Mintmaster mark

are often the initials of the mintmaster of a mint or small symbols (cross, star, coat of arms, heraldic device, etc.)

With his mark, the mintmaster assumed responsibility for ensuing the coins issued by his mint were in accordance with the regulations.

[1] Mintmaster marks were used as early as the time of bracteate coinage in the Holy Roman Empire, but these can only rarely be deciphered.

For example in the Electorate of Saxony: In Brandenburg: In Mecklenburg: In Florence: Mintmaster marks appear from the late Middle Ages.

This is the artist's signature and at the same time the mintmaster's mark of the Palatinate court medallist, coin die cutter and mint master, Anton Schäffer.

Mmz.: acorn on a stem
Erbland thaler ( Broad thaler ) John George II , 1662, mmz. C–R and acorn, mintmaster Constantin Rothe, Dresden Mint
1347 florin with coat of arms and issue mark
Speciesthaler 1763, mmz. I F ô F, mintmaster Johann Friedrich ô Feral, Leipzig Mint. On the arm section Signum S, medallist: Johann Friedrich Stieler
Hesse-Cassel , Weidenbaumthaler of 1628, Mmz.: TS as a monogram between the horns of the landgrave's helmet
Electoral Palatine Flussgoldducat from von 1763 with the mark AS, both a mintmaster mark and artist's signature by Anton Schäffer
Giulio ( clipped ) of Pope Julius II with the banker's mark "trident" at the bottom of the reverse side