The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 28, July 15, 2007, Article 5

U.S. MINT CHIEF COINER REFERENCE SOUGHT

Bob Merchant writes: "I am trying to find information on the chief
coiners of the U.S. Mint during its history. Is there a book that
covers this topic, or a known list of the chief coiners somewhere?
Thank you."

[I'm away from my library, so we'll have to rely on our readers
for answers.  The Mint Directors and Chief Engravers tend to get
most of the attention from numismatic researchers.  Chief coiners
are lesser known.  I believe there was typically one chief coiner
for each branch mint, although Bob tells me he is only researching
the chief coiners who worked at the Philadelphia mint.

While I know that COIN WORLD Almanac and other publications publish
lists of Directors and Engravers, I'm not aware of any listing of
Coiners. Can anyone point us to a comprehensive list, or at least
name some of the chief coiners, such as Henry Voigt, Adam Eckfeldt,
Franklin Peale, A. Loudon Snowden etc.?  -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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