Person GND

Name

Schwertzge, Hans (-1659)

Hans Schwertzge von der Liegnitz der Jüngere, son or grandson of Hans Schwertzge von der Liegnitz dem Älteren. He wrote that he had been cutting dies for the Cologne Mintmaster since August 1625. He was appointed die cutter for the Cologne Circle on 16 May 1626, and died in May 1659.

Lit.: A. Noss, Die Münzen der Städte Köln und Neuss: 1474-1794 (1926) pp. 10, 47-49, 161, 169, 206, 224; W. Scheffler, Goldschmiede Rheinland-Westfalens - Aachen - Köln (1973) 510 no. 1374h.

Types

Die-cutter Info

Nomisma

http://nomisma.org/id/hans_schwertzge_colonia_claudia_ara_agrippinensium nomisma

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