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100 Lek

Issuer Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar (State Bank of Albania)
Year 1953
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Printer Goznak, Moscow
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Obverse description Printed in brown and red on a yellow guilloche underprint, the obverse carries the Albanian state coat of arms — a double-headed eagle surmounted by a red star within an oval cartouche — at the right. The central panel, set against a bright yellow background with red guilloche ornamental lines, bears the denomination and issuer name in bold letterpress, flanked by decorative scrollwork and floral corner ornaments; the date 1953 appears within a small frame at lower right. Two manuscript signatures appear across the central panel alongside handwritten text, with the serial number printed twice.
Obverse lettering 100
BUONA LEK 100
BANKA E SHTETIT SHQIPTAR
REPUBLIKA POPULLORE E SHQIPËRISË
VLEFSHME VETEM PER DYQANE SHITJES ME AR E VALUTE
DREJTORI PERGJITHSHEM
1953
(Translation: 100 lek voucher. State Bank of Albania. People's Republic of Albania. Valid only for hard-currency and gold shops. General Director.)
Reverse description The reverse is printed in red and yellow, with the entire field covered by a dense, repeating letterpress underprint of the issuer and state names in alternating horizontal rows, interspersed with flowing yellow guilloche scrollwork vignettes at centre. A dark olive-brown foliate border frames the composition on all sides, with ornamental corner flourishes. No portrait or pictorial vignette is present; the design functions purely as an anti-counterfeiting background pattern.
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