Venray, now a municipality in the Dutch province of Limburg, was part of the Land of Kessel, which was held as an appanage
at the end of the 14th century by Reinald, squire of Gelre, before he succeeded his brother William I (1371–1402) as Duke
(Gelderland, feudal period). Reinald minted coins there between 1393 and 1402. During the Second World War, the municipality
issued emergency banknotes, dated 15 May 1940.