MÜLLER, HENNING (Germ.). Mint-master and Engraver at Sondershausen, for the Counts of Schwarzburg, 1675-1682, and conjointly at Ellrich from 1675 to 1678, and Gotha, 1681-1683. He was in the service of the Counts Christian Wilhelm I. and Anton Günter II., of whom he engraved medals of 1677 and 1679 (of thaler and gulden sizes resp.), and beside these he is the author of the Thaler, Gulden, Double Groschen, and Groschen on the death of Count Ludwig Gunther II. at Ebeleben, 1681. The following coins bear Müller's initials : Christian Wilhelm I. Al. Ducats, 1679; — AR. 60 Kreutzer, 1675 (5 var.); — 2/3 Thalers, 1675, 1676 (2 var.); — Gulden, 1675 (3 var.), 1676 (3 var.), 1677 (2 var.); — 24 Mariengroschen, 1675 ; — 1/6 Thalers, 1676. Anton Günther II. Al. Ducats, 1680; — AR. Thalers, 1681, 1682; — 60 Kreutzer, 1675 (5 var.); — 2/3 Thalers, 1676; — Gulden, 1675 (3 var.) 1676 (5 var.); — 24 Mariengroschen, 1675; — 1/6 Thalers, 1676. Many other issues do not bear Müller's signature, which occurs also on currency of Duke Friedrich I. of Gotha, 1681-1682. There is a jeton with Müller's arms and the date 1680 on obv. and Fortune on R. Fischer states that Henning Müller belonged to a good family and was a well-to-do and respected man. He appears to have had the supervision of the coinage of the Gotha Mint, while still in the service of the Counts of Schwarzburg. Bibliography. — Ernst Fischer, Uber die Tätigkeit des schwarzburgischen Münz- meisters Henning Müller, 1901. — Id., Die Münzen des Houses Schwarzburg , 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
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.
MONNERON, FRÉRES
MONNERON, FRÉRES (French). Issuers of Tokens or private currency in 1791-2, also of various commemorative medals of the Revolution. Hennin mentions the following : Message of the King to the National Assembly, 1791; — General La Fayette, 1791 (by Rambert Dumarest; several varieties); — Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1791 (by Dumarest ; sev. var.) ; — Médaille de Confiance of 5 Sols, 1791, Type, so-called : au Pacte fédératif, or au Serment by Dupré ; many varieties); — Médaille de Confiance of 2 Sols, 1...
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MONNERON, FRÉRES (French). Issuers of Tokens or private currency in 1791-2, also of various commemorative medals of the Revolution. Hennin mentions the following : Message of the King to the National Assembly, 1791; — General La Fayette, 1791 (by Rambert Dumarest; several varieties); — Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1791 (by Dumarest ; sev. var.) ; — Médaille de Confiance of 5 Sols, 1791, Type, so-called : au Pacte fédératif, or au Serment by Dupré ; many varieties); — Médaille de Confiance of 2 Sols, 1...
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MONNIER, CLAUDE
MONNIER, CLAUDE (French). Mint-master at Romans, previous to 1537 (from circ. 1500) and again after 1540; on 1. February 1543 he was appointed for the third time, and resigned in 1548. His issues are signed either CM or M. He may be the author of a medal with portrait of Francis, Duke of Valois, Count of Angoul?me; R. Arms of France-Dauphiny, which was presented in 1504 by the city of Romans to the Duke, during the Mint-mastership of Claude Monnier. Bibliography. — E. Faivre, op. cit. — Mazeroll...
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MONNIER, CLAUDE (French). Mint-master at Romans, previous to 1537 (from circ. 1500) and again after 1540; on 1. February 1543 he was appointed for the third time, and resigned in 1548. His issues are signed either CM or M. He may be the author of a medal with portrait of Francis, Duke of Valois, Count of Angoul?me; R. Arms of France-Dauphiny, which was presented in 1504 by the city of Romans to the Duke, during the Mint-mastership of Claude Monnier. Bibliography. — E. Faivre, op. cit. — Mazeroll...
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MONTAGNY, FLEURY
MONTAGNY, FLEURY (French). Son of the Line-engraver Jean Montagny; Medallist, born at St. Etienne, 4. February 1760, died at Marseilles in 1836. He received his first instruction from his father, and was later apprenticed to a Paris Die-sinker. When the French Government created in 1789 the State manufactory of arms at Versailles, Fleury Montagny was a member of the Committee, with Dupré, Dumarest, Jaley, and Galle, to whom were entrusted the works of engraving, chasing, and sculpture at the new...
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MONTAGNY, FLEURY (French). Son of the Line-engraver Jean Montagny; Medallist, born at St. Etienne, 4. February 1760, died at Marseilles in 1836. He received his first instruction from his father, and was later apprenticed to a Paris Die-sinker. When the French Government created in 1789 the State manufactory of arms at Versailles, Fleury Montagny was a member of the Committee, with Dupré, Dumarest, Jaley, and Galle, to whom were entrusted the works of engraving, chasing, and sculpture at the new...
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MONTAGNY, JEAN PIERRE
MONTAGNY, JEAN PIERRE (French). Medallist and Coin-engraver, son of the Line-engraver, Clément Montagny, born at Saint-Etienne, 31. July 1789, died blind at Belleville in 1862; he was a pupil of his father, of his uncle Fleury Montagny, and Cartellier. Chavignerie and Auvray, mention the following productions which the artist exhibited at the Paris Salons : 1819. The four Evangelists, bas-relief in wax ; — Models in wax ; — Marriage- Piece; — Various Jetons for the Mint; — Aesculapius, wax mode...
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MONTAGNY, JEAN PIERRE (French). Medallist and Coin-engraver, son of the Line-engraver, Clément Montagny, born at Saint-Etienne, 31. July 1789, died blind at Belleville in 1862; he was a pupil of his father, of his uncle Fleury Montagny, and Cartellier. Chavignerie and Auvray, mention the following productions which the artist exhibited at the Paris Salons : 1819. The four Evangelists, bas-relief in wax ; — Models in wax ; — Marriage- Piece; — Various Jetons for the Mint; — Aesculapius, wax mode...
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