OEFENER, FRANZ (Germ.). Mint-master at Heidelberg and Mannheim, circ. 1737-1749. He was first in the service of Prince Elector Karl Philipp of the Palatinate, and later, from about 1743, in that of Prince Elector Karl Theodor. His issues are usually signed O. F. Schlickeysen spells his name OFFNER and places the date of his activity between 1732 and 1750. At Mannheim, Wigand Schäffer was Mint-warden in conjunction with him as Mintmaster. Bibliography. — Ammon, op. cit. — J. V. Kull, Aus bayerischen Archiven, Mitth. der Bayer. Numismatischen Gesellschaft, 1896, p. 41. — Madai, op. cit. — Flad, Berühmte Medailleurs, p. 26.
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.
NEUMEISTER, JOHANN GEORG
NEUMEISTER, JOHANN GEORG (Germ.). Mint-master at Würzburg, 1746-1761. On some of the currency of that period we find the initials B. N., which stand for BISCHOF, Mint-warden, and NEUMEISTER. Schlickeysen describes him as Mint-warden at Würzburg, 1754-1762, and at Frankfort-on-M., 1763-1777. Joseph states that Neumeister was appointed at Frankfort on 19. April 1763. His initials G. N. occur on the currency of that mint, in conjunction with those of Philip Christian Bunsen (C. B.) Mint-master, fro...
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NEUMEISTER, JOHANN GEORG (Germ.). Mint-master at Würzburg, 1746-1761. On some of the currency of that period we find the initials B. N., which stand for BISCHOF, Mint-warden, and NEUMEISTER. Schlickeysen describes him as Mint-warden at Würzburg, 1754-1762, and at Frankfort-on-M., 1763-1777. Joseph states that Neumeister was appointed at Frankfort on 19. April 1763. His initials G. N. occur on the currency of that mint, in conjunction with those of Philip Christian Bunsen (C. B.) Mint-master, fro...
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NEUSS, AUGUST
NEUSS, AUGUST (Germ.). Son of Johann Jakob Neuss, and also a Medallist, who worked at Augsburg, circ. 1840- 1870. On his father's death, he became the owner of the Die-sinking establishment, founded by him towards the end of the eighteenth century. A commemorative medal of the First German Parliament, dated 1848, still bears the signature of J. J. Neuss as Director, and of A. Neuss as the Engraver. The artists, Sebald, R. Däufler, Rabausch, and others worked for A. Neuss, whose name then appea...
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NEUSS, AUGUST (Germ.). Son of Johann Jakob Neuss, and also a Medallist, who worked at Augsburg, circ. 1840- 1870. On his father's death, he became the owner of the Die-sinking establishment, founded by him towards the end of the eighteenth century. A commemorative medal of the First German Parliament, dated 1848, still bears the signature of J. J. Neuss as Director, and of A. Neuss as the Engraver. The artists, Sebald, R. Däufler, Rabausch, and others worked for A. Neuss, whose name then appea...
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NEUSS, JOHANN JAKOB (2.)
NEUSS, JOHANN JAKOB (Germ.). Son of J. J. Neuss Senr. ; Medallist, and Gem-engraver, and owner of a private mint at Augsburg ; born in 1770 ; died in 1847 or 1848. He was apprenticed to J. M. Bückle, on whose appointment as " Hofmedailleur " to the Court of Baden, he became Medallist to the city of Augsburg. After the incorporation of that town in the kingdom of Bavaria, he obtained the title of K. B. Hofgraveur. The medals by Neuss, says Nagler, are of tasteful treatment, and of very careful a...
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NEUSS, JOHANN JAKOB (Germ.). Son of J. J. Neuss Senr. ; Medallist, and Gem-engraver, and owner of a private mint at Augsburg ; born in 1770 ; died in 1847 or 1848. He was apprenticed to J. M. Bückle, on whose appointment as " Hofmedailleur " to the Court of Baden, he became Medallist to the city of Augsburg. After the incorporation of that town in the kingdom of Bavaria, he obtained the title of K. B. Hofgraveur. The medals by Neuss, says Nagler, are of tasteful treatment, and of very careful a...
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NEWTON, SIR ISAAC
NEWTON, SIR ISAAC (Brit.). A famous natural philosopher, born in Woolsthorpe, near Grantham, in Lincolnshire, 25. December 1642, died in London, 20. March, 1727; buried in Westminster Abbey. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1661, where he applied himself to the study of mathematics, becoming professor in 1669. He invented the method of fluxions, established the theory of gravitation, discovered the composition of light, &c. In 1687, encouraged by Halley, he published his "Principia". I...
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NEWTON, SIR ISAAC (Brit.). A famous natural philosopher, born in Woolsthorpe, near Grantham, in Lincolnshire, 25. December 1642, died in London, 20. March, 1727; buried in Westminster Abbey. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1661, where he applied himself to the study of mathematics, becoming professor in 1669. He invented the method of fluxions, established the theory of gravitation, discovered the composition of light, &c. In 1687, encouraged by Halley, he published his "Principia". I...
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