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5 Pfennig - Heldrungen Gewerkschaft Heldrungen II
| Issuer | Gewerkschaft Heldrungen II |
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| Weight | 1.6 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Octagonal reverse sharing the same outer pearl border as the obverse. An inner twisted rope circle encloses the central field bearing the large numeral '5' in relief. The circular legend 'KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE' (small change substitute token) surrounds the rope border, with three five-pointed stars serving as spacers evenly distributed at the base of the legend. |
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Gewerkschaft Heldrungen II was a potash mining operation in the Mansfeld district of Saxony-Anhalt, a region that dominated German potash extraction in the early twentieth century. During World War I, acute zinc and copper shortages — driven by military requisitioning — pushed hundreds of German industrial firms to issue their own small-denomination token coinage to keep wage payments and canteen transactions functioning. This piece is one such Kriegsgeldersatz, circulating exclusively within the mine's closed economic environment.
The Mens catalog distinguishes at least three die varieties for this type, of which this is the third.