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Ludwig Christian Koch
Born 1717   Died 1792  

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

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".

    Boswell on the Grand Tour I, 1764
    The Journal of His German and Swiss Travels, 1764

    Unless otherwise noted, the source for a dated quotation of Boswell's is generally the corresponding volume of the Yale Trade Editions of Boswell's journals.