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10 Pfennig Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron
| Issuer | Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron (Fabrikskasse) |
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| Year | 1917 |
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| Value | 10 Pfennigs (10 Pfennige) (0.10) |
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| Obverse description | Plain pink-toned paper note with all text printed in black Gothic (Fraktur) script. The issuer's name 'Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron' and the internal cashier designation 'Fabrikskasse' appear at the top, above the large central denomination legend 'Gut für 10 Pfg.' A serial number prefixed 'SFB No.' is printed at the upper right, with the date 'Septbr. 1917' at the lower left and four manuscript signatures at the lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | Chemische Fabrik SFB No. [serial] Griesheim-Elektron Fabrikskasse Gut für 10 Pfg. Septbr. 1917. |
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Chemische Fabrik Griesheim-Elektron was one of Germany's most significant industrial chemical producers — a major supplier of chlorine gas for the German military's chemical weapons program during the First World War. This 10 Pfennig piece is Fabriksgeld, factory-issued emergency money paid directly to workers when the Reichsbank could no longer supply adequate small-denomination coinage. The wartime metal shortage had effectively killed the circulation of low-value coins by 1917.
Griesheim-Elektron later merged into what became IG Farben in 1925.