GRÜNER, Ferdinand (fl 1856-58) Early American seal engraver, diesinker, San Francisco. Listed as jewelerin 1858 San Francisco directory. Edgar H. Adams states
Grüner as "well-known die cutter" which Bowers questions
because no other work is known by this engraver (N36).
C O I N S
1854-55 $20 Kellogg & Company Gold Pieces . . Breen 7917-7920
1855 $50 Kellogg & Company Gold Pieces. . . . . . Breen 7921
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
P1 {1912} Adams (Edgar H.) Private Gold Coinage of California. American
Journal of Numismatics. Reprinted Brooklyn NY (1913) p 87.
D15 {1957} Groce and Wallace p 278.
S44 {1981} Kagin, p 120.
O12 {1988} Breen 7917-7921, 651-52; 641.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:1395.
N36 {2002} Bowers, More Adventures, p 82.
Grüner as "well-known die cutter" which Bowers questions
because no other work is known by this engraver (N36).
C O I N S
1854-55 $20 Kellogg & Company Gold Pieces . . Breen 7917-7920
1855 $50 Kellogg & Company Gold Pieces. . . . . . Breen 7921
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
P1 {1912} Adams (Edgar H.) Private Gold Coinage of California. American
Journal of Numismatics. Reprinted Brooklyn NY (1913) p 87.
D15 {1957} Groce and Wallace p 278.
S44 {1981} Kagin, p 120.
O12 {1988} Breen 7917-7921, 651-52; 641.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:1395.
N36 {2002} Bowers, More Adventures, p 82.