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10 Pfennig Ammoniakwerk Merseburg/BASF
| Issuer | Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik (BASF), Ammoniakwerk Merseburg |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse lettering | BADISCHE ANILIN- & SODA-FABRIK AMMONIAKWERK MERSEBURG LEUNA-WERK KREIS MERSEBURG Gutschein über PFENNIG 10 PFENNIG i.V. Scheine, bei denen die Nummer ganz oder teilweise fehlt, werden nicht eingelöst 10 PFG. |
| Reverse description | Plain white reverse printed in green letterpress with a simple guilloche frame and the denomination '10 PFG.' in each corner, enclosing a block of German text setting out the conditions of validity: the voucher is valid only within the Ammoniakwerk Merseburg and must be redeemed at the works cashier offices within one month of a posted notice of redemption. A faint serial number impression is visible at the lower centre from the obverse printing. |
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Ammoniakwerk Merseburg was a synthetic ammonia plant built by BASF near Merseburg in Saxony-Anhalt, operational from 1916 as part of Germany's wartime effort to produce nitrogen compounds for both fertilizers and explosives — the Haber-Bosch process made it strategically critical. Like hundreds of large industrial employers during the Weimar-era currency chaos, the plant issued its own small-denomination Notgeld to pay workers when official coinage disappeared from circulation entirely.
BASF absorbed the Merseburg operation as a subsidiary, which is why both names appear on the issuing authority. The 10 Pfennig denomination targets everyday canteen and transit transactions — the smallest practical unit for internal factory use.