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1 Mark
| Issuer | Stadt Lünen (City of Lünen) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Local banknote |
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| Obverse description | Green and black letterpress Notgeld on white paper. At centre, a circular vignette bearing the denomination numeral '1' above the word 'Mark' in gothic script, set within a dotted guilloche border and a faint watermark-style horse's head underprint; elaborate black foliate scrollwork ornaments occupy the upper left and right corners. The lower half carries the issuing authority inscription 'Lünen a.d. Lippe' in large decorative script on a green ground, beneath which a text panel in Kurrent script states the redemption conditions, the date 'Lünen, den 12. April 1921', the issuing authority 'Der Magistrat:', and a manuscript signature above the title 'Erster Bürgermeister'; the printer's imprint 'GUNDLACH – BIELEFELD' appears at the foot. |
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| Reverse lettering | Notgeld der Stadt Lünen 1921 1 MARK 1 MARK Graf Adolf IV v.d. Mark Begründer der neuen Stadt Lünen, übergibt dem Rat a. 17. Febr. 1341 den Rechtsbrief! |
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Lünen, a coal-mining town on the Lippe River in Westphalia, issued this note during the acute small-change shortage that gripped Germany in the early 1920s — a crisis that pushed hundreds of municipalities into printing their own emergency currency. E. Gundlach of Bielefeld was one of the most prolific printers of this municipal Notgeld, producing notes for dozens of Westphalian towns simultaneously during this period.
Gundlach's volume output meant consistent technical quality but little individualization between issues — the Lünen note is among the more workmanlike examples of the type.