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2 Pfennig Ammoniakwerk Merseburg/BASF
| Issuer | Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik (BASF), Ammoniakwerk Merseburg / Leuna-Werk |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse lettering | BADISCHE ANILIN- & SODA-FABRIK AMMONIAKWERK MERSEBURG LEUNA-WERK KREIS MERSEBURG Gutschein über PFENNIG 2 PFENNIG i. V. Scheine, bei denen die Nummer ganz oder teilweise fehlt, werden nicht eingelöst. |
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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. |
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Ammoniakwerk Merseburg was the wartime industrial name for what became the Leuna-Werke, the enormous synthetic nitrogen plant built by BASF near Merseburg beginning in 1916 to sustain German munitions production after Allied blockades cut off Chilean saltpeter imports. The facility issued its own small-denomination notgeld as a practical necessity — the sheer scale of the workforce, eventually numbering in the tens of thousands, created a demand for fractional currency that the surrounding regional banking system simply couldn't meet.
The 2 Pfennig denomination is among the smallest face values in German industrial notgeld, reflecting genuine small-change shortages rather than collector-directed issues.