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PRINCIPALITY OF SCHWARZBURG-RUDOLSTADT.
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was a small principality in Germany, in the present day state of Thuringia. Its capital was Rudolstadt.
Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt is the cadet branch of the house of Schwarzburg, descended from Albrecht VII. (1605). In 1710 the count was made a prince, in spite of the remonstrances of the elector of Saxony, although he was prevented from taking his seat in the imperial college at Regensburg until 1754. The principality entered the Confederation of the Rhine in 1807 and the German League in 1815. In 1819 it redeemed the Prussian claims of superiority by surrendering portions of its territory.
The principality joined the North German Confederation in 1866 and became a member state in the German Empire in 1871.
With the death of Prince Leopold of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen on April 20, 1906 Prince Günther then became heir presumptive to the other Schwarzburg principality. The death of the prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, Karl Günther on March 28, 1909 united the two Schwarzburg principalities under Prince Günther in a personal union. This was the first time the two principalities had been united under the same ruler since the 16th century when the Sondershausen and Rudolstadt lines had been formed.
Following his succession in Sondershausen Prince Günther dropped the name Rudolstadt from his title and assumed the title Prince of Schwarzburg.
The ruler, who struck coins (in Germany Empire):
• Reign: 19.01.1890 – 1918 – Günther Victor (21.08.1852 – 16.04.1925).

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Denomination: 2 Mark Year: 1898 Material: Silver Description: Obverse: Portrait of the Prince Günter (1890 – 1918) left. Semicircular inscription: GÜNTHER FÜRST ZU SCHWARZBURG RUDOLSTADT. Beneath it – mint mark 'A' (Berlin). Reverse: The arms of the country with a so-called big 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 1898 ∙ 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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