This was the point at which the Rothschild name became first involved with the manipulation of money behind the scenes of wars. When William inherited his own father’s massive fortune, his friendship with Mayer Rothschild gave Mayer the ability to begin conducting larger international transactions. When William was younger, he had engaged in the trading of rare coins with Mayer’s father, and so the two had always known one another. By the age of 40, he had consolidated his most important business contact: the Landgrave William, the Elector of Hesse, one of only a tiny number of nobles empowered to elect the Holy Roman Emperor. And he was smart, seeking out wealthy clientele, and associating with nobility whenever he could. He was energetic, clever, and most of all he was charismatic. Returning to Frankfurt at the age of 19, he offered his own banking services in a modest way, beginning with trading of rare coins and related investments. But once he came of age he became an apprentice at a small bank in Hamburg, where he learned the trade. Not much is known about his early life, as his was one of tens of thousands of marginalized, outcast families. The greatest of these financial adepts was Mayer Amschel Rothschild, born in 1744 in a Jewish slum of Frankfurt. Skeptoid delved into the Rothschild family history in 2012, noting that:
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