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2 Pfennigs - Magdeburg Saccharin Fabrik A.G.
| Issuer | Saccharin-Fabrik A.-G. Magdeburg-Südost |
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| Value | 2 Pfennigs (2 Pfennige) (0.02) |
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| Obverse description | Plain zinc field enclosed by a continuous dotted border running along the inner rim. The issuer's name is presented in three lines across the central field reading 'Saccharin- / Fabrik / A.-G.', with the location legend 'MAGDEBURG-SÜDOST' arranged in a circular arc around the periphery. The lettering is incuse, rendered in a simple sans-serif typeface characteristic of German notgeld coinage of the World War I era. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Issued by a saccharin manufacturer operating outside Magdeburg during the First World War, this token belongs to the vast emergency coinage — Kriegsgeld — that flooded Germany after 1914 when the Reich's metal coinage effectively vanished from circulation hoarded or melted. Industrial firms, municipalities, and merchant associations issued their own scrip simply to make change. Saccharin-Fabrik A.-G. was one of the larger chemical producers in the region, and tokens like this were redeemable at company facilities or approved local merchants.
The zinc composition reflects wartime metal rationing, with copper and nickel diverted to military production from 1915 onward.