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PRINCIPALITY OF REUSS JUNIOR LINE.
The Principality of Reuss Junior Line was a state in Germany, ruled by members of the House of Reuss. Its capital was Gera.
Several different principalities of the House of Reuss which had previously existed had by the time of the formation of the German Confederation become part of the two remaining lines (the Elder and the Junior lines). Before then, they had been part first of the Holy Roman Empire, and then the Confederation of the Rhine.
The Counts Reuss of Gera, of Schleiz, of Lobenstein, of Köstriz and of Ebersdorf, became princes in 1806, and its members bore the title Prince Reuss, Younger Line, though they are also referred to by their branch names.
The house is unusual for its system of naming and numbering the male members of the family, every one of which has been named 'Heinrich' for centuries. While most royal and noble houses give numbers only to the reigning head of the house, and that in the order of his reign, the Reuss Junior Line used a numbering sequence for all male family members who began and ended roughly as centuries began and ended. A consequence of this naming system is that certain heads of the Reuss Younger Line have had the highest numbers attached to their name of all the European nobility. Note also that the male children within a single nuclear family are not numbered sequentially, as all members of the larger family are part of the same numbering system. For example, the sons of Prince Heinrich LXVII Reuss of Schleiz were, in order, Heinrich V, Heinrich VIII, Heinrich XI, Heinrich XIV, and Heinrich XVI.
A notable member of this family was Augusta, the maternal grandmother of Queen Victoria.
The ruler, who struck coins (in Germany Empire):
• Heinrich XIV (born: 28.05.1832 – died: 29.03.1913):
– Prince of Reuss Junior Line – 11.07.1867 – 29.03.1913,
– Regent of Reuss Elder Line – 19.04.1902 – 15.10.1908.

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Denomination: 2 Mark Year: 1884 Material: Silver Description: Obverse: Portrait of Prince Heinrich XIV (1867 – 1913) left. Semicircular inscription: HEIHRICH XIV J. L. REG. FÜRST REUSS. Beneath it – mint mark 'A' (Berlin). Reverse: The arms of the country with a so-called small eagle, above it – the German imperial crown; on a breast of an eagle – board with the arms of Prussia, around it – a Prussian award of the Black Eagle with a circuit. Semicircular inscription: DEUTSCHES REICH 1884 ∙ ZWEI MARK. 900 standard silver (Ag 900, Cu 100). Diameter – 28 mm. Weight – 11.111 g. Edge – 140 corrugations, thickness 2.1 mm. Mintage: 100 000. This type of coin was in circulation in Ukraine from end of April to the middle of November, 1918. FMM hasn’t got this coin yet. Country or town: Germany

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