Hans Küne (Mint Master)

Hans Küne also Köhne , Kühne or Khünen ; (* before 1556 ; † 1570 ) was a ducal Brunswick-Lüneburg mint master in Goslar .

Life

In 1556, Hans Küne became the first mint master of the local mint, which had only recently been moved to Goslar and which had been set up in the monastery building at St. Vitustor. Küne held his post in Goslar only a few years until he was replaced by Lazarus Erker in 1563 . However, since the latter had apparently misused his art for himself, Küne soon took over the duties of the Goslar mint master again in 1565 and until his death in 1570. During this time he was assisted by the Münzwardein Georg Stumpfelt (or Georg Stumpfeldt), who worked in Goslar from 1564 to 1570 .

The mint mark Künes consisted - similar to that of his son - of a double cross, but with two cross bars.

Küne's successor was his son Andreas Küne in 1570 .

Well-known characteristics

At coinages Künes are known

the thalers of 1566, 1568 and 1569, as shown in Philipp Julius Rehtmeyer's Braunschweig-Lüneburgische Chronica ... in table V numbers 10 to 12, in table VI number 1.

literature

Siegfried Elbeshausen: Oberharzer Jetons from the mints of the Welfen (= Bremen contributions to the history of coins and money , Volume 5), Bremen: Bremer Numismatic Society, 2006, p. 31
Wolfgang Leschhorn : Braunschweig coins and medals (= Braunschweigisches Kunsthandwerk (BKH). Volume 3). Appelhans, Braunschweig 2010, ISBN 978-3-941737-22-8 .

Individual evidence

↑ Wolfgang Leschhorn: Brunswick coins and medals. P. 123.
↑ ^a ^b o. V .: Küne, Andreas in the database of Niedersächsische Personen ( new entry required ) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library in the version of July 30, 2015, last accessed on April 26, 2020
^ ^A ^b ^c ^d ^e Gustav Heyse : Contributions to the knowledge of the Harz Mountains, its history, literature and its coinage. A series of treatises , 2nd, very increased edition, published by L. Schnooks Buchhandlung, Aschersleben and Leipzig 1874, p. 96; Digitized via Google books

personal data
SURNAME	Küne, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Khüne, Hans; Khünen, Hans; Koehne, Hans; Kühne, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel mint master in Goslar
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1558
DATE OF DEATH	1570

[1] Wolfgang Leschhorn: Brunswick coins and medals. P. 123.

[GWLB-2] . V .: Küne, Andreas in the database of Niedersächsische Personen ( new entry required ) of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library - Lower Saxony State Library in the version of July 30, 2015, last accessed on April 26, 2020

[Heyse-3] A ^b ^c ^d ^e Gustav Heyse : Contributions to the knowledge of the Harz Mountains, its history, literature and its coinage. A series of treatises , 2nd, very increased edition, published by L. Schnooks Buchhandlung, Aschersleben and Leipzig 1874, p. 96; Digitized via Google books