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1 Pfennig - Henry LXXII
| Issuer | Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf, Principality of |
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| Year | 1841-1844 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing a rampant lion to the left, surmounted by a princely crown. The crowned coat of arms of the Principality of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf is rendered in relief within a plain shield. A circular legend surrounds the central device, reading FÜRSTENTH. REUSS LOBENST. EBERSD., separated by small decorative stops. |
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| Obverse lettering | FÜRSTENTH. REUSS LOBENST. EBERSD. |
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Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf was one of the most diminutive sovereignties in the German Confederation, covering barely 75 square kilometers and governing fewer than 20,000 subjects. Henry LXXII — the numeral itself a consequence of the Reuss family's eccentric practice of numbering every male heir "Heinrich" sequentially across all branch lines since the 12th century — ruled until 1848, when the line died out and the territory was absorbed by Reuss-Schleiz. These pfennigs represent the entire copper coinage of the principality's final years.