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Il Forrer (1902-30, III, pp. 234-235) riporta: He was a native of Flanders, appears to have worked at first in Germany as Die-sinker at Darmstadt, 1763-1772, Mannheim, 1766, and Frankfort-on-M., 1775, then in France, and probably came over to England about 1790, where for many years, perhaps until 1806, he was employed by Boulton at the Soho Mint, Birmingham. Joseph und Fellner give 1802 as the probable date of his death, which cannot be correct, as the copper coinage of 1805 and 1806, of an entirely new type, as well as tokens of Dublin, 1818-1821 are signed by him. While at Birmingham, Küchler cut the dies for a large number of English, Irish, Danish, Russian, Portuguese, &c.. Coins, and Patterns of coins.
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