Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
0.10 Franga Argjent
| Issuer | Municipality of Elbasan |
|---|---|
| Year | 1924-1925 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Franga (1926-1939) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in a solid red-brown tone over a mottled guilloche underprint covering the entire field, enclosed within the same square-perforation border as the obverse. 'BASHKIJA E ELBASANIT' is typeset in bold capitals across the upper portion, followed by the denomination '0,10' and 'FR. ARGJENT' in the central field. Several lines of Albanian text appear below, with signature designations for municipal officials at the lower left and right. |
| Reverse lettering | BASHKIJA E ELBASANIT 0,10 FR. ARGJENT Paguhet me f... par... Arkëtar Kryetar Rr. Shqipni d... Ar. Sejdini d... |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Albania in the early 1920s had a severe shortage of small-denomination national currency, and the gap was filled — chaotically — by local municipal and commercial issues. Elbasan's fractional notes were part of this patchwork, issued under emergency provisions as the new Albanian state struggled to establish a functioning central monetary authority. The Franga Argjent itself was a silver-standard unit introduced in 1926, which means these Elbasan notes were denominated in a currency that did not yet officially exist at the time of their earliest issue.
Municipal issues from this period are notoriously fragile; the paper quality was poor and few circulated long enough to survive intact.