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50 Lekë Albanian League of Prizren
| Issuer | Bank of Albania |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Weight | 12.75 g |
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| Obverse description | At the centre of the obverse, a stylised depiction of the historic museum house associated with the Albanian League of Prizren is rendered in relief, interwoven with the denomination '50 Lekë' in a decorative arrangement. A circular legend surrounds the central motif, referencing the 135th anniversary of the League of Prizren and the dates 1878–2013. The inscriptions are executed in Latin script. The overall design combines architectural and typographic elements in a commemorative style. |
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| Obverse lettering | 135 VJETORI I LIDHJES 1878 2013 50 Lekë SHQIPTARE TË PRIZRENIT (Translation: 135th anniversary of the Albanian League of Prizren) |
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The League of Prizren was founded in 1878 directly in response to the Treaty of San Stefano, which threatened to partition Albanian-inhabited territories among Bulgaria, Serbia, and Montenegro. The League petitioned the Great Powers at Berlin that same year and briefly administered Albanian lands as an autonomous entity before Ottoman forces suppressed it militarily in 1881. Prizren itself, now in Kosovo, sits outside Albania's borders — a geographic irony the Albanian state has never stopped commemorating.