Person
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Scharff, Anton Karl Rudolf (10.06.1845 Wien - 05.07.1903 Brunn) |
Austrian medalist and die-engraver. Like his father Johann Michael, Anton Scharff studied at the Medailleurschule of the Akademie der Bildenden Künste. In 1866 he was appointed engraver at the Vienna Hauptmünzamt. Scharff produced a huge number of portrait medals. When in 1892 Austria introduced the Kronen currency it was Scharff who desigend the first coins. Anton Scharff died on 5 July 1903 in Brunn am Gebirge (Niederösterreich). Lit.: K. Schulz, Der Medailleur Anton Scharff (1845-1903), Numismatische Zeitschrift 104/105, 1997, pp. 31-36. |
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Die-cutter  , Medalist |
GND |
https://d-nb.info/gnd/117108901 |
VIAF |
http://viaf.org/viaf/47531368 |
Wikipedia [de] |
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Scharff |
Wikidata |
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q593777 |
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