Alphonse Michaux
Belgian coin engraver and medalist
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Alphonse Michaux (1860–1928) was a Belgian coin engraver and medalist.[1]
Michaux was born in Brussels on 15 December 1860. He was the son of Belgian engraver Robert Michaux (1824–1901), and as a young man studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels.[2]
Career
Michaux was appointed chief engraver of the Brussels Mint (La Monnaie de Bruxelles) in 1895.[3] As a coin designer, he is best known for engraving dies for a series of Belgian coins with a distinctive hole in the center.[4] These coins started circulation in 1901 when 5 and 10 centimes coins were released.
The 25 centimes coin was first released in 1908.[5] Michaux also engraved coins for Luxembourg, Iran, Romania, and Colombia. These coins are signed either "A. Michaux" or "A.M." on the obverse.[6]
Medal designs
Michaux's medals include:[7]
- 1888 – Ville de Tournai Halle aux Draps Exposition 1888
- 1891- Jean-Servais Stas Jubilaire (50 years)
- 1894 – Jeton (28 mm) for Exposition Universelle d'Anvers
- 1895 – Protection of Childhood
- 1900 – Shah of Iran’s visit to the Brussels Mint
- 1901 – 50th Anniversary of the Marriage of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg
- 1902 – Birth of the 20th Century
- 1903 – Centenary of the College of Luxembourg
- 1905 – Jeton (30 mm) for Exposition Universelle de Liège[8]
- 1905 – Centenary of the Republic of Haiti
- 1906 – 40th Anniversary of the Reign of Carol I of Romania
- 1907 – Royal Numismatic Society of Belgium[9]
- 1908 – Hommage for Ch. Van Der Beken
- 1910 – Jeton (30 mm) for visitors to the Brussels Mint (Monnaie de Bruxelles – Aujourd’hui)[10]
- 1912 – Art medal/pendant La Nage St. Gilles
- Circa 1914 – Albert Roi des Belges, Defenseur de Notre Territoire Nieuport Octobre 1914, WWI[11]
- 1916 - Elisabeth, Reine des Belges[12][13]
- Circa 1918 - WWI Memorial Medal/pendant A Nos Braves 1914 – 1918 La Saint Gilloise
- 1926 - Agriculture Exposition, Esschen[14]
- Agriculture Award medal – Dairy Maid with Cow