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3 Pfennige - Günther Frederick Charles II
| Issuer | Schwarzburg-Sondershausen |
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| Year | 1846-1870 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1697-1870) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a purely typographic design with the denomination expressed as the numeral 3 above the word PFENNIGE in bold raised lettering occupying the central field, below which the date of issue appears in large numerals. The arc legend SCHEIDE MÜNZE curves along the upper periphery, indicating the coin's status as small change currency. A horizontal rule with a central lozenge ornament separates the date from the Berlin Mint mark A at the base. The design is framed by a continuous beaded border. |
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Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was among the smallest of the German states — a principality of under 50,000 subjects whose coinage survived purely by convention and the terms of the German monetary unions of 1838 and 1857. Günther Frederick Charles II ruled for over six decades, making him one of the longest-reigning German princes of the nineteenth century, and this copper pfennig issue spans nearly the entire arc of his reign's final quarter.
The Dresden Convention of 1838 had standardized minor coinage across the member states, which is why this issue exists at all — political pressure to harmonize low denominations produced a wave of copper striking among principalities that might otherwise have abandoned the effort.