELM & FRANTZ WILHELM
MAYER, WILHELM & FRANTZ WILHELM or THE STUTTGARTER METALLWAREN FABRIK (Germ.). A Die-sinking Establishment founded in 1860 by Wilhelm Mayer, Sculptor and Engraver, and directed, since 1876, by him and his brother-in-law, Frantz Wilhelm. The name of the old firm, WILHELM MAYER METALLWAREN FABRIK, was changed into its present form in 1896. Wilhelm Mayer was born at Lauffen-on-the-Neckar in 1840 and studied at the Stuttgart School of Art sculpture and engraving. Frantz Wilhelm was born at Hanau...
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MAYER, WILHELM & FRANTZ WILHELM or THE STUTTGARTER METALLWAREN FABRIK (Germ.). A Die-sinking Establishment founded in 1860 by Wilhelm Mayer, Sculptor and Engraver, and directed, since 1876, by him and his brother-in-law, Frantz Wilhelm. The name of the old firm, WILHELM MAYER METALLWAREN FABRIK, was changed into its present form in 1896. Wilhelm Mayer was born at Lauffen-on-the-Neckar in 1840 and studied at the Stuttgart School of Art sculpture and engraving. Frantz Wilhelm was born at Hanau...
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MAZZAFIRRI, MICHELE
MAZZAFIRRI, MICHELE (Ital.). Florentine Medallist, born circ. 1530, died about 1597. He was attached to the Court and person of the two successors of Cosimo I. and especially to the third Grand Duke, Ferdinand III., of whom and his consort, Christine of Lorraine, no less than eleven medals are known by him. He was really a Goldsmith by profession, and attained greater celebrity in that branch than in medallic art, although none of his works of plate and jewellery have come down to us, and are ...
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MAZZAFIRRI, MICHELE (Ital.). Florentine Medallist, born circ. 1530, died about 1597. He was attached to the Court and person of the two successors of Cosimo I. and especially to the third Grand Duke, Ferdinand III., of whom and his consort, Christine of Lorraine, no less than eleven medals are known by him. He was really a Goldsmith by profession, and attained greater celebrity in that branch than in medallic art, although none of his works of plate and jewellery have come down to us, and are ...
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MEIER, BARTHOLD
MEIER, BARTHOLD (Dan.). Mint-engraver and Court-medallist at Copenhagen, 1680-1688; Warden of the Mint at Dömitz, 1689; and Mint-master at Schwerin, 1696-1702. Meier was Chief Medallist to Christian V. of whom he cut several Portrait-medals; he is also the author of the following commemorative medals : Fortitude and Prudence of William and Mary of Great Britain, 1689 (probably issued to celebrate their Coronation); — Danish auxiliaries for England ; obv. A fleet at sea; beneath. Inscription : A ...
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MEIER, BARTHOLD (Dan.). Mint-engraver and Court-medallist at Copenhagen, 1680-1688; Warden of the Mint at Dömitz, 1689; and Mint-master at Schwerin, 1696-1702. Meier was Chief Medallist to Christian V. of whom he cut several Portrait-medals; he is also the author of the following commemorative medals : Fortitude and Prudence of William and Mary of Great Britain, 1689 (probably issued to celebrate their Coronation); — Danish auxiliaries for England ; obv. A fleet at sea; beneath. Inscription : A ...
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MEINERT
MEINERT, or MAYNERT, JOSEPH (Austr.). Mint-engraver at Warsaw, 1836-1856, and a famous Counterfeiter of Polish coins. So far, 104 dies, intended for the production of imitations, are known as by him. Count Czapsky of Stankow collected these dies and published a catalogue of them. "Die Sammler moderner Münzen glaubten sich in Folge des erwähnten Senkverfahrens völlig gegen Betrug gesichert, auch das aber ist nur noch ein schöner Traum (Kirmis, Daheim, Feb. 1902, p. 24). There is a Portrait-medal ...
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MEINERT, or MAYNERT, JOSEPH (Austr.). Mint-engraver at Warsaw, 1836-1856, and a famous Counterfeiter of Polish coins. So far, 104 dies, intended for the production of imitations, are known as by him. Count Czapsky of Stankow collected these dies and published a catalogue of them. "Die Sammler moderner Münzen glaubten sich in Folge des erwähnten Senkverfahrens völlig gegen Betrug gesichert, auch das aber ist nur noch ein schöner Traum (Kirmis, Daheim, Feb. 1902, p. 24). There is a Portrait-medal ...
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