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Germany
– German States
Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen
1870
C Copper 3 Pfennige 24mm (4.60 grams)
Reference: KM# 143
(1846-70)
FÜRSTENTH. SCHWARZB. SONDERSH., Crowned Coat-of-arms.
SCHEIDE MÜNZE 3 PFENNIGE 1846 A, Inscription.
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Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was a small
principality in Germany, in the present day
state of Thuringia, with its capital at
Sondershausen.
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen was a county until
1697. In that year, it became a principality,
which lasted until the fall of the German
monarchies in 1918, during the German Revolution
of 1918–1919. After the German Revolution, it
became a republic and joined the Weimar Republic
as a constituent state. In 1920, it joined with
other small states in the area to form the new
state of Thuringia.
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen had an area of 862
km² (333 sq. mi.) and a population of 85,000
(1905). Towns placed in the state were: Arnstadt,
Sondershausen, Gehren, Langewiesen,
Großbreitenbach, Ebeleben, Großenehrich, Greußen
and Plaue.
 Germany, officially the Federal Republic of  Germany is a federal parliamentary republic in western-central Europe. It includes 16 constituent states and covers an area of 357,021 square kilometres (137,847 sq mi) with a largely temperate seasonal climate. Its capital and largest city is Berlin. With 81 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous member state in the European Union. After the United States, it is the second most popular migration destination in the world.
Various Germanic tribes have occupied northern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before 100 CE. During the Migration Period the Germanic tribes expanded southward. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation.
The rise of Pan-Germanism inside the German Confederation resulted in the unification of most of the German states in 1871 into the Prussian-dominated German Empire. After World War I and the German Revolution of 1918-1919, the Empire was replaced by the parliamentary Weimar Republic. The establishment of the Third Reich in 1933 led to World War II and the Holocaust. After 1945, Germany split into two states, East Germany and West Germany. In 1990, the country was reunified.
 In the 21st century, Germany is a great power and has the world’s fourth-largest economy by nominal GDP, as well as the fifth-largest by PPP. As a global leader in several industrial and technological sectors, it is both the world’s third-largest exporter and importer of goods. Germany is a developed country with a very high standard of living sustained by a skilled and productive society. It upholds a social security and universal health care system, environmental protection and a tuition free university education.
Germany was a founding member of the European Union in 1993. It is part of the Schengen Area, and became a co-founder of the Eurozone in 1999. Germany is a member of the United Nations, NATO, the G8, the G20, and the OECD. The national military expenditure is the 9th highest in the world. Known for its rich cultural history, Germany has been continuously the home of influential artists, philosophers, musicians, sportsmen, entrepreneurs, scientists and inventors.
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