OTTO, R. (Germ.). Contemporary Medallist to the Imperial Court at Berlin. Beside various official medals, he has modelled also the following commemorative pieces : Prize Medal of the Health Exhibition at Berlin, 1882 (with bust of the Empress Augusta ; signed on obv. R. OTTO FEC. 1882. J. KOPE SC. 1874); — Marriage of Crown Prince William with Princess Auguste Victoria of Schleswig-Hostein, 1881 ; — Portrait-medal of the Empress Auguste Victoria, undated ; — Official Commemorative Badge of the 25th Anniversary of the German Empire, 1895 (illustrated) ;— Barnay, medal presented to the Court Actor by his English admirers; — Nicholas II., Peace Conference at The Hague, 1899; — Portrait-medal of A. G. Puschkin, 1899, etc. Bibliography. — J. Menadier, Schaumünzen des Houses Hohenzollern, 1901.
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
NORDHEIM, AUGUST FRIEDRICH VON
NORDHEIM, AUGUST FRIEDRICH VON (Germ.). Sculptor, and Medallist of Frankfort-on-Main, born 23. April 1813 at Heinrichs dorf in Thuringia; pupil of Döll of Suhl. He first devoted himself to Engraving, and was appointed Mint-engraver at Düsseldorf in 1836. Six years later, on the advice of Baron von Reuter, he was called to Frankfort-on-Main, where he made his name as a Sculptor. He executed there numerous busts and statuettes, and in 1862 a colossal statue of Victorious Germania. The Frankfort Mi...
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NORDHEIM, AUGUST FRIEDRICH VON (Germ.). Sculptor, and Medallist of Frankfort-on-Main, born 23. April 1813 at Heinrichs dorf in Thuringia; pupil of Döll of Suhl. He first devoted himself to Engraving, and was appointed Mint-engraver at Düsseldorf in 1836. Six years later, on the advice of Baron von Reuter, he was called to Frankfort-on-Main, where he made his name as a Sculptor. He executed there numerous busts and statuettes, and in 1862 a colossal statue of Victorious Germania. The Frankfort Mi...
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NORTHALL, ONUPHRIUS
NORTHALL, ONUPHRIUS (Humphrey?) (Brit.). Inventor of a coining-press and machinery for inscribing the edges of coins and medals. He offered his inventions to the Nuremberg Mint in 1694, but without success, similar appliances having already been in use at the private mints of F. Kleinert and the Lauffers. A Nuremberg Thaler of 1694 bears the inscription on the edge: nach dem alten schrot und korn, and Thalers and Half Thalers, struck there, in September and October of the same year, for Bishop ...
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NORTHALL, ONUPHRIUS (Humphrey?) (Brit.). Inventor of a coining-press and machinery for inscribing the edges of coins and medals. He offered his inventions to the Nuremberg Mint in 1694, but without success, similar appliances having already been in use at the private mints of F. Kleinert and the Lauffers. A Nuremberg Thaler of 1694 bears the inscription on the edge: nach dem alten schrot und korn, and Thalers and Half Thalers, struck there, in September and October of the same year, for Bishop ...
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NOSTER, HENDRICK
NOSTER, HENDRICK (Dutch). Mint-engraver at Nymwegen, appointed on 22. June 1584. He was probably a son of Jan Noster. Beside his annual salary of 72 Florins, this Engraver was paid a similar sum in 1589 for the dies of a copper Half Liard, and in 1591 for a Jeton and silver Liard. During his term of office, the Nymwegen Mint issued: . Al. Crowns; — AR. Half Philippus Daelders; Twentieth Philippus Daelders; Liards; — ?. Liards, and Half Liards. After 1591 Hendrich Noster's name no longer occu...
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NOSTER, HENDRICK (Dutch). Mint-engraver at Nymwegen, appointed on 22. June 1584. He was probably a son of Jan Noster. Beside his annual salary of 72 Florins, this Engraver was paid a similar sum in 1589 for the dies of a copper Half Liard, and in 1591 for a Jeton and silver Liard. During his term of office, the Nymwegen Mint issued: . Al. Crowns; — AR. Half Philippus Daelders; Twentieth Philippus Daelders; Liards; — ?. Liards, and Half Liards. After 1591 Hendrich Noster's name no longer occu...
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NOSTER, JAN
NOSTER, JAN (Dutch). Mint-engraver at Nymwegen, from about 1544 until his death in 1564. Under him the following coins were issued: Al. Couronne au soleil; Real; Half Real; Florin Carolus ; — AR. Real; Half Real ; Florin Carolus; Four Sols; Sol; Half Sol; — Billon. Courte of 3 Mites of Brabant; Courte of 2 Mites of Flanders. Between 1565 and 1567 were further struck: Al. Real; Half Real; — AR. Philippus Real; Half, Fifth, and Tenth; Courte of 2 Flemish Mites. But these latter coins were proba...
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NOSTER, JAN (Dutch). Mint-engraver at Nymwegen, from about 1544 until his death in 1564. Under him the following coins were issued: Al. Couronne au soleil; Real; Half Real; Florin Carolus ; — AR. Real; Half Real ; Florin Carolus; Four Sols; Sol; Half Sol; — Billon. Courte of 3 Mites of Brabant; Courte of 2 Mites of Flanders. Between 1565 and 1567 were further struck: Al. Real; Half Real; — AR. Philippus Real; Half, Fifth, and Tenth; Courte of 2 Flemish Mites. But these latter coins were proba...
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