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100 Leke
| Issuer | Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar |
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| Year | 1991 |
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| Reference(s) | P#47 |
| Obverse description | Central vignette presents two steelworkers in the foreground — one holding a sledgehammer and the other raising a technical blueprint — set against a large industrial steel mill complex in the background, rendered in an intaglio-style engraving on a lilac and blue underprint with guilloche rosettes. The denomination numeral '100' appears in large letterpress figures at lower left, with the bank title 'BANKA E SHTETIT SHQIPTAR' across the top and 'NJËQIND LEKË' along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette shows a large industrial oil refinery complex with cooling towers and processing columns, engraved in fine line work against a pale blue and violet underprint with guilloche ornaments. The Albanian state eagle emblem appears at upper right within a circular frame, accompanied by the year '1991' and the serial number in red at lower right. The denomination '100' is printed at upper corners and in large numerals at lower left, with 'NJËQIND LEKË' along the bottom margin. |
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Albania's state bank issued this note in 1991, the year the communist government collapsed and the country lurched toward a chaotic transition — mass emigration, factory looting, and the slow disintegration of state institutions all unfolded while this paper was technically legal tender. The 1991 series was among the last produced under the old order before the banking system was restructured entirely.
Pick 47 continued design conventions established years earlier rather than signaling any break with the past — an odd choice given the political moment, though urgency rarely allows for new plate commissions.