Gotthard minus

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Gotthard Minus (* 1810 in Mitau , Courland ; † 1876 ) was a German-Baltic merchant and coin collector .

After working as a merchant in St. Petersburg and Moscow, Minus had been based in Riga since 1856 . Here he brought together an important collection of coins from the Baltic regions, which were auctioned in November 1874 together with the Adolph Preiss collection in Vienna.

literature

  • FI Wessner: The Gotthard Minus Thaler & Medal Collection. The Adolph Preiss collection of coins and medals from the Baltic provinces. Egger, Vienna 1874.
  • Franziskus Pärn: On the history of Livonian numismatics . In: Studia numismatica. Festschrift Arkadi Molvõgin 65. Tallinn 1995, p. 140.
personal data
SURNAME Minus, Gotthard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Baltic merchant and coin collector
DATE OF BIRTH 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Mitau , Courland
DATE OF DEATH 1876