Saxonia AG was a potash mining operation in Glöthe, a small village in the Prussian province of Saxony. Like many German industrial firms of the late Wilhelmine and early Weimar periods, it issued zinc notgeld tokens for use in company-controlled stores and canteens — a system that effectively kept workers' wages cycling back to the employer. Zinc was the pragmatic choice during wartime and its aftermath, when copper and nickel were diverted to military production.
Saxonia AG was a potash mining operation in Glöthe, a small village in the Prussian province of Saxony. Like many German industrial firms of the late Wilhelmine and early Weimar periods, it issued zinc notgeld tokens for use in company-controlled stores and canteens — a system that effectively kept workers' wages cycling back to the employer. Zinc was the pragmatic choice during wartime and its aftermath, when copper and nickel were diverted to military production.