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1 Pfennig - Cannstatt Kantine Haueisen & Co
| Issuer | Kantine Haueisen & Co, Cannstatt |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (0.01) |
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| Obverse lettering | KANTINE HAUEISEN & Co CANNSTATT 1 |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a stark, minimalist composition featuring the large numeral '1' centered in the plain field, indicating the token's face value of one Pfennig. An inner pearl circle borders the central device, itself enclosed within a finely milled outer rim. The field is unadorned beyond these elements, reflecting the functional nature of this privately issued canteen token. |
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Cannstatt — now part of Stuttgart — hosted a concentration of industrial works along the Neckar through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and canteen token systems like this one were a practical response to the logistical problem of paying workers in fractions too small for official coinage to handle efficiently. Haueisen & Co issued zinc pieces rather than the brass or aluminium favored by many contemporary canteen operators, likely reflecting wartime material constraints or simple supplier availability.