1812 AD., German states, Reuss-Ebersdorf, Heinrich LI, Saalfeld mint, 4 Pfennig, KM 28.

German states, Reuss-Ebersdorf, Heinrich LI (1779-1822), Saalfeld mint, 1812 AD.,
4 Pfennig (ø 26-26,5 mm / 5,66 g), copper, ca. 7,6 g. mint weight, mintage 23.000 , axes medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), plain edge,
Obv.: 18 - 12 , crowned shield of arms with hound head facing right.
Rev.: 4 / PFENNIG / [F. R. P.] / EBE[RSD]ORF / L. [M.] , value and country, "Fürst Reuss-Plauen-EBERSDORFsche Land-
Münze".
AKS 52 ; Jaeger 94 ; Schmidt and Knab 610 ; KM 28 .

Year / Mintage
1812 / 23.000

Reuss-Ebersdorf was a county and from 1806 a principality located in Germany. The Counts of Reuss-Ebersdorf belonged to the Reuss Junior Line. Reuss was successively a part of the Holy Roman Empire, Confederation of the Rhine, German Confederation, North German Confederation, German Empire and Weimar Republic before becoming a part of Thuringia in 1920.
Following the death of Count Heinrich X of Reuss-Lobenstein in 1671, Reuss-Lobenstein was ruled jointly by his three sons Heinrich III, Heinrich VIII and Heinrich X. In 1678 Reuss-Lobenstein was partitioned with Heinrich III remaining Count of Reuss-Lobenstein, Heinrich VIII becoming Count of Reuss-Hirschberg and Heinrich X becoming the Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf.

In 1806 the title of the ruler of Reuss-Ebersdorf was upgraded to that of Prince. In 1824, on the death of Prince Heinrich LIV of Reuss-Lobenstein, Count Heinrich LXXII of Reuss-Ebersdorf succeeded him and took the title Prince of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf. Prince Heinrich LXXII remained prince of Reuss-Lobenstein-Ebersdorf until his abdication in 1848 in favour of the prince of Reuss-Schleiz.

Count Heinrich XXIV was the father of Countess Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf, maternal grandmother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.