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2 Thalers / 3½ Gulden - Henry LXXII
| Issuer | Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf, Principality of |
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| Year | 1840-1847 |
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| Value | 31/2 Gulden = 2 Reichsthaler = ⅐ Cologne Mark |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed bust of Heinrich LXXII, Prince of Reuss (Younger Line), facing left, rendered in fine high relief with detailed hair and a distinctive moustache and chin beard. The field is smooth and unadorned. The circumferential legend reads HEINRICH LXXII JUNG. LIN. FÜRST REUSS, distributed around the effigy. The mint mark A appears below the bust truncation. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border. |
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| Obverse lettering | HEINRICH LXXII JÜNG. LIN. FÜRST REUSS A |
| Reverse description | The crowned and draped coat of arms of the Principality of Reuss occupies the central field, supported on either side by rampant lions acting as heraldic supporters, the whole surmounted by a princely crown above a richly worked ermine-lined mantle. The quartered shield displays the dynastic arms in fine engraved detail. The circumferential legend, divided by small rosette stops, reads 2 THALER VII EINE F. MARK 3½ GULDEN above and VEREINS MÜNZE with the date 1847 below, all within a beaded border. |
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