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20 Qindarka Liberation
| Issuer | Albania |
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| Year | 1969 |
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| Thickness | 1.5 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | SHQIPËRI 1944-1969 (Translation: Albania) |
| Reverse description | Five five-pointed stars are arranged in an arc across the upper field. The large numeral '20' occupies the central field, with the denomination legend QINDARKA inscribed below in capital letters. Two upswept wheat sheaves flank the central device on either side, their stems bound together at the base with a ribbon, forming a decorative wreath enclosing the denomination. |
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Issued to mark the 25th anniversary of Albania's liberation from Nazi occupation in November 1944, this coin was part of a commemorative aluminum series released under Enver Hoxha's isolationist regime — by 1969, Albania had already broken with the Soviet Union and was deepening its alignment with Maoist China. Domestic metal production was a point of ideological pride; aluminum output from the Rubik complex was explicitly promoted as proof of socialist self-sufficiency.