Person GND

Name

Hillard, Bernhard

Mintmaster and leaseholder.

From 3 July to 3 September 1621 mintmaster at the Electoral Saxon mint in Eckartsberga/Saxony-Anhalt, where, however, he never struck any coins.

From 26 October 1621 Hillard was mintmaster and leaseholder in Gebstedt for the dukes of Saxe-Weimar. In January 1622 he leased the mint of Gebstedt to Clemens Holldorf. On 24 March 1622 he ended his activities in Gebstedt.

From 20 November 1621 mintmaster and mint leaseholder in Rothenstein, which he leased on the 26 November to Christoph von Beulwitz, who in turn leased it to Solomon Schay. Hillard is therefore only secured as mintmaster for the Rothenstein coinage of 1621.

From 7 January 1622 he was the mint leaseholder of the Burgau mint, the management of which he had transferred to his son Romanus Hillard.

Lit.: E. Rahnenführer, Die kursächsischen Kippermünzen (1963) pp. 44-45; L. Koppe - T. Seitz, Die Kippermünzen der Herzöge von Sachsen-Weimar (2012) pp. 26-29, 31.

Types

Leaseholder Info, Mintmaster (MM Mod) Info

Permalink

https://ikmk.smb.museum/ndp/person/11661

created

10.05.2024