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20 Qindarka
| Issuer | Bank of Albania |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Currency | New lek (1965-date) |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | 1988 |
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Albania in 1988 was among the most isolated states on earth — Enver Hoxha had died three years earlier, but his successor Ramiz Alia maintained near-total economic and political closure. Domestic coinage was produced largely for internal circulation in a command economy where consumer goods were rationed and foreign currency criminalized. The aluminium qindarka series of this period was functional currency in the strictest sense: a closed system.
KM#65 is not a scarce piece, but uncirculated survivors with full surface integrity are less common than mintage might suggest — aluminium of this period scratches readily in bulk coin storage.