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| Issuer | Hallesche Pfännerschaft A.G. |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (0.01) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND |
| Additional information |
The Hallesche Pfännerschaft was a salt-works cooperative in Halle an der Saale with roots stretching back to medieval guild structures — one of the oldest continuously operating industrial associations in German history. By the Weimar era, when zinc notgeld tokens like this one circulated, the Pfännerschaft had reorganized as a joint-stock company but retained its ancient name. These tokens filled the vacuum left by chronic small-denomination coin shortages after World War I, issued by employers partly as a practical measure and partly to bind workers' spending to company-affiliated vendors.