Adolf Jäger (sculptor)

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Adolf Jäger (born February 10, 1895 in Frankfurt am Main ; † December 22, 1983 ) was a German sculptor and coin designer . The design of the pfennig coins of the DM currency , which were minted from 1948, made him known as a pfennig hunter .

Career

After attending the Weißfrauenschule in Frankfurt am Main, Jäger learned the craft of chaser in a Frankfurt metal goods factory . After obtaining his master craftsman's certificate , Jäger started his own business in 1921; For decades he worked in his own studio in Frankfurt.

Medalist

In 1948 Jäger designed the penny coins for the DM currency . The “2” on the value side of the two-pfennig coin did not come from him; Jäger later described it as not matching the digits of his designs. Jäger's coin design was later criticized for the fact that the horizontal line at the foot of the oak branch of his design suggested that it was a seedling ; such a one, however, lacks the necessary two-way structure at the top.

  • 1 pfennig coin

  • 5 pfennig coin

  • 10 pfennig coin

Jäger also later took part in competitions for coin design, for example for the 2-mark piece minted from 1957 with the portrait of Max Planck , his successors from 1973 and for the commemorative coins " Johann Gottlieb Fichte " and " Johannes Gutenberg "; however, none of these drafts was implemented.

Jäger designed some of the medals awarded by his hometown of Frankfurt , they and other medals designed by him can be found in the coin cabinet of the historical museum there . Jäger participated in the revision of the state coat of arms of Hesse after the Second World War .

sculptor

Jaspert memorial plaque ( Wegscheide )

The preferred subject of Jäger's sculptures was people. He created some of his works for public spaces, especially for housing estates funded by the Federal Housing Ministry:

  • "Fischbrunnen", Bonn
  • “Standing boy”, Bonn
  • "Cat sculpture", Bonn-Bad Godesberg
  • August Jaspert memorial plaque in the Wegscheide school camp
  • "Delphinbrunnen", also "Bethmannparkbrunnen" in the Bethmannpark in Frankfurt am Main (dismantled)

literature

  • Small money and big heads. Sculptor Adolf Jäger 70 years old - designer of the penny coins . In: Frankfurter Rundschau . No. 33, of February 9, 1965, p. 6
  • Herbert Goebel and Wolfgang Schweitzer: GN at the "Pfennig-Jäger" . In: Monetary History News. Volume 7, No. 32, November 1972, pp. 243–245

Web links

Commons : Adolf Jäger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DM coins in circulation. Deutsche Bundesbank, accessed on November 11, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Gottfried Gabriel: On the aesthetics of the German pfennig coins . In: Kai Buchholz, Shihid Rahman and Ingrid Weber (eds.): Paths to reason. Philosophizing between activity and reflection . Campus, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-593-36304-6
personal data
SURNAME Hunter, Adolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and coin designer
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 1983