Gottfried Bernhard Loos

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Gottfried Bernhard Loos (born August 6, 1773 in Berlin ; † July 29, 1843 there ) was a German mint master and entrepreneur.

Life

Gottfried Bernhard Loos was the son of the royal Prussian court medalist Daniel Friedrich Loos from Altenburg , who came from a family of die cutters. However, he did not follow the artistically practical career of his father as a medalist , but approached the coin subject from the scientific and economic side. After completing his studies, he became an employee of the Berlin Mint as an apprentice in 1795 . In 1797 Gottfried Bernhard Loos became Wardein there , mint master in 1806 and General Wardein in 1812 and in 1823 he was appointed mint councilor. After the death of his father, he profiled and positioned his father's company on the market as a Berlin medal mint . The company produced a large number of commemorative coins and medals, which it documented and offered in several sales catalogs published by Loos. Loos drew on the designs of various artists and worked with various medalists to implement them. Against this background, his personal signature practice has been controversial and misleading since the mid-19th century. After his death, the Berlin medal mint was continued by Ludwig Ostermann (1819–1900) until 1879 .

Awards

Loos was an honorary member of the Prussian Academy of the Arts from 1828 until his death and belonged to the section for the fine arts. He was a knight of the Vasa Order . Loos was a member of the Berlin Freemasons' lodge at the golden plow .

In 1837 he was awarded the 4th Class Red Eagle Order .

Well-known coinage

Commemorative coins and medals with articles in Wikipedia

Fonts

  • Comments on the small publication recently published in Frankfurt am Main ... named: Evidence of some of the most recent and most striking coin valvation divergences in coinage in general , Mittler, 1822
  • About the new royal Prussian coin, minted according to the law of September 30, 1821, and proof that it is one of the very best ever minted , 1823
  • The Art of Detecting Fake Coins , 1828
  • List of all commemorative and occasional coins from the Berlin medal, coinage, factory, entrance and other similar symbols , 1830
  • List of all commemorative and occasional coins that have emerged from the Berlin medal coin of G. Loos since the establishment of this institution by the court medalist Daniel Friedrich Loos ... , Mittler, 1842 (digitized)

literature

  • Theodor Stenzel:  Loos, Gottfried Bernhard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 169.
  • Ludwig Ostermann: Berlin medals - coin from L. Ostermann vorm. G. Loos ... , 1889
  • Leonard Forrer : Biographical dictionary of medallists, coin-, gem-, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, etc. ancient and modern. Vol. 3, Spink & Son, London 1907, pp. 465-470 ( digitized version )
  • Reinhold Zilch : The Berlin Reformation Medal from 1839 as a school prize. The use of the medal in the Kingdom of Prussia, the German Empire, the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich. Part 1: The donation of a Reformation medal by the Berlin magistrate in 1839 and the competition between Christoph Carl Pfeuffer and Gottfried Bernhard Loos . Part 2: The distribution of the Berlin Reformation Medal from 1839 and the reallocation of the surplus copies to a school prize for the next 100 years. In: money trend. International magazine for coins and paper money 50 (2018), no. 5, pp. 90–97; H. 9, pp. 104-108.

Web links

Commons : Berliner Medaille-Münze  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Times according to Numispedia, see web links.
  2. ↑ Klaus Sommer: The medals of the Royal Prussian court medalist Daniel Friedrich Loos and his studio . Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1981, p. 11 f .
  3. ^ Leonard Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Loos, Gottfried Bernhard. tape 3 . Spink & Son Ltd, London 1907, p. 466 ff . ; Leonard Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Ostermann, Ludwig. tape 4 . Spink & Son Ltd, London 1909, p. 335 f .
  4. ^ Academy database
  5. ^ Repertory of all German literature. 11 (1837), p. 29
personal data
SURNAME Loos, Gottfried Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mint master and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1773
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH July 29, 1843
Place of death Berlin