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2 Pfennigs - Halle Gotthelf Heimann & Co G.M.B.H.
| Issuer | Gotthelf Heimann & Co. G.m.b.H., Halle an der Saale |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | The octagonal flan features a continuous pearl border following the coin's eight sides. Within this border, the circular legend GOTTHELF HEIMANN & CO. arcs around the upper portion, with G.M.B.H. completing the inscription along the lower arc, flanked by two small stars. A secondary inner pearl circle encloses the central field, in which the large numeral 2 is prominently struck in bold relief, denoting the denomination. |
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| Reverse description | The octagonal flan is framed by a pearl border conforming to the eight-sided shape. The circular legend KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE (small change substitute token) arcs around the upper periphery within the pearl border. An inner rope circle encloses the central field, within which the large numeral 2 is prominently struck in bold relief. Three evenly spaced five-pointed stars appear in the lower portion of the field between the rope circle and the pearl border. |
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Gotthelf Heimann & Co. was a metalware and hardware firm based in Halle an der Saale that issued notgeld tokens during the acute small-change shortages of the early Weimar period. Private commercial firms across Germany resorted to zinc and iron pieces when official coinage disappeared from circulation — hoarded, melted, or simply never minted in sufficient quantity after the war's fiscal devastation left the Reichsmünzen unable to meet demand.
The Hasselmann reference places this firmly within the documented corpus of Saxon commercial notgeld, distinguishing it from the vast flood of undocumented pieces that circulated and vanished without record.