Person GND

Name

Hermanns, Franz Hermann (1659-07.02.1720)

In July 1698 the results of the Assay Commission were signed off by the Goldsmith Hermanns as though he were Mint Warden in Cologne (City). Around 1699 Hermanns was appointed Mintmaster, then General Warden on 6 October 1702, a position he held until 1713 before he reverted on 14 November 1716 to General Warden.

Hermanns was requested to produce 10,000 new Ratszeichen (German coin denomination) according to the old standard. He died in 1720.

Lit.: A. Noss, Die Münzen der Städte Köln und Neuss: 1474-1794 (1926) pp. 47-49, 259, 275, 279, 286, 294; W. Scheffler, Goldschmiede Rheinland-Westfalens I (1973) pp. 548-549 (different years of office).

Types

Mintmaster (MM Mod) Info, Warden (MW) Info

GND

https://d-nb.info/gnd/116992056X GND

VIAF

http://viaf.org/viaf/6504154076044011860007 nomisma

Nomisma

http://nomisma.org/id/franz_hermann_hermanns_colonia_claudia_ara_agrippinensium nomisma

https://mmlo.de/10080

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created

10.05.2024