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5 Lek
| Issuer | Banka Kombëtare e Shqipnis |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Size | 97 × 61 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | BANKA KOMBËTARE E SHQIPNIS BANCA NAZIONALE D'ALBANIA 5 LEK 5 LEK MË TË PAMË TË PAGUESHME PRUSIT KRYETARI IL PRESIDENTE KËSHILLTARI DELEGAT IL CONSIGLIERE DELEGATO (Translation: NATIONAL BANK OF ALBANIA 5 LEK PAYABLE TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND PRESIDENT DELEGATE COUNSELLOR) |
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| Reverse lettering | LEK 5 LEK LEK 5 LEK LIGJI DENON FABRIKATORET DHE SHPËRNDAESIT E BILETAVE TË FALSIFIKUEME LA LEGGE PUNISCE I FABBRICATORI E GLI SPACCIATORI DI BIGLIETTI FALSI |
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Banka Kombëtare e Shqipnis — the National Bank of Albania — was itself an Italian-controlled institution by 1940, restructured after Mussolini's April 1939 invasion and annexation of the country. This note is a direct product of that occupation apparatus: printed in Rome, issued through a bank whose governing structure had been subordinated to Italian financial interests, and denominated in a currency pegged to the lire at a fixed rate that systematically disadvantaged Albanian holders.
The Officina della Banca d'Italia handled printing for several occupied or client-state currencies during this period. The Albanian-language text on notes like this one was largely cosmetic sovereignty.