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institution1671–2000s

Mocatta and Goldsmid

Disciplines:
investing/precious metals
investing/commodities
investing/bullion trading

Summary

British bullion broker founded in 1671 — one of the oldest financial institutions in the world — which Henry Jarecki built into a major precious metals trading operation before it was eventually absorbed into larger financial institutions.

Core Contribution

Represents the oldest layer of the precious metals trading industry — the bullion broker as financial infrastructure — and under Jarecki became one of the most sophisticated metals trading operations in the world.

Historical Influences

Moses Mocatta London bullion market tradition

Intellectual Lineage

Moses Mocatta London Bullion MarketJewish Sephardic Merchant Network

Contemporaries & Peers

N M RothschildJohnson MattheySamuel Montagu

Minds Influenced

Precious metals trading industry Bullion market structure

Intellectual Posterity

Mocatta and Goldsmid Standard Chartered acquisition

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