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100 Franga
| Issuer | Banka Kombëtare e Shqipnis |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Size | 204 × 108 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BANKA KOMBËTARE E SHQIPNIS BANCA NAZIONALE D'ALBANIA NJIQIND FRANGA CENTO FRANCHI ME TË PAMË TË PAGUESHME PRUSIT PAGABILI AL VISTA AL PORTATORE (Translation: NATIONAL BANK OF ALBANIA ONE HUNDRED FRANCS PAYABLE TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND) |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in brown and blue, with a large ornate guilloche frame incorporating repeated double-headed eagle motifs at the corners and along the borders. The denomination numeral 100 is rendered in large blue figures at centre, flanked by the bilingual legends FRANGA and FRANCHI above and below respectively. A monogram medallion appears at top centre and a circular cartouche at bottom centre, with penalty clauses for counterfeiting printed in Italian in the right margin. |
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Issued in April 1940 under Italian occupation — Mussolini had annexed Albania the previous year — the Banka Kombëtare e Shqipnis was in practice a subsidiary operation of the Banca d'Italia, which both printed and effectively controlled the currency. The note circulated alongside Italian lire as Albania was formally integrated into the Italian imperial economy.
The Banca d'Italia's intaglio printing is technically accomplished, as one would expect from a state institution that also produced Italy's own wartime issues during the same period. Pick lists this as P#8 within the Albanian occupation series, which runs only a handful of types — the entire series was short-lived, rendered obsolete by the 1943 Italian armistice and subsequent German occupation.