First mentioned in 1542, Gilles was appointed Mintmaster in Deutz for the Archbishopric Cologne, on 15 May 1581, a position
he held until 1584, Gilles was listed in 1587 as a Citizen in Frankfurt a am Main, and in 1589 he was Mintmaster for the Archbishopric
Pfalz in Heidelberg. He died in office on 23 March 1598 in Frankfurt. Lit.: Alfred Noss, Die Münzen der Erzbischöfe von Köln
1547-1794 (1925) pp. 67, 90, 91; Wolfgang Scheffler, Goldschmiede Rheinland-Westfalens - Aachen - Köln (1973) n. 917b p. 527;
Alfred Noss, Die Münzen der Städte Köln und Neuss: 1474-1794 (1926) pp. 206, 224; ibid., Die Münzen der Stadt Neuss p. 450.
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