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20 Franka Ari Overprinted on P#3
| Issuer | Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar |
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| Year | 1945 |
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| Value | 20 Franga Ari = 100 Lek (100 ALK) |
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| Obverse description | Dark blue on multicolour underprint. At left, a youth's head vignette is rendered in intaglio, with the national arms positioned at upper centre. A rectangular overprint at right carries the revised bank name in both Albanian and Italian, applied over the base P#3 design. |
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| Reverse description | Dark red-brown on pale underprint. A central oval vignette presents the Drin Bridge set within a broad rural landscape of rolling hills and scattered trees. Corner medallions bear the denomination numeral 20, flanked by intricate guilloche scrollwork, with the Albanian double-headed eagle and a decorative numeral 20 at right. |
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| Variants | P#12a - seriel # prefix A-E P#12b - seriel # prefix F-J |
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