The goldsmith Philipp Aldendorff was appointed Die-cutter for the Cologne Circle, Germany, in 1608, and General Warden in
Cologne (City), Germany, from 1611 to 1625. He died early in 1625. Lit.: Alfred Noss, Die Münzen der Städte Köln und Neuss:
1474-1794 (1926) pp. 47-49, 140, 161.