John Smith Gardner
Biography
(fl. 1794-1796)
Employed as assistant engraver at the U. S. Mint November 1794 to March 1796. He worked later in Philadelphia as a seal cutter. He invented a "stenographic telegraphic" for recording the spoken word.
He designed the Liberty Cap Cent of 1793-1796.
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Source credit: Pete Smith, American Numismatic Biographies
