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Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812)
The Rothschild Archive
Claims Supported by This Source
- His father was a commodity trader and money changer who supplied the Prince of Hesse with coins for his collection.
- In 1757, he apprenticed under Jacob Wolf Oppenheimer at the Simon Wolf Oppenheimer bank in Hanover.
- His trade in old coins gained him princely clients and expanded into financial services for Crown Prince Wilhelm.
- In 1769, he received the title of Court Agent. The Crown Prince became Wilhelm IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel in 1785.
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