Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint


Chief Engraver of the Royal Mint is a senior position at the British Royal Mint who is responsible for overseeing the preparation of coin dies.

List of chief engravers

PeriodChief EngraverNotes-----
1060s?Theobald of Lisson GreenCutter of the Dies of All England-----
1090s-1100sOtto the GoldsmithOfficer of the Dies-----
1100s-?Otto FitzOtto-----
?-1160sWilliam FitzOtto-----
1160s-1194Otto FitzWilliam-----
1194-1214William FitzOtto-----
1214-1257Otto FitzWilliam-----
1257-1265William FitzOtto-----
1265-1274Thomas FitzOttoSerjeant of the Dies-----
1274-1282Otto FitzOttoSerjeant of the Dies-----
1282-1283Guy FerreSerjeant of the Dies-----
1285-1324John de Botetourt, 1st Baron BotetourtSerjeant of the Dies-----
1324-1335William Latimer, 3rd Baron LatimerSerjeant of the Dies-----
1335-1379William Latimer, 4th Baron LatimerSerjeant of the Dies-----
1379-1386William GeytonEngraver of the Tower Mint-----
1386-1388William PevereEngraver of the Tower Mint-----
1388-?John EdmundEngraver of the Tower Mint-----
1421-1431Gilbert of BrandenburgEngraver of the Tower Mint-----
1431-1445John OrwellEngraver of the Tower Mint-----
1445-1452Thomas WythialeEngraver of the Tower Mint-----
1452-1462William WodewardeEngraver of the Tower Mint-----
1462-1483Edmund ShaaEngraver of the Tower Mint-----
1483-1485John ShaaEngraver of the Tower Mint-----
1485-1492Nicholas FlyntEngraver of the Tower Mint-----
1494-1509Alexander BruchsalEngraver of the Tower Mint-----
1510-1519John SharpEngraver of the Tower Mint-----
1519-1536Henry NorrisEngraver of the Tower Mint-----
1536-1544Thomas WriotheselyEngraver of the Tower Mint-----
1544-1550Henry Bayse-----
1550-1551Robert Pitt-----
1552-1596Derek Anthony-----
1596-1615Charles Anthony-----
1615-1618Thomas Anthony-----
1618-1624William Holle-----
1625-1628John Gilbert and Edward GreenJoint positions-----
1628-1644Edward Green-----
1645-1648Thomas Simon and Edward WadeJoint positions-----
1645-1649Thomas RawlinsAppointed by King Charles I-----
1649-1660Thomas Simon-----
1660-1670Thomas Rawlins-----
1670-1689John Roettier-----
1689-1690George Bowers-----
1690-1704Henry Harris-----
1705–1741John Croker-----
1741–1773John Sigismund Tanner-----
1773–1779Richard Yeo-----
1779-1815Lewis Pingo-----
1815–1817Thomas Wyon-----
1817-1821Post vacant-----
1821-1828Benedetto PistrucciSubsequently became Chief Medallist at the mint-----
1828-1851William WyonLeonard Charles Wyon appointed Second Engraver at the mint in 1843.-----
1851-1891Leonard Charles WyonModeler and Engraver of the Royal Mint-----
1892-1903George William de SaullesEngraver of the Royal Mint-----
as of 1960Walter Newman-----
1970sEric Sewell1979-2004Hubert Theodore Elsasser OBE2004-2007Matthew Bonnacorsi
2008–presentGordon Summers-----