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20 Pfennig - Halle an der Saale Hallesche Pfännerschaft A.G.
| Issuer | Hallesche Pfännerschaft A.G. |
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| Thickness | 1.3 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely plain and devoid of any design, inscription, or device in the central field. The surface exhibits the characteristic matte texture of struck zinc, with oxidation patina visible across the field. A continuous beaded border identical to that on the obverse runs along the inner rim, forming the sole decorative element of this face. |
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The Hallesche Pfännerschaft was one of Germany's oldest salt-production cooperatives, with roots in the medieval salt trade centered on Halle's famous saline springs. This notgeld piece was issued during the Weimar-era emergency coinage period, when chronic small-change shortages forced municipalities and private firms alike to mint their own circulating tokens. That a salt cooperative had the institutional standing to issue emergency currency speaks to the Pfännerschaft's deep economic entrenchment in the region — it had operated continuously, in various forms, since the fourteenth century.