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10 Pfennig Ammoniakwerk Merseburg/BASF
| Issuer | Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik (BASF), Ammoniakwerk Merseburg |
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| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green letterpress-printed notgeld on white paper with a decorative guilloche border incorporating corner rosettes and the denomination '10 PFG.' repeated in each corner. The upper portion carries a three-line issuer inscription in bold gothic type, followed by the legend 'Gutschein über' in a cursive display typeface, with the large central numeral '10' flanked by the word 'PFENNIG' on either side within an ornamental band. A manuscript signature appears at lower left above a printed serial number, with a cautionary note at the foot stating that notes missing their number in whole or in part will not be redeemed. |
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| Reverse lettering | Dieser Gutschein hat nur im Ammoniakwerke Gültigkeit und verliert solche, wenn er nicht innerhalb eines Monats nach erfolgter Aufforderung des Ammoniakwerkes Merseburg — durch Anschlag im Werk — eingelöst wird. Die Einlösung geschieht an den Kassestellen des Werkes. 10 PFG. |
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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.