January 2023 Autographs & Memorabilia Auction - Closes Saturday, Feb. 4th

Lot #1087:

Nathan Rothschild Russian Bond Signed by the Once “Richest Man on Earth” (Third Party Guaranteed)

Russian Bond signed by the one-time “Richest Man on Earth,” and the Richest Among the Rothschilds, Nathan Rothschild. Russian Empire, 5% Bond for 960 Roubles = £148, issued 1822, measuring 9.5” x 14.5,” and bearing the original signature of famous Jewish German banker Nathan Rothschild. In as expected heavily used condition, with folds and tears at centerfolds and margin damages. Rothschild raised blind seal in bottom right.

Nathan Mayer, Freiherr von Rothschild (1777-1836) was a Jewish German banker, businessman and financier. He was one of five sons of the second generation of the Rothschild banking dynasty. First operating as a textile merchant in Manchester, he moved on to deal on the London stock exchange in financial instruments such as foreign bills and government securities. He was engaged in the arrangement of many government loans (e.g. Prussia, Russia, England and Spain).

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