Charles Schlecht
Born 1843; copper engraver; graphic artist
About Charles Schlecht
Lived 1843 – 1905 (aged 61–62).
Charles Schlecht (1843-1932) was an engraver at the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing. He did the engraving for the 1896 Educational Series one-dollar bill: History Instructing Youth.
Early life He was born in Stuttgart Germany on June 11, 1843. When he was nine years old he emigrated to the United States with his family. In 1859 he began work as an apprentice engraver for the American Banknote Company. He engraved the portrait of New York Governor William L. Marcy for the United States one-thousand-dollar bill. The portrait appeared on the series from 1878-91. One example of a A Series 1891 $1,000 silver certificate sold for US$2.6m in June 2013.
In 1895 his salary at the BEP was $6,000 per year. He did the engraving for the obverse of the United States one-dollar bill for the 1896 Educational Series: History Instructing Youth.
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born 1843; copper engraver; graphic artist
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Charles Schlecht was born in 1843 in Stuttgart.
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Charles Schlecht died in 1905.
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