The recent death of Baroness ’Alphonse de Rothschild recalls a curious of how the famous banking house really had its origin in a boy's hobby. The boy was Mayor Amschd Rothschild, who was born at Frankfort in 1743. His father was a money changer, and the lad made a hobby of collecting the curious coins which weue not current money, but which occasionally cans* into k’s father's possession. These, he subsequently discovered, became valuable as curios, and the businesa instincts which he then displayed showed in what direction his proper talent lav. He entered a bank, and by shrewdness and honesty—he was known an "the honest Jew"—he laid tho foundation of the banking businu*m« which are now world-famous, and died a millionaire.
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Northland Age, Volume IV, Issue 49, 27 July 1908, Page 2
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