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10 Lek valutë
| Issuer | Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar |
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| Year | 1992 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | BANKA E SHTETIT SHQIPTAR DHJETE LEK VALUTË BANKA E SHTETIT SHQIPTAR |
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| Reverse lettering | REPUBLIKA POPULLORE SOCIALISTE SHQIPERISE 10 LEK VALUTË BANKA E SHTETIT SHQIPTAR |
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Albania's state bank issued this note during a genuinely chaotic moment — 1992 was the year the country held its first post-communist multiparty elections and began dismantling forty-five years of Hoxha-era economic isolation. The lek valutë series itself was a transitional instrument, bridging the old centrally planned currency system and whatever would follow.
The "valutë" designation distinguished these notes from the parallel domestic lek, a two-tier arrangement that reflected the government's awkward early attempts at managing foreign exchange.