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2 Pfennigs - Magdeburg Saccharin Fabrik A.G.
| Issuer | Saccharin-Fabrik A.-G. Magdeburg-Südost |
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| Currency | Mark (1914-1924) |
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| Obverse description | Plain field bearing the issuer's name in three lines across the center: SACCHARIN / FABRIK / A.-G., all in raised block lettering. The circular legend MAGDEBURG-SÜDOST runs along the lower periphery, reading partially upward on the left side. The entire design is enclosed within a raised dotted border following the rim. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Issued by the Saccharin-Fabrik A.-G. in Magdeburg-Südost, this iron token belongs to the vast category of German wartime Werksgeld — factory-issued scrip used to pay workers in small denominations when the imperial coinage system buckled under World War I metal requisitions. The Reich's systematic withdrawal of copper and nickel coins for munitions production left industrial employers scrambling to keep canteen and wage systems functional. Iron was the stopgap.
The Magdeburg facility was among Germany's principal artificial sweetener producers, saccharin having largely displaced sugar domestically once wartime blockades severed overseas supply chains.