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10 Pfennig - Burghausen an der Salzach Wacker Chemie
| Issuer | Wacker Chemie, Burghausen |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Plain field bearing the issuer's name in bold raised block lettering arranged across the coin face in three horizontal lines reading WACKER- / CHEMIE, with BURGHAUSEN inscribed along the lower arc following the inner border. A small six-pointed star device appears at the top of the field above the principal legend. A decorative rope or wave ornament separates CHEMIE from BURGHAUSEN below. The entire design is contained within a continuous pearl or bead border running around the full circumference of the obverse. |
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| Obverse lettering | ✶ Wacker- Chemie Burghausen |
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Wacker Chemie established its Burghausen works in 1914 along the Salzach River, and the site grew into one of the largest contiguous chemical plant complexes in the world. During the acute coin shortages of the World War I period, many large industrial employers in Germany issued their own Notgeld tokens to facilitate small transactions among their workforce — state mints simply could not keep pace with wartime demand for low-denomination coinage. Iron was the material of necessity, copper and nickel having been redirected to munitions production.