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20 ECU
| Issuer | Albania |
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| Year | 1993 |
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| Diameter | 38 mm |
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| Reverse description | A full-rigged sailing vessel rendered in fine detail occupies the central field, depicted at sea with sails unfurled. The legend ALBANIA arcs along the upper periphery in raised Latin letters. The denomination 20 ECU 20 is inscribed along the lower arc, separated by groups of small stars on either side. Additional decorative stars are evenly spaced around the inner border, framing the central design. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Albania's ECU-denominated issues of the early 1990s were produced exclusively for the collector market during a period when the country was lurching through its post-communist transition — bank collapses, mass emigration, and the chaotic 1991 food riots all unfolding within the same window. The denomination itself had no legal tender relevance to everyday Albanian commerce; the ECU was a European basket currency to which Albania had no formal relationship.
The X# prefix in the Krause catalog places this outside the regular monetary series entirely.