Joseph Appel

Joseph Appel (full name Joseph Franz Appel , also Josef Appel , born May 18, 1767 in Vienna , † December 4, 1834 ibid) was an Austrian numismatist .

Life

Joseph Appel was the son of a numismatist. The father had another son, Franz. He divided his collection among his sons, so that Franz got the medals and Joseph got the coins. Over time, Appel collected more coins, sacrificing hard work and money. He turned out to be very knowledgeable. Therefore he worked from 1787 as a servant of the state, so he was most recently commissioner of the imperial-royal redemption and repayment deputation . He was also a commissioner in the production of redemption and anticipation coupons.

Appel died in Vienna in 1834 and was 77 years old.

Act

Appel was a valued numismatist in the professional world because of his knowledge, but also because of his collections. It was judged that he was able to check coins for authenticity and read illegible writings from the Middle Ages. In his offices with the state, he decided complicated cases. He often gave quick information. His works were still valued at the end of the 19th century because they were considered thoroughly worked out. In particular, his repertory of medieval and modern coin studies was still used as an aid for a long time , although Appel was accused of not proceeding scientifically in this work.

Works

• Coin and medal collection (Vienna 1805 to 1808, two volumes)
• Repertory on Minting in the Middle Ages and Modern Times (Vienna 1819 to 1828, four volumes, seven parts; first volume online , second volume online )
• Sketch of a collection of all medals minted under Emperor Franz I (Vienna 1822)
• Chess lessons

literature

• Franz Graeffer : Oesterreichische National-Encyklopädie, or, Alphabetical presentation of the most remarkable peculiarities of the Austrian Empire , 1835, p. 97, online
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Appel, Joseph . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 1st part. University book printer L. C. Zamarski (formerly JP Sollinger), Vienna 1856, p. 54 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Karl Weiß :  Appel, Joseph . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 508.
• Appel, Josef Franz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 26.