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0.05 Lek
| Issuer | Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar (State Bank of Albania) |
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| Year | 1965 |
| Type | Exchange certificate |
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| Obverse lettering | 0.05 REPUBLIKA POPULLORE E SHQIPERISE E VLEFSHME VETËM PËR DYQANIN E SHITJES ME AR E VALUTE DORËZONI PARAQITËSIT MALLRA PËR VLEFTËN BUONA LEK 0.05 ME ÇMIMET E VEÇANTA TË SHKËMBIMIT ME VALUTË DREJTORI I PËRGJITHËSHËM DREJTORI I THESARIT BANKA E SHTETIT SHQIDTAR 1965 (Translation: People's Republic of Albania. Valid only for gold and currency shop. Give the currency value to the current currency voucher. 0.05 lek voucher. With special currency exchange rates. General director. Treasury director. State Bank of Albania.) |
| Reverse description | Green letterpress print over an orange horizontal-striped underprint. A circular bank seal with intricate guilloche work is centrally positioned, surrounded by repeating text arranged in horizontal bands across the field, with ornate green border decoration framing the entire reverse. |
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Albania's 1965 currency reform was a full decimal redenomination — the old lek was replaced at a 10:1 ratio, which meant small-denomination fractional notes like this one needed to exist to cover the arithmetic gap during the transition period. The 0.05 lek sits at the lowest practical edge of that system.
Printed during the height of Albania's isolation under Enver Hoxha, when the country had severed ties with the Soviet Union following the Sino-Soviet split and aligned firmly with China. Chinese technical and financial assistance extended to the printing infrastructure of this period, though the precise printer for this series remains unconfirmed in major references.