Jacques-Jean Barre (3 August 1793 – 10 June 1855) was the 17th chief coin engraver (graveur général) at the

Monnaie de Paris The (, ''Paris Mint (coin), Mint'') is a government-owned institution responsible for producing France, France's coins. Founded in AD 864 by King Charles the Bald with the Edict of Pistres, it is the oldest continuously running minting instituti ...

between 1842 and 1855. In this position, he engraved and designed French

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s, the

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s and

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s, as well as the first Swiss coinage which was initially minted there. From the late 1840s until 1855, he created the first two French

designs: the Ceres series and Napoleon III series. His two sons, artists themselves, succeeded him at the post of general engraver: * Albert Désiré Barre * and Jean-Auguste Barre (for only one year).

References

External links

French Postal Museum, Jacques-Jean Barre (in French)
* 1793 births 1855 deaths 19th-century French engravers French engravers French stamp designers {{France-engraver-stub