New Coin Designer/Engraver Name [solved]

Could this name be added to the list of Engravers Names please?

"William Henshall"

He designed this coin >> https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces55747.html
And this coin >> https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces55749.html

I am in the process of updating these coins.

Thankyou - Mike

Mike,

I don't find links with detailed portrait of him. Please provide some descriptions that I can add with his name (or some link if you have).

Hi pejounet

I have found out some information about him which is quite interesting. Below is an extract from this page
https://www.ramint.gov.au/sites/default/files/australian_coins_-_a_fascinating_history_fact_sheet.pdf
　
1813
The British Government decided to send 40,000 Spanish dollars to the colony. Governor Macquarie asked a convict named William Henshall (who had been convicted of forgery) to punch a round piece out of each of the Spanish dollars.
This almost doubled the number of coins – producing 39,910 doughnut shaped pieces (known as ‘holey dollars’) and the same number of solid pieces from the centre (these were called ‘dumps’). All the coins were stamped with the words ‘New South Wales’, and holey dollars and dumps were used in NSW until 1829 and in Tasmania until 1849.

So Henshall did not design the actual coin I have mentioned in the above post, he made the original Holey Dollars which the coin above is commemorating and has copied the design. So in a way he designed it?

I'm not sure if you want to give him the credit for the modern coin or not. But he is already listed on the Aluminium-bronze version.

Regards Mike

ps - I understand your reason for not having a Generic Mint Designer such as Royal Australian Mint etc. When they do not specify a name it can be left blank. Should the ones that have been included in the past be removed? I can report them as I find them.

Hey Mike,

indeed that was the info I had for Henshall, he was convicted for forgery and did...forgeries in Australia

Best way given these: indeed he's not the designer of this coin but we may include the story/details you mention in the comment section of the coin file (along with the aluminum-bronze file). I think these are nice facts to have!
Still I added William Henshall so you can add him to the original files for the Holey and for the Dump.

Sounds good to you?

Regarding generic mint designer, yes we would remove those ones. You can submit modification requests if you spot cases like this.

Cheers,

PJ

Sounds good to me - Both the coins mentioned above are currently waiting for some validation by the Australian Referee (I keep him very busy, sorry Max). So after he has done that I will add the information we have discovered.

Cheers Mike

Excellent! Thanks for the numerous updates , indeed sorry for Max