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10 Pfennig - Burghausen an der Salzach Wacker Chemie
| Issuer | Wacker Chemie, Burghausen |
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| Thickness | 1.2 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | ✶ Wacker- Chemie Burghausen |
| Reverse description | Central field displays the large numeral '10' in bold raised figures, enclosed within a denticulated inner circle. The circular legend KLEINGELDERSATZMARKE runs around the outer field between the inner denticle border and the outer pearl rim, indicating this token's function as a small-change substitute. Three small six-pointed star devices are evenly spaced at the base of the outer legend, serving as separators. The overall design is functional and utilitarian in character, consistent with German Notgeld emergency coinage of the inflationary period. |
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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.