Catalogus
| Uitgever | Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar |
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| Jaar | 1957 |
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| Waarde | 100 Lekë |
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| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Printed predominantly in green, the obverse carries a left-side vignette of a male worker in traditional Albanian attire holding a rifle, rendered in intaglio style against a fine guilloche underprint. The Albanian state coat of arms — a double-headed eagle surmounted by a star within a wreath — appears centrally in the upper field, flanked by decorative scrollwork. The large numeral "100" is printed in red at center-right, with the denomination inscription "NJË QINT LEKË" and the payability clause below, the serial number appearing twice in red. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | BANKA E SHTETIT SHQIPTAR 100 NJË QINT LEKË LIGJA DENON ATA QE FABRIKOJNË DHE NDAJNË BILETA TË FALLSIFIKUARA |
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| Opmerkingen |
The 1957 series marked a consolidation of Albanian currency design under the communist state bank, which had replaced the pre-war Banka Kombëtare e Shqipërisë following Enver Hoxha's postwar nationalizations. By this point Albania was still formally within the Soviet bloc's economic orbit, and Soviet technical assistance extended to currency production — though the precise printing arrangements for this series remain incompletely documented.
The cotton substrate with watermark security was modest by contemporary European standards, reflecting both the country's isolation and the relatively low counterfeiting risk in a tightly controlled command economy where banknote transactions were closely monitored.