Bio

• Born at Chaux-de-Fond, Switzerland. He worked at the Paris Mint. Employed by Boulton and Watt in England in 1790. He designed a number of English pattern coins and the Bermuda Penny.

  Droz designed a superior coin press that was proposed for use at the new mint in Philadelphia. His name was proposed for the superintendent of the mint. Some references incorrectly identify Droz as the engraver of U.S. coin dies. He died in Paris.

  His name is spelled "Drost" in some early correspondence.

Geburtsdatum

• 1743-04-17

Geburtsort

• Chaux-de-Fond, Switzerland

Sterbedatum

• 1823-03-02

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