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10 Lekë
| Issuer | Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar |
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| Year | 1947 |
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| Size | 120 × 61 mm |
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| Obverse description | Dark green on brown underprint. The Albanian State coat of arms appears at left, with a vignette of a soldier bearing a rifle at right. Denomination and issuer inscriptions are arranged around the design, with the date 1947 at lower portion. |
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| Obverse lettering | 10 BANKA E SHTETIT SHQIPTAR DHJETË LEKË I PAGUHEN PRURËSIT ME TË PARË 1947 (Translation: Albanian State Bank Ten Leke Payable to the bearer 1947) |
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Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar — the Albanian State Bank — replaced the Banka Kombëtare e Shqipërisë in 1945 as the communist-led government consolidated financial control following the war. This 10 Lekë note belongs to the first series issued under that new institution, a direct instrument of the Hoxha regime's early economic reorganization.
The 1947 series was short-lived. A currency reform in 1965 redenominated the lek at 10:1, rendering all pre-reform notes obsolete almost overnight.