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mint, in finance

(Encyclopedia) mint, place where legal coinage is manufactured. The name is derived from the temple of Juno Moneta, Rome, where silver coins were made as early as 269 b.c. Mints existed earlier…

Caillaux, Joseph

(Encyclopedia) Caillaux, JosephCaillaux, Josephzhôzĕfˈ kāyōˈ [key], 1863–1944, French statesman. Son of a former cabinet minister, he entered the French civil service as inspector of finance. He…

Fould, Achille

(Encyclopedia) Fould, AchilleFould, Achilleäshēlˈ f&oomacr;ld [key], 1800–1867, French financier and politician. Fould gave financial backing to Louis Napoleon (later Emperor Napoleon III), whom…

Meyer, Eugene

(Encyclopedia) Meyer, Eugene, 1875–1959, American financier and newspaper publisher, b. Los Angeles. He was a successful broker and a director of many corporations. In 1917 he was appointed to guide…

Pantaleoni, Maffeo

(Encyclopedia) Pantaleoni, MaffeoPantaleoni, Maffeomäf-fĕˈō päntälāôˈnē [key], 1857–1924, Italian economist and politician. He was finance minister in Gabriele D'Annunzio's government at Fiume (1919…