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2 Pfennigs - Mücheln Anhaltische Kohlenwerke
| Issuer | Anhaltische Kohlenwerke (Mücheln) |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse lettering | ANHALTISCHE KOHLENWERKE 2 ✿ MÜCHELN ✿ |
| Reverse description | Octagonal reverse sharing the same beaded outer border design. The central field features a prominent large numeral '2' in bold relief, surrounded by a rope or cable inner circle. The circular legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' arcs around the upper portion of the field in raised Latin capitals. Three small five-pointed stars are arranged along the lower arc beneath the central numeral, within the inner circle. |
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Anhaltische Kohlenwerke was a coal-mining operation in the Geiseltal basin, one of central Germany's most productive lignite regions. This piece is Notgeld — emergency coinage issued privately when the Imperial German government's wartime metal requisitions stripped everyday commerce of functional small change. By 1918, zinc itself was a controlled material, making even these humble issues a product of careful negotiation with authorities.
Mücheln-area colliery tokens of this type circulated exclusively within the company's economic sphere — mine shops, canteens, worker settlements — and were redeemable only under conditions the issuer controlled.