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2 Pfennig - Klein-Wanzleben Z.K.W.v.R. and G. A.G.
| Issuer | Zuckerfabrik Klein-Wanzleben vormals Rabbethge und Giesecke A.G. |
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| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE 2 ✿ KL. WANZLE. ✿ |
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Klein-Wanzleben, a village in Saxony-Anhalt, became one of the most important sites in European sugar beet cultivation after Rabbethge and Giesecke established their factory there in 1838. During the harvest season, the plant drew temporary labor far in excess of what the local cash economy could accommodate, and factory-issued token coinage bridged the gap — redeemable at the company store and effectively keeping wages circulating within the enterprise. Zinc was the practical choice: cheap, easily struck, and appropriately impermanent for a scrip currency never intended to outlast a single beet campaign.