Catalog
| Issuer | Bank of Albania |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Currency | New lek (1965-date) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait vignette of Aleksandër Stavre Drenova (pen name Asdreni), the Albanian poet and author of the national anthem, positioned to the right of centre against a multicolour guilloche underprint. The facade of the Banka e Shqipërisë headquarters in Tirana is rendered as a secondary architectural vignette to the left. Denomination numerals appear in the upper and lower corners with bilingual inscription across the note face. |
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| Reverse description | The Flag of Albania — a black double-headed eagle on a red field — occupies the central vignette, flanked by a stylised musical score and an ornamental music box motif. The opening two lines of the Albanian national anthem, "Himni i Flamurit", are inscribed in the composition: "Rreth flamurit të përbashkuar, me një dëshirë e një qëllim". Denomination numerals and bank name appear at left and right within a decorative guilloche border. |
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| Protection type | Watermark, Security thread, Colour-shifting ink |
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