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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 3292794, member: 57463&quot;]Was this the father of John M. Reich, the US Mint engraver? His family background was researched and archived here:</p><p>JOHANN MATTHAUS REICH&nbsp; Also known as JOHN REICH by Stewart Witham, Courtesy New York Historical Society , November 1993 </p><p><a href="https://archive.org/stream/johannmatthausre1993stew/johannmatthausre1993stew_djvu.txt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/stream/johannmatthausre1993stew/johannmatthausre1993stew_djvu.txt" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/stream/johannmatthausre1993stew/johannmatthausre1993stew_djvu.txt</a></p><p><br /></p><p>What little appears in the Red Book and other standard references just opens the door.&nbsp; See, for example:</p><p>&quot;John Reich was a German immigrant who was born in Furth, Bavaria, in 1768. His full name was Johann Matthias Reich. John Reich learned to engrave from his father. Sometime in the 1800’s John immigrated to the United States and sold himself into servitude as a skilled engraver in order to finance his way. Thomas Jefferson, as President, recommended John as the engraver for the Philadelphia Mint in 1801.&quot; </p><p><a href="https://cappedbusthalfdollars.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/history-of-the-capped-bust-john-reich-engraver/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cappedbusthalfdollars.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/history-of-the-capped-bust-john-reich-engraver/" rel="nofollow">https://cappedbusthalfdollars.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/history-of-the-capped-bust-john-reich-engraver/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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