Catalog
10 Lek
| Issuer | Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar (State Bank of Albania) |
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| Year | 1950 |
| Type | Exchange certificate |
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| Obverse lettering | BANKA E SHTETIT SHQIPTAR E vlefshme vetëm për dyqanine N T. Sh. shitje mallrave me Ar e Valute "Tregvar. Buona Lek 10 Dorëzoni paraqitësit mallna për vleftën (Lek Dhetë) me çmimet e veçanta të shkëmbimit me valutë DREJTOR' I PËR GJITH. SHEF I SER. TË THESARIT Korrik 1950. |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted save for a dense all-over guilloche underprint of interlocking diamond and square cartouches, incorporating small ornamental rosettes at each intersection, printed in pale cream tones with the denomination numeral 10 repeated discreetly in the corner areas. |
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The 1950 Albanian lek series was issued under the communist government that had formally consolidated power in 1946, and the notes reflect the abrupt Soviet-aligned monetary reorganization that followed the postwar currency reform of 1947 — itself a tool for wiping out wartime hoarding and black-market wealth. The State Bank of Albania, established in 1945 with Yugoslav technical assistance, later fell into the Soviet orbit after the Tito-Stalin split forced Hoxha to sever ties with Belgrade.
Printing details for this series remain poorly documented in Western references. Attribution to specific presses is uncertain enough that any confident claim about the printer should be treated with skepticism.