LOMBARDO, Orazio Natale (1926- ) Italian-Canadian engraver, medalist.
Born Milan, Italy, 1926. Onetime employee Stefano
Johnson in Milan. Came to Canada and Sherbrook,
Quebec 1951. Worked for Francis Costanza, a jeweler.
Opened his own business, Lombardo Specialty Regd, 1952,
renamed Canadian Artistic Dies 1957.
Beginning 1960 he called the firm Lombardo Mint.
M E D A L S
1976 American Bicentennial Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . .
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
E14 {1978} Willey, p 96.
Px {1990} Remick (Jerome) The Lombardo Mint. The Canadian
Numismatic Journal (December 1990) pp 424, 425.
Born Milan, Italy, 1926. Onetime employee Stefano
Johnson in Milan. Came to Canada and Sherbrook,
Quebec 1951. Worked for Francis Costanza, a jeweler.
Opened his own business, Lombardo Specialty Regd, 1952,
renamed Canadian Artistic Dies 1957.
Beginning 1960 he called the firm Lombardo Mint.
M E D A L S
1976 American Bicentennial Medal. . . . . . . . . . . . .
N U M I S M A T I C R E F E R E N C E S
E14 {1978} Willey, p 96.
Px {1990} Remick (Jerome) The Lombardo Mint. The Canadian
Numismatic Journal (December 1990) pp 424, 425.