Person
Name	Wachsmuth, Andreas (18.02.1545 - 25.02.1604)
	Mintmaster in Mainz in service of the archbishop from 1586 to shortly before his death in 1604. Previously mintmaster in Veldenz from 1577 to 1579 (for the duke of Pfalz-Veldenz), in Simmern from 1578 to 1587 (for the duke of Pfalz-Simmern), and in Neuleiningen from 1587 to 1591 (for the bishop of Worms). Also mintmaster in Kirchheim-Bolanden (for the count of Nassau-Saarbrücken) from 1588, and in Wiesbaden from 1591 (mint operational in 1592) to 1594 (for the count of Nassau-Idstein-Wiesbaden). Personal symbol Zainhaken (mint master's tool) in Mainz. He also used a six-rayed star and a floral ornament. Lit.: E. Pick, Zwischen Gunst und Galgen. Münzmeister im Kurfürstentum Mainz (2014) pp. 36-38, 75.
Types	Mintmaster (MM Mod)
GND	https://d-nb.info/gnd/1225555558
	https://mmlo.de/12051
VIAF	https://viaf.org/viaf/15161149539434940004
Permalink	https://ikmk.smb.museum/ndp/person/11290
created	10.05.2024
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Person

Name

Wachsmuth, Andreas (18.02.1545 - 25.02.1604)

Mintmaster in Mainz in service of the archbishop from 1586 to shortly before his death in 1604.

Previously mintmaster in Veldenz from 1577 to 1579 (for the duke of Pfalz-Veldenz), in Simmern from 1578 to 1587 (for the duke of Pfalz-Simmern), and in Neuleiningen from 1587 to 1591 (for the bishop of Worms). Also mintmaster in Kirchheim-Bolanden (for the count of Nassau-Saarbrücken) from 1588, and in Wiesbaden from 1591 (mint operational in 1592) to 1594 (for the count of Nassau-Idstein-Wiesbaden).

Personal symbol Zainhaken (mint master's tool) in Mainz. He also used a six-rayed star and a floral ornament.

Lit.: E. Pick, Zwischen Gunst und Galgen. Münzmeister im Kurfürstentum Mainz (2014) pp. 36-38, 75.

Types

Mintmaster (MM Mod)

GND

https://d-nb.info/gnd/1225555558