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Born in Nuremberg, Werner's medallic activity dates from 1711. He replaced Philip Heinrich Mueller as court medalist to Carl Albert of Bavaria in 1718, and later executed medals for German princes, cities and individuals. See Forrer 6, pp. 453-55; M. B. in Thieme-Becker 35, pp. 417-18; Pyke, p. 156. --- from The Molinari Collection, Andrea S. Norris and Ingrid Weber, Published by Bowdoin College, 1976