Thomas Halliday (engraver)

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Thomas Halliday (c.1780 – c.1854)[1][2] was an English coin and medal engraver associated with the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.[3]

Halliday worked as an engraver at the Soho Mint in Handsworth, West Midlands.[4] Following this, he set up his own business moving to numerous locations throughout Birmingham before settling at Newhall Street until his death.[5] He had many apprentices including Peter Wyon, a member of a large family of engravers.[6]

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