ECKFELDT, John Jacob (?1735- ) Colonial American machinist.
Born Nuremberg, Germany, ca 1735. Came to America 1765.
Robert Morris paid him for four Nova Constellation dies in 1783 but these were probably engraved by Benjamin Dudley (q.v.) and maybe A. Dubois (q.v.).
He was the father of mint employee Adam Eckfeldt (q.v.).
C O I N P A T T E R N S
1783 Nova Constellatio Patterns . . . . . . . Breen 1099-1105
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
N1 {1870} Crosby, p 310.
E8 {1951} Kenney, p 8-9.
O12 {1988} Breen 1099-1105, p 113-116.
N31 {1992} Smith. American Numismatic Biographies, p 78-79.
Born Nuremberg, Germany, ca 1735. Came to America 1765.
Robert Morris paid him for four Nova Constellation dies in 1783 but these were probably engraved by Benjamin Dudley (q.v.) and maybe A. Dubois (q.v.).
He was the father of mint employee Adam Eckfeldt (q.v.).
C O I N P A T T E R N S
1783 Nova Constellatio Patterns . . . . . . . Breen 1099-1105
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
N1 {1870} Crosby, p 310.
E8 {1951} Kenney, p 8-9.
O12 {1988} Breen 1099-1105, p 113-116.
N31 {1992} Smith. American Numismatic Biographies, p 78-79.