Notgeld BASF in Ludwigshafen 1923
The BASF (Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik) is a German chemical company with its headquarter based in
Ludwigshafen. The company was founded in Mannheim
by Friedrich Engelhorn in 1865 for the production of dyes. BASF started to produce the dye indigo
artificaially. And 1913 based on the process to synthesize ammonia it started to produce fertilizers.
History of BASF
During World War 1 the company delivered explosives for the
German army. Under the leadership of Carl Bosch, BASF founded IG Farben together with Hoechst,
Bayer and three other companies, thus losing its independence. Rubber, fuels and coatings were added
to the product range. In 1935, the BASF and AEG presented the magnetophone – the first tape recorder
– at the Radio Exhibition in Berlin. Following the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor in 1933,
IG Farben cooperated with the Nazi regime, profiting from guaranteed volumes and prices and from the
forced laborers provided by the government.
The Ludwigshafen site was almost completely destroyed during the
Second World War and was subsequently rebuilt. The allies
dissolved IG Farben in November 1945. In 1952, BASF was refounded under its own name. With the
German economic miracle in the 1950s, BASF added synthetics such as nylon to its product range.
Today the company has a sales of over $30bn and is one of the largest German companies.
1 Million Mark - overprint
This 1 Million Mark note is a red 1923 overprint of the 500 Mark bill dated 16 October 1922. It was
issued by the company BASF (Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik) in Ludwigshafen.
5 Million Mark - overprint
This 5 Million Mark note is a blue 1923 overprint of the 500 Mark bill dated 15 October 1922. It was
issued by the company BASF (Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik) in Ludwigshafen.
20 Million Mark - overprint
This 20 Million Mark note is a blue 1923 overprint of the 1000 Mark bill dated 15 October 1922. It was
issued by the company BASF (Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik) in Ludwigshafen.
50 Million Mark - overprint
This 50 Million Mark note is a blue 1923 overprint of the 1000 Mark bill dated 15 October 1922. It was
issued by the company BASF (Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik) in Ludwigshafen.
100 Million Mark - overprint
This 100 Million Mark note is a blue 1923 overprint of the 1000 Mark bill dated 15 October 1922. It was
issued by the company BASF (Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik) in Ludwigshafen.
200 Million Mark - overprint
This 200 Million Mark note is a blue 1923 overprint of the 1000 Mark bill dated 15 October 1922. It was
issued by the company BASF (Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik) in Ludwigshafen.
500 Million Mark
This note was issued by the company BASF (Badische Anilin & Soda Fabrik) in Ludwigshafen.
It is dated 20 September 1923.
Please also check out other Notgeld bills from
Ludwigshafen.
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