Trivia Time (Question provided by someone smarter than myself)

RKKay

Longacre engraved his name boldly on the J-561, though the inscription reads "LONGACRE F." when his name was James Barton. Do you know why?

lordmarcovan

Longacre Fecit.

lordmarcovan

(Which tranlates to "Longacre made it".)

BTW, that's cool- never saw that before.

RKKay

<< <i>Longacre Fecit. >>



Could you have waited longer than 1 minute?

lordmarcovan

Sorry.

It was a good question.

I was pretty sure I was right but not 100%, so I posted. Had I been completely sure I was right, I would've held back and waited, so as not to blow your fine trivia thread.

RKKay

relayer

I was going to guess, but LordM ruined the thread

lordmarcovan

Post another, and I'll shaddupmyface.

(Unless I'm totally stumped, in which case I will post a stoopid guess.)

fc

there is more to the story. outcry by the public made him quickly remove it. (?as in recall?)
he was also told to sign the coin. he did not decide to out of the blue.

i am afraid i do not remember the rest. i just know it had something to do with god...
and what that statement translated to.

coinlieutenant

Robertson,

You're pretty smart....for a guy from the South...

J

RKKay

<< <i>there is more to the story. outcry by the public made him quickly remove it. (?as in recall?)
he was also told to sign the coin. he did not decide to out of the blue.

i am afraid i do not remember the rest. i just know it had something to do with god...
and what that statement translated to. >>



Thanks for the info, fc. It's an interesting situation.

richbeat

Wonder if he was following the lead of Christian Gobrecht?

magikbilly

That "F" is seen every now and then on extremely fine objects d art.


Billy

PerryHall

<< <i>(Which tranlates to "Longacre made it".)

BTW, that's cool- never saw that before. >>



You forgot to mention that it's Latin.

magikbilly

Rembrandt (less "authentic"), School of Rembrandt (even less "authentic"), Workshop of Rembrandt (getting close but not yet) and Rembrandt Harmenz Van Rijn (accepted as genuine) - (some of the ways works by him, his students and others are listed on museum walls) - his/their signature was sometimes "Rembrandt F." Many authentic sigs are "Rembrandt F.".


Billy

Its is early so I may have the above jumbled a bit but you get the idea

farthing

This is a very common way for European medalists to sign their name on medals.