PATRICK, BENJAMIN (Brit.). Die-sinker and Engraver of Birmingham, by whom are various Trade Tokens of the latter part of the eighteenth century and first two decades of the nineteenth. Pye describes the following : North Wales, Halfpenny, 1794 ; and Davis : Hampshire County, Shilling, 1811 (2 varieties, issued by H. Morgan, manufacturer, 12 Rathbone Place, London) ; — Birmingham Halfpenny, with bust of General Elliott, 1792; — Birmingham Halfpenny Token, with bust of Dr Johnson 1792; — Romsey, Shilling, 1812; — Staffordshire, Halfpenny, with bust of Dr Johnson, undated ; — Varieties of last, and Mules with dies of Halliday ; — Perry Barr, Penny Token, 1811 (issuer, William Booth, "who struck this Token as a cover for his forgeries of banknotes, for which he was found guilty and executed at Stafford on August 15, 1812 ". Bibliography. — Pye, op. cit. — W. J. Davis, Nineteenth Century Token Coinage, 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
ORCHARD, ROBERT
ORCHARD, ROBERT (Brit.), Issuer of Tokens, who was residing in London, towards the end of the eighteenth century and early part of the nineteenth. Mr. A. W. Waters has published in the Numismatic Circular, Vol. XV, p. 9728, the portrait of Orchard reproduced above. No engraver's or publisher's name occurs upon the plate ; the coin shown at the bottom is his Farthing, (as Atkins, page 143, no. 763). The inscription reads orchard No. 34 greek street, CORNER OF CHURCH STREET, SOHO, LONDON, GROCER ...
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ORCHARD, ROBERT (Brit.), Issuer of Tokens, who was residing in London, towards the end of the eighteenth century and early part of the nineteenth. Mr. A. W. Waters has published in the Numismatic Circular, Vol. XV, p. 9728, the portrait of Orchard reproduced above. No engraver's or publisher's name occurs upon the plate ; the coin shown at the bottom is his Farthing, (as Atkins, page 143, no. 763). The inscription reads orchard No. 34 greek street, CORNER OF CHURCH STREET, SOHO, LONDON, GROCER ...
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ORLANDI, GUIDO
ORLANDI, GUIDO (ltal.). Forger of coins, of Mantua. While in prison at Mantua, 1848, he was entrusted with the cutting of the dies for the obsidional currency issued by General Count Gorzkowski, which consisted of 4000 Gulden, 8000 Zwanziger, and a few hundred Groschen. These coins, which exhibit superficial and rough work, resemble forgeries. Bibliography. — Num. Zeitschrift, 1874/75, p. 274 sqq. — H. Cubasch, Die Münzen unter der Regierung des Kaisers Franz Joseph l.,Mitth. des Klubs, 1895, p....
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ORLANDI, GUIDO (ltal.). Forger of coins, of Mantua. While in prison at Mantua, 1848, he was entrusted with the cutting of the dies for the obsidional currency issued by General Count Gorzkowski, which consisted of 4000 Gulden, 8000 Zwanziger, and a few hundred Groschen. These coins, which exhibit superficial and rough work, resemble forgeries. Bibliography. — Num. Zeitschrift, 1874/75, p. 274 sqq. — H. Cubasch, Die Münzen unter der Regierung des Kaisers Franz Joseph l.,Mitth. des Klubs, 1895, p....
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ORMONDE, JAMES
ORMONDE, JAMES Marquis, then Duke of (Brit.) Viceroy of Ireland, appointed in November 1643. He issued a series of coins, which received the name of " Ormonde Money". " It was ordered by a letter of Charles I. of the 25th May, 1643, addressed to the Lords Justices, and was made current by proclamation at Dublin on the 8th July following ".The letter of the King directs that "the plate should be melted down and coined into five shillings, half-crowns, twelvepences and sixpences or any less values...
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ORMONDE, JAMES Marquis, then Duke of (Brit.) Viceroy of Ireland, appointed in November 1643. He issued a series of coins, which received the name of " Ormonde Money". " It was ordered by a letter of Charles I. of the 25th May, 1643, addressed to the Lords Justices, and was made current by proclamation at Dublin on the 8th July following ".The letter of the King directs that "the plate should be melted down and coined into five shillings, half-crowns, twelvepences and sixpences or any less values...
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ORPHELIN
ORPHELIN or ORFELIN, surname of JEAN D'ARMAND (Vide Vol. I, p. 336, N. E. p. 509). Engraver-in-ordinary to the dowager Queen, Marie de Médicis ; appointed Engraver-general of the French coins in 1630, on his purchase of the office from Nicolas Briot. He resigned in May 1646 in favour of Jean Warin, and died on 6. December 1669. Jean d'Armand distinguished himself also as a Medallist. Among his productions are: Anne of Austria, 1642; medal commemorating the foundation of the Priory of Nanterre; —...
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ORPHELIN or ORFELIN, surname of JEAN D'ARMAND (Vide Vol. I, p. 336, N. E. p. 509). Engraver-in-ordinary to the dowager Queen, Marie de Médicis ; appointed Engraver-general of the French coins in 1630, on his purchase of the office from Nicolas Briot. He resigned in May 1646 in favour of Jean Warin, and died on 6. December 1669. Jean d'Armand distinguished himself also as a Medallist. Among his productions are: Anne of Austria, 1642; medal commemorating the foundation of the Priory of Nanterre; —...
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