Christian Gobrecht

Christian Gobrecht
Chief Engraver of the U.S. Mint
In office December 21, 1840[1] – July 23, 1844
President	Martin Van Buren William Henry Harrison John Tyler
Preceded by	William Kneass
Succeeded by	James Barton Longacre
Personal details
Born	(1785-12-23)December 23, 1785 Hanover, Pennsylvania, United States
Died	July 23, 1844(1844-07-23) (aged 58) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Spouse	Mary Hamilton Hewes
Occupation	Engraver, inventor

Christian Gobrecht (December 23, 1785 – July 23, 1844) was the third Chief Engraver of the United States Mint from 1840 until his death in 1844.^[2] He was responsible for designing the famous "Seated Liberty" designs, which were in turn the direct inspiration for the design of the Trade Dollar. He designed the Gobrecht Dollar, which was struck in small quantities from 1836 to 1838 and later inspired the Flying Eagle cent. He also designed the obverse sides for the Liberty head (aka Coronet Head) Quarter Eagle, Half Eagle, and Eagle gold coins, as well as the "braided hair" type Half cent and Large cent coins.