JOHNSON, H.  (fl 1849-1863) engraver, diesinker, Cincinnati.
          Name variation: H. Johnston.  Full first name unknown.
          A partner with, and probable relative of, William B.
          Johnson (q.v.) in the Cincinnati firm of H. & W. Johnson.
          The firm engraved dies for Cincinnati Mining and Trading
          Company in Cincinnati for coins issued in California. 
          Breen states they also prepared Civil War token dies.

          C   O   I   N   S

1849 Five Dollar Gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Breen 7772
1849 Ten Dollar Gold. . . . . . . . . . . . . Breen 7773-7774

          M   E   D   A   L   S

1860ca Johnston (H.) Diesinker Cincinatti Ohio
          Storecard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CWT 165CE-1

          N U M I S M A T I C   R E F E R E N C E S

E10 {1970} Gladfelter. Civil War Die Sinkers. Journal of the Civil War Token Society
          4:2 (Summer 1970) p 11-12; 12:4 (Winter 1978) p 133.
S44 {1981} Kagin, p 106.
O12 {1988} Breen 7772-7774, p 631.
S58 {1999} Rulau. Standard Catalog U.S. Tokens, p 192, 348, 479; 165CE-1, p 405.