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2 Skënder
| Issuer | Katundari e Korçës (Inhabitants of Korçë) |
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| Year | 1921 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Red and olive-green letterpress note with a rectangular border of ornamental repeating motifs. At left, an oval vignette contains a bust portrait of Gjergj Kastrioti (Skanderbeg) in profile, inscribed 'GJERGJ KASTRIOTI' below. The heading 'KATUNDARI E KORÇËS' appears at top center in olive-green, with the denomination 'SKENDER DY' beneath it, and the numeral '2' enclosed in a circle at right. A serial number in red and two manuscript signatures appear in the lower central field, with the printer's imprint 'Gdh. Sig. Dhori Koti' at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in olive-green and red, with an elaborate guilloche design forming a large central oval medallion surrounded by interlocking lathe-work patterns. The numeral '2' appears in each corner of the note within the ornamental border, and a circular stamp impression is visible at left center. |
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Katundari e Korçës — literally the rural community of Korçë — issued these notes during a period when the Albanian state had no functioning central bank and no reliable national currency in circulation. Local authorities across the country improvised, and Korçë, with its history of relative civic organization and its earlier experience under French administration during the 1916–1920 Autonomous Republic of Korçë, had the institutional memory to attempt something like a local scrip.
The denomination in Skënder — named for Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu — reflects a short-lived attempt to assert a distinctly Albanian monetary identity. The unit never achieved broader adoption.