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Oppermann, Georg |
From 13 March to 18 June 1621 mintmaster in Bürgel/Thuringia. Oppermann paid a seigniorage of 10,410 gulden in that period. Appointed mintmaster in Naumburg/Saxony-Anhalt on 18 June 1621 for a period of presumably not longer than a month. As his seal shows an oak wreath decorated with acorns, his symbol may have been an acorn. In 1621 and 1622 mintmaster in Annarode/Saxony-Anhalt. Here Oppermann signs with his initial G-O. Minting stopped at the latest on 6 February 1622 when the Annarode mint was vandalized and looted by rebellious miners and was never to be operated again. Lit.: E. Rahnenführer, Die kursächsischen Kippermünzen (1963) pp. 83-85; O. Tornau, Die Münzgeschichte der Grafschaft Mansfeld während der Kipperzeit und die Gräflich Mansfeldischen Kippermünzen (1930) p. 36; V. Bornemann, Die Kippermünzen der Herzöge von Sachsen-Altenburg, Blätter für Münzfreunde 62, 1927, p. 92. |
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Mintmaster (MM Mod)  |
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