James B. Longacre
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James B. Longacre was a 19th-century American engraver who served as Chief Engraver of the United States Mint and created several notable coin designs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| James B. Longacre canonical | 9 |
| Christian Gobrecht | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2792197 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James B. Longacre Context triple: [gold dollar, designer, James B. Longacre]
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A.
Thomas Hudson
Thomas Hudson is the introspective American painter and emotionally reserved protagonist of Ernest Hemingway's posthumously published novel "Islands in the Stream."
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B.
James Renwick Jr.
James Renwick Jr. was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for his Gothic Revival designs, including several landmark churches and public buildings in the United States.
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C.
Charles Bridgeman
Charles Bridgeman was an influential early 18th-century English landscape designer who helped pioneer the transition from formal Baroque gardens to the more naturalistic English landscape style.
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D.
Thomas Crawford
Thomas Crawford was a 19th-century American neoclassical sculptor best known for major public works in Washington, D.C., including the Statue of Freedom atop the U.S. Capitol dome.
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E.
James Hoban
James Hoban was an Irish-born American architect best known for designing the White House in Washington, D.C.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James B. Longacre Target entity description: James B. Longacre was a 19th-century American engraver who served as Chief Engraver of the United States Mint and created several notable coin designs.
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A.
Thomas Hudson
Thomas Hudson is the introspective American painter and emotionally reserved protagonist of Ernest Hemingway's posthumously published novel "Islands in the Stream."
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B.
James Renwick Jr.
James Renwick Jr. was a prominent 19th-century American architect best known for his Gothic Revival designs, including several landmark churches and public buildings in the United States.
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C.
Charles Bridgeman
Charles Bridgeman was an influential early 18th-century English landscape designer who helped pioneer the transition from formal Baroque gardens to the more naturalistic English landscape style.
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D.
Thomas Crawford
Thomas Crawford was a 19th-century American neoclassical sculptor best known for major public works in Washington, D.C., including the Statue of Freedom atop the U.S. Capitol dome.
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E.
James Hoban
James Hoban was an Irish-born American architect best known for designing the White House in Washington, D.C.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chief Engraver of the United States Mint
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engraver ⓘ medalist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| appointedBy | James K. Polk ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1794-08-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1869-01-01 ⓘ |
| employer | United States Mint ⓘ |
| endTime | 1869 (as Chief Engraver of the United States Mint) ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Longacre ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
banknote engraving
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numismatic engraving ⓘ portrait engraving ⓘ |
| genre | historical portraiture ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
United States Mint
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surface form:
United States Mint engraving department
|
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
helped modernize U.S. coinage iconography in the 1850s and 1860s
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introduced new designs for several mid-19th-century U.S. coins ⓘ produced widely circulated small-cent designs ⓘ |
| notableWork |
United States double eagle
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surface form:
$20 gold double eagle obverse portrait of Liberty
$3 gold piece Indian princess motif ⓘ Andrew Jackson portrait engraving ⓘ Flying Eagle cent design ⓘ Indian Head cent ⓘ
surface form:
Indian Head cent design
Indian Head cent ⓘ
surface form:
Indian Head gold dollar design
James Madison portrait engraving ⓘ John C. Calhoun portrait engraving ⓘ United States double eagle ⓘ
surface form:
Liberty Head double eagle (Type I) design
Liberty Head (Type 1) ⓘ
surface form:
Liberty Head gold dollar design
Shield nickel design elements ⓘ Three-dollar gold piece design ⓘ “National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans” engravings ⓘ |
| occupation |
engraver
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illustrator ⓘ medalist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Delaware County, Pennsylvania
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near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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| positionHeld | Chief Engraver of the United States Mint ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| startTime | 1844 (as Chief Engraver of the United States Mint) ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: James B. Longacre Description of subject: James B. Longacre was a 19th-century American engraver who served as Chief Engraver of the United States Mint and created several notable coin designs.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Christian Gobrecht