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100 Leke
| Issuer | Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar |
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| Year | 1964-1976 |
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| Currency | New lek (1965-date) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette shows a male worker gesturing forward alongside a young boy, set against the backdrop of the Uëlzë hydroelectric dam rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The Albanian state coat of arms — a double-headed eagle surmounted by a red star within a wreath — appears in the upper right, while a multicolour guilloche underprint with floral rosettes occupies the lower half of the note. The denomination numeral "100" is set within an ornate lathe-work panel at lower right, with the bank title in the upper border and the date 1976 in the lower border corners. |
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| Reverse lettering | 100 BANKA E SHTETIT SHQIPTAR 100 Njëqint lekë 100 100 LIGJA DËNON ATA QË FABRIKOJNË DHE NDAJNË BILETA TË FALLSIFIKUARA 1976 100 |
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The Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar — the Albanian State Bank — operated under strict Hoxha-era isolation, and the notes of this series reflect that: designed and printed entirely within the Eastern Bloc supply chain, with no Western printing house involvement. Albania's break with the Soviet Union in 1961 and subsequent alignment with China created real practical difficulties for currency supply, and this series bridges that transition period.
The 1964 issue effectively replaced the 1957 series at par, part of a redenomination that wiped out earlier currency in circulation. Hoarding foreign exchange was a criminal offense; domestic notes were the only legal store of value.