{{Short description|Swiss-born coin and medal engraver trained in Paris}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Jean-Pierre Droz''' (1746 - 1823) was a coin and medal engraver born in Switzerland and trained in Paris. Droz was most known for engraving the Napoléon coin at the Paris Mint.
[[File:Halfpenny 1790 George III Pattern by J.-P. Droz-F176-653.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Cu-Pattern Halfpenny George III by Jean-Pierre Droz, struck in 1790 at Matthew Boulton's Soho Mint, with raised edge inscription: RENDER TO CESAR THE THINGS WHICH ARE CESARS]] He was employed by the prominent English manufacturer and business man, Matthew Boulton (1728 - 1809) to improve Boulton's coin and medal quality.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Flynn|first1=Brendan|title=RBSA: A Place for Art: The story of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists|date=2014|publisher=Callprint|location=Liverpool|page=52}}</ref> However, he worked there for just two years.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dick|first1=Malcolm|last2=Quickenden|first2=Kenneth|last3=Baggott|first3=Sally|title=Matthew Boulton: Enterprising Industrialist of the Enlightenment|date=2013|isbn=978-1-4094-2218-1|page=134}}</ref> In 1789, Droz devised a collar used to engrave the sides of coins and ensure a circular shape, and though it was unsuitable for large numbers of coins, it remained in use at the Soho Mint.<ref>{{cite web|title=Droz's Collar|url=http://sohomint.info/drozcollar.html|website=Soho Mint|accessdate=22 June 2015}}</ref>
He was a member of the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.
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