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20 Franga
| Issuer | Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Currency | Old lek (1926-1965) |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue and brown on multicolour underprint. Portrait vignette of national hero Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg at left, with guilloche patterning throughout the design. The note bears no signatures, with the issuing bank name and denomination inscribed in Albanian across the face, dated Tirana, 1 May 1945. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANKA E SHTETIT SHQIPTAR NJËZET FRANGA I PAGUHEN PRURËSIT ME TË PARË TIRANË, 1 MAJ, 1945 (Translation: Albanian State Bank Twenty Francs Payable to the bearer Tirana, May 1st, 1945) |
| Reverse description | Dark blue on multicolour underprint. An oval guilloche vignette at left encloses the Albanian double-headed eagle coat of arms, flanked by the numeral 20 at both lower left and right. The bank name is inscribed across the top, with a cautionary anti-counterfeiting legend in a panel along the lower portion of the design. |
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