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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.