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<p>[QUOTE="halfcent1793, post: 4860622, member: 86853"]I never said Reich had no talent or that he deserved no credit for his designs. The Jefferson Inaugural medal, the Jefferson Peace medal, the Sansom medals, the Treble medal, etc., were very worthy endeavors. To the best of my knowledge, all were commercial ventures.</p><p><br /></p><p>They were struck at the Mint, but they were all created <i>before</i> Reich was employed there. He was not a Mint employee until April 1, 1807, and he resigned effective March 31, 1817 after his Stephen Decatur medal proposal was rejected. The reason he gave for his resignation was “the extreme weekness [sic] of my eyes, which have already made me refuse all work of this kind and could not execute any more to my satisfaction.” He is not known to have done any medal/coin engraving after his resignation, so we can believe his rationale.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I said was that there is no contemporary <i><b>evidence</b></i> that he designed any US <i><b>coins</b></i>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="halfcent1793, post: 4860622, member: 86853"]I never said Reich had no talent or that he deserved no credit for his designs. The Jefferson Inaugural medal, the Jefferson Peace medal, the Sansom medals, the Treble medal, etc., were very worthy endeavors. To the best of my knowledge, all were commercial ventures. They were struck at the Mint, but they were all created [I]before[/I] Reich was employed there. He was not a Mint employee until April 1, 1807, and he resigned effective March 31, 1817 after his Stephen Decatur medal proposal was rejected. The reason he gave for his resignation was “the extreme weekness [sic] of my eyes, which have already made me refuse all work of this kind and could not execute any more to my satisfaction.” He is not known to have done any medal/coin engraving after his resignation, so we can believe his rationale. What I said was that there is no contemporary [I][B]evidence[/B][/I] that he designed any US [I][B]coins[/B][/I].[/QUOTE]
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