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1 Pfennig - Haidhof Bayerische Überlandcentrale
| Issuer | Bayerische Überlandcentrale Haidhof |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (0.01) |
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| Obverse description | Octagonal zinc notgeld token with a raised border of raised dots following the periphery of all eight sides. The central field bears the large numeral '1' in bold relief, flanked on either side by small rosette or flower ornaments arranged in a circular pattern. The circular legend reads 'BAYERISCHE ÜBERLANDCENTRALE' along the upper arc and 'HAIDHOF' along the lower arc, all in incuse Latin lettering within the inner border. |
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| Reverse lettering | KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE 1 ★★★ |
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Bayerische Überlandcentrale was a rural electricity cooperative that expanded aggressively across Bavaria in the early twentieth century, and like many industrial operations of the World War I period, it issued its own notgeld coinage when small-denomination imperial coins were hoarded or melted. Zinc was the material of necessity — copper and nickel had been requisitioned for the war effort, leaving municipalities and private concerns alike to stamp tokens from whatever base metal remained available.
The Haidhof facility served a genuinely remote catchment area, which likely kept circulation of this piece tightly local and the surviving population correspondingly thin.