Leonard Forrer

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Leonard Forrer or Leonhard Forrer (7 November 1869, Winterthur, Switzerland - 17 November 1953, Bromley, United Kingdom) was a Swiss-born numismatist and coin dealer. He was later naturalised as a British subject. [1]

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Life

He came to study in England in 1887 and two years later began working for Spink and Son, an art dealer's in London. He soon became responsible for their sales of coins and medals and developed that sector of their business to a world-class level. From 1893 onwards he was editor of the Numismatic Circular. As well as several other publications and numismatic catalogues, he was most notable for his eight-volume biographical dictionary of medallists and mint magistrates from classical antiquity to 1900, still an important work. In 1944 he was awarded the medal of the Royal Numismatic Society. His sons Leonard Steyning Forrer (1895-1968) and Rudolph Forrer (1896-1974) also became coin dealers.

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References

  1. Herbert A. Cahn: Leonard Forrer senior †. In: Schweizer Münzblätter 4, 1954, S. 71-72 ()