1 Thaler - Henry II Lobenstein

Reuss-Gera was one of the fractured micro-territories produced by the obsessive partible inheritance practiced by the Reuss dynasty, which divided lands among male heirs so repeatedly that the family tree became nearly ungovernable. Henry II ruled during the opening years of the Thirty Years' War, and thalers of this type served the very practical function of paying troops — both one's own and those passing through — at a moment when Thuringia was becoming a corridor for armies moving between Catholic and Protestant fronts.

The Schmieder & Knabenschu reference places this among a thinly documented run, with surviving examples appearing rarely at auction.