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THOMAS SIMON (c. 1623-1665)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 131 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THOMAS See also:SIMON (c. 1623-1665)  , See also:English medallist, was See also:born, according to See also:Vertue, in See also:Yorkshire about 1623 . He studied See also:engraving under See also:Nicholas Briot, and about 1635 received a See also:post in connexion with the See also:Mint . In 1645 he was appointed by the See also:parliament See also:joint See also:chief engraver along with See also:Edward See also:Wade, and, having executed the See also:great See also:seal of the See also:Commonwealth and See also:dies for the coinage, he was promoted to be chief engraver to the mint and See also:seals . He produced several See also:fine portrait medals of See also:Cromwell, one of which is copied from a See also:miniature by See also:Cooper . After the Restoration he was appointed engraver of the See also:king's seals . On the occasion of his contest with the brothels Roettiers, who were employed by the mint in 1662, See also:Simon produced his celebrated See also:crown of See also:Charles II., on the margin of which he engraved a See also:petition to the king . This is usually considered his masterpiece . He is believed to have died of the See also:plague in See also:London in 1665 . A See also:volume of The Medals, Coins, Great Seals and other See also:Works of See also:Thomas Simon, engraved and described by See also:George Vertue, was published in 1753 .

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