18th-19th Century
A Coin Dealer Bought Soldiers' Panic and Built a Dynasty
A Frankfurt coin dealer started buying government bonds from panicked soldiers—and accidentally built the world's most powerful financial dynasty.
Read the full story in the app
Untold Archives: one untold history story, every morning.
Download on the App StoreBankingJewish HistoryNapoleonic WarsFinancial HistoryInternational FinanceIntelligence NetworksEuropean PoliticsRothschild FamilyFrankfurtLondon
History is full of stories like this one.