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2 Lekë Liberation
| Uitgever | Albania |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1989 |
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| Gewicht | 7.6 g |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | REPUBLIKA POPULLORE SOCIALISTE E SHQIPERISE 1989 (Translation: People's Socialist Republic of Albania) |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Central motif depicts a striding partisan soldier in full figure, armed with a rifle and raising a clenched fist, superimposed upon a large five-pointed star in the field. The denomination '2 LEKE' appears to the right. The commemorative legend '45 VJETORI I CLIRIMIT' curves along the lower periphery, marking the 45th anniversary of the liberation of Albania in 1944. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Albania's 1989 coinage was produced deep within Enver Hoxha's isolationist state — though Hoxha himself had died in 1985, his successor Ramiz Alia was already quietly managing the system's collapse. The "Liberation" series commemorates the 1944 expulsion of Axis forces, a founding myth the regime had monetized repeatedly across decades of coinage.
Within two years of this strike, the Albanian economy had imploded, pyramid scheme failures had destabilized the country, and the lek itself was nearly worthless in practice. Late socialist-era Albanian coins rarely show meaningful circulation wear — not because they were preserved, but because the distribution infrastructure had already broken down.