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1 Skënder
| Issuer | Katundari e Korçës (Inhabitants of Korçë/Coriza/Korytza) |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | KATUNDARI E KORÇËS SKËNDER NJE Kryekatundari Kasieri Në të gjaqur paguhet GJERGJ |
| Reverse description | The reverse shares the same light green guilloche underprint as the obverse, framed by a bold red ornamental border of interlocking chain-link design. A large circular red overprint at centre contains a blue-violet stamp impression of Skanderbeg in full warrior attire, with the handwritten or typeset date 4 Gusht 1921 appearing below, and partial denomination numerals 1 at the outer edges. |
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Korçë's 1921 local scrip is one of the more unusual items in Albanian notaphily. The town had already experienced a period of French military administration (1916–1920) during which it briefly operated as an autonomous entity, and the local authority's decision to issue its own currency in 1921 reflects the broader administrative chaos of early Albanian statehood — Tirana had only just been designated capital that same year, and central monetary authority was essentially nonexistent.
The denomination itself, the Skënder, references Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu, the 15th-century Albanian national hero. That a municipal body named after the town's inhabitants — "Katundari e Korçës" — was naming currency units after a national symbol suggests these notes were as much a political statement as a practical transaction medium.
Pick lists only a handful of Albanian emergency issues from this period; P#156 is among the rarest.