JOHNSON, William B.  (fl 1825-76) engraver, Hartford, CT.
           Name variation: William Johnston.

           Advertised (1844) as engraver of gold and silver medals.
           For a time (1849-1860) he was in Covington, Kentucky
           and Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was associated with H.
           Johnson, a probable relative. William is back in Connecticut,
           this time listed in 1876 New England business directory
           as an engraver of medals, badges, seals, door plates and
           did flat engraving.

           There is a diesinker card from Cincinnati bearing the
           name "W. Johnston" which may, or may not, be this man.

           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 (W.) Diesinker Cincinatti Ohio
Storecard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CWT 165CF-1

           B I O G R A P H I C A L  R E F E R E N C E S

D15 {1957} Groce and Wallace, p 355.
BF2 {1999} Falk. Who Was Who in American Art, p 2:1748,

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

M3  {1880} Marvin, Masonic Medals, p 271.
E3  {1902-30} Forrer 3:81.
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.
R10 {1990} Bazelon and McGuinn, p 73.
S58 {1999} Rulau. Standard Catalog U.S. Tokens, p 192, 348, 479; 165CE-1, p 405.