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Timpf (Tympf), Simon |
Son of the mintmaster Simon Timpf the elder, brother of the mintmasters Samuel, Heinrich, Thomas the Elder and Peter Timpf. On 12 December 1623 Timpf(e)/Tympf applied for the position of mintmaster in Winsen, but was rejected. In 1627 he became mintmaster for the abbess of Thorn, and in 1628 for the duke of Jülich-Berg (i.e. worked as mintmaster in Düsseldorf from 1627 to 1635). From 1640 to 1643 Timpe was mintmaster in Glücksstadt, and from 14 May 1645 to 1646 mintmaster in Ratzeburg. On 31 December 1647 he was appointed mintmaster of Wismar, where he was fired on 5 July 1650. Timpfe signs with his ligated initials ST or an antler. Lit.: B. Dorfmann, Das Münz- und Geldwesen des Herzogtums Lauenburg und Die Medaillen des Hauses Sachsen-Lauenburg (1969) pp. 61-62; Chr. Lange's Sammlung schleswig-holsteinischer Münzen und Medaillen I (1908) p. 217; N. Klüssendorf, Simon Timpe als Münzmeister der Stadt Wismar. Ein Beitrag zur wismarschen Münzgeschichte um die Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts, Hamburger Beiträge zur Numismatik 22/23, 1968/69, pp. 507-516; M. Kunzel, Die Münzen der Hansestadt Wismar 1359 bis 1854. Münzgeschichte und Geprägekatalog. Berliner Numismatische Forschungen Neue Folge 7 (1998) pp. 100-102. |
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Mintmaster (MM Mod)  |
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https://d-nb.info/gnd/13167322X |
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http://viaf.org/viaf/50366112 |
https://mmlo.de/13732 |
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