Pot magnet for a plunger coil arrangement, in particular a plunger coil arrangement of a scale operating on the principle of electromagnetic force compensation, (a) having a housing which comprises an interior having a floor surface and a circumferential surface extending perpendicularly thereto, and (b) having a permanent magnet unit arranged in the interior of the housing, which permanent magnet unit comprises a permanent magnet and a pole plate, (c) the permanent magnet unit being provided in the housing in such a way that an annular gap for receiving a plunger coil of the plunger coil arrangement (100; 200) is formed between a circumferential surface of the pole plate and the circumferential surface of the interior of the housing, (d) the permanent magnet, with its lower side facing the floor surface of the interior of the housing, being glued to the floor surface, an adhesive layer having a thickness d K being formed between the floor surface and the lower side of the permanent magnet, and (e) the pole plate being connected to the housing at a distance from the permanent magnet by means of a rigid fastening device (118, 206) and being positioned in such a way that a lower side of the pole plate faces an upper side of the permanent magnet and a gap having a predetermined gap width d L is formed between the lower side of the pole plate and the upper side of the permanent magnet, characterized in that (f) the fastening device comprises a carrier element (122; 202, 204) which passes through the permanent magnet, the passage taking place without contact or at least in such a way that, despite contact, an axial displacement movement between the permanent magnet and the carrier element (122; 202, 204) is made possible without substantial radial clamping forces being generated, which, for example, lead to a stick-slip effect in the case of a relative movement of the components in the direction of passage. (a) having a housing which comprises an interior having a floor surface and a circumferential surface extending perpendicularly thereto, and (b) having a permanent magnet unit arranged in the interior of the housing, which permanent magnet unit comprises a permanent magnet and a pole plate, (c) the permanent magnet unit being provided in the housing in such a way that an annular gap for receiving a plunger coil of the plunger coil arrangement (100; 200) is formed between a circumferential surface of the pole plate and the circumferential surface of the interior of the housing, (d) the permanent magnet, with its lower side facing the floor surface of the interior of the housing, being glued to the floor surface, an adhesive layer having a thickness d K being formed between the floor surface and the lower side of the permanent magnet, and (e) the pole plate being connected to the housing at a distance from the permanent magnet by means of a rigid fastening device (118, 206) and being positioned in such a way that a lower side of the pole plate faces an upper side of the permanent magnet and a gap having a predetermined gap width d L is formed between the lower side of the pole plate and the upper side of the permanent magnet, characterized in that (f) the fastening device comprises a carrier element (122; 202, 204) which passes through the permanent magnet, the passage taking place without contact or at least in such a way that, despite contact, an axial displacement movement between the permanent magnet and the carrier element (122; 202, 204) is made possible without substantial radial clamping forces being generated, which, for example, lead to a stick-slip effect in the case of a relative movement of the components in the direction of passage.