Biography
Mint-engraver. Son of Johann Christian Koch (1680-1742), who he eventually succeeded as Master of the Mint in Gotha. Director of the Mint from 1766.1
- 1 According to the Biographical Dictionary of Medallists, Coin-, Germ-, and Seal-engravers, Mint-masters etc. vol. 3 Koch died in 1793, while The Journal of his German and Swiss Travels gives his year of death as 1792.
Life with Boswell
Boswell visited Koch at the Mint in Gotha on October 20, 1764. Koch supplied him with new coins and good Rhenish Wine, and was described by Boswell as "one of your old staunch Germans".