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1000 Lekë
| Issuer | Bank of Albania |
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| Year | 2001-2011 |
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| Value | 1000 Lekë |
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| Obverse description | At left center, an intaglio vignette reproduces the portrait of Pjetër Bogdani (1625–1689), clergyman, writer, and seminal figure of early Albanian literature, adapted from the frontispiece of his work Çeta e profetëve (Cuneus prophetarum). A solar symbol drawn from the same publication appears alongside the portrait. The issuer's title BANKA E SHQIPERISE and the denomination NJE MIJE LEKE are inscribed in letterpress, with PJETER BOGDANI 1625–1689 identifying the subject. |
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| Protection description | Portrait watermark of Pjetër Bogdani |
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Albania's 1000 Lekë series issued under P#69 spans a decade of post-communist monetary consolidation, during which the Bank of Albania was still rebuilding credibility following the catastrophic 1997 pyramid scheme collapse — an event that wiped out savings equivalent to roughly half the country's GDP and triggered armed insurrection across the south. The note's relatively sparse security specification, watermark only, reflects the printing economics of a central bank operating on constrained budgets through this period.
Collectors should note that the 2001 and later dated issues within this series carry subtle signature variations corresponding to successive Bank of Albania governor tenures.