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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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[[File:1824_half_dollar_obv.jpg|thumb|left|150px|A Capped Bust half dollar.]] |
[[File:1824_half_dollar_obv.jpg|thumb|left|150px|A Capped Bust half dollar.]] |
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− | Reich was born in Furth, |
+ | Reich was born in Furth, [[wikipedia:Bavaria|Bavaria]] during [[1768]]. Here, he learned to engrave from his father, Johann Christian Reich, and assisted him in making [[medal]]s. During [[1800]], John Reich immigrated to the United States, settling in [[wikipedia:Philadelphia|Philadelphia]]. A year later, in [[1801]], [[wikipedia:President of the United States|President]] [[wikipedia:Thomas Jefferson|Thomas Jefferson]] recommended Reich to be hired as an engraver for the [[Philadelphia Mint]]. Though he was unable to gain a full-time position of engraver, Reich was hired for other duties. |
− | In [[1807]], Chief Engraver Robert Scot hired Reich as assistant engraver. After being given the position, [[Robert M. Patterson]], the [[Director of the United States Mint|mint's director]], assigned Reich to redesigning most of the coins that were then in [[circulation]]. On the coins, he replaced the [[Draped Bust]] design of Scot's with his own design: the [[Capped Bust]]. In [[1817]], after ten years of no promotion or pay raise, as well as little praise from Scot, Reich resigned from working at the mint. Afterward, he lived in |
+ | In [[1807]], Chief Engraver Robert Scot hired Reich as assistant engraver. After being given the position, [[Robert M. Patterson]], the [[Director of the United States Mint|mint's director]], assigned Reich to redesigning most of the coins that were then in [[circulation]]. On the coins, he replaced the [[Draped Bust]] design of Scot's with his own design: the [[Capped Bust]]. In [[1817]], after ten years of no promotion or pay raise, as well as little praise from Scot, Reich resigned from working at the mint. Afterward, he lived in [[wikipedia:Albany, New York|Albany]], [[wikipedia:New York|New York]] until his death around [[1833]]. |
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