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½ Skender

Issuer Municipality of Korçë (Albanian notgeld)
Year 1921
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Currency Franc
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Obverse description Brown and red letterpress print on yellow underprint; ornamental border runs along all four edges. An oval vignette at left contains a bust portrait of Gjergj Kastrioti (Skanderbeg) in profile facing right, with his name inscribed below in a curved legend. Denomination numeral '1/2' appears within a circular cartouche at right, with the issuer and value inscriptions in red above centre, accompanied by two manuscript signatures.
Obverse lettering KATUNDARI' E KORÇËS
SKENDER GJYSME
1/2
GJERO KASTRIOTI
Reverse description Brown and red print on pale grey-green guilloche underprint; a large circular ornamental vignette dominates the centre field, within which a manuscript signature is overlaid. The word 'GJYSMË' appears in bold black letterpress at both left and right, with the denomination '1/2' repeated in each corner. The date inscription appears at lower centre.
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