BARRE, Jean Jacques: (French) (1793-1855) apprenticed to Thiolier at the age of seventeen and made such rapid progress that scarcely a year elapsed without some of his work appearing at the annual Fine Art Exhibitions at Paris. From 1842 until his death in 1855 he was Graveur General des Medailles at the Paris Mint.

BARRE Albert-Desiré, (1818-1878) - ) was the son of Jean Jacques Barre whom he succeeded as Graveur General at the Paris Mint in1855. He was created Knight of the Legion of Honor in 1846. As a medallist, he was not as prolific nor did he achieve the stature of his father, nevertheless, he was one of the dominant engravers of the Second Empire, with his most famous work being the profile of Napoleon III that was used for many medals and jetons during the period. He was also responsible for some of the earliest gold coinage of the young French Third Republic (mostly issued after his death). He even designed the famous Venezuelan coinage showing Simon Bolivar on the obverse, and the shield of the Republic of Venezuela on reverse.