1909-A Germany Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 3 Mark - PCGS MS65

Description: 1909-A Germany "Karl Gunther" Schwarzburg-Sondershausen Silver 3 Mark - PCGS MS65 - Bright & Flashy! Superb Example for the Grade. Death J-170. Berlin mint, KM154, J-170. Rare in this Condition! Charles Gonthier, Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (German: Karl Günther, Fürst von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen; 7 August 1830 – 28 March 1909) was the ruler of the principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, a constituent state of the German Empire, and head of the House of Schwarzburg from 17 July 1880 until his death. On 17 July 1880, following the abdication of his father due to an eye condition, Hereditary Prince Charles Gonthier succeeded him as ruling prince and head of the House of Schwarzburg. During his reign, he made advancements to the education system of the principality, opening a state school and teacher-training facility. As the marriage of Prince Charles Gonthier was childless, the heir presumptive to the throne was his younger brother, Prince Leopold. In 1890 the two brothers caused a scandal in Germany when they came to blows after Prince Leopold, who desired to marry, took offence to his brother's suggestion that he marry a commoner if no royal woman would agree to marry him. As his brother remained unmarried and Charles Gonthier childless, the Schwarzburg-Sondershausen branch of the House of Schwarzburg was on the verge of extinction, with no other princes remaining. The princely house of Schwarzburg consisted of two branches, Sondershausen being the senior line and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt the junior. According to a family pact from 7 September 1713, upon the extinction of one of the branches, the principality would pass to the surviving one. However, as the Rudolstadt branch was also threatened with extinction on 21 April 1896, Prince Charles Gonthier agreed with the remaining dynasts, his brother Prince Leopold and cousin Prince Günther Victor of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, that their morganatic relative Prince Sizzo of Leutenberg was to become a member of the princely house with full succession rights. Their decision became law on 1 June 1896. In 1906 Prince Charles Gonthier suffered a serious injury in a hunting accident. He spent the remaining years of his life confined to a hospital bed and died in a sanatorium in Dresden. As his brother and heir Prince Leopold had died in 1906, Prince Charles Gonthier was succeeded by his cousin, Prince Günther Victor, in whom both Schwarzburg principalities became vested in a personal union. *Combined Shipping Available ON ALL Items, Request an Invoice or we will send you one after one business day. ALL Precious Metals tested with our own Sigma Metalytics Precious Metal Tester and guaranteed genuine. We Offer A 30-Day No-Questions-Asked Return Policy to all our customers! Please message us if you have any questions about our items and we are happy to answer them, as returns can be an inconvenience to both parties. Please check out our other listings! We have auctions almost every week so make sure to follow us! Follow our owner on Instagram as well at... antebellum.numismatics ... to see things we buy and are passionate about. At Antebellum Numismatics LLC we try to offer a wide variety of items including graded and ungraded coins from modern to bust series, paper currency, obsolete and confederate currency, exonumia such as civil war and hard times tokens, world coins such as thalers and numismatic medals, and we are always listing interesting items as well as many rare key dates. And many other interesting items like shipwreck recovered coins and ancient coins. Feedback is crucial to us here on Ebay and we kindly ask you to contact us if there are any unforeseen issues before leaving negative feedback and we will be happy to resolve them with you. We pride ourselves on having outstanding customer service. Shipping is by USPS First Class Mail unless otherwise listed. All orders will be filled in one business day and shipped out either same business day or the following. International Shipping is through Ebay's Global Shipping Program by default, which may get expensive in some foreign countries. If items are shipped internationally it is the Buyer's Responsibility to pay any import duties or taxes. Coin grading is subjective and all coins can be interpreted differently, so we try to post very large, up close shots of each item we list. And remember to buy the coin and not the holder! Be sure to take a close look and come up with your own opinion! All ungraded coins we offer are authentic and genuine as we ONLY buy from reputable dealers and shows, if there are any discrepancies, we are happy to address them and always offer our 30-Day return policy to all our buyers.

Price: 495 USD

Location: Harvest, Alabama

End Time: 2024-11-25T01:21:38.000Z

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