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50 Lekë Congress of Manastir
| Issuer | Bank of Albania |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Currency | New lek (1965-date) |
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| Obverse description | A stylized quill pen bisects the central field, separating a panel of the Albanian alphabet on the left from the denomination '50 Lekë' on the right. The design commemorates the 105th anniversary of the Congress of Monastir, which standardized the Albanian alphabet. A circular legend runs along the periphery, rendered in Latin script. The overall composition reflects a documentary artistic style emphasizing the historical and cultural significance of the event. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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The Congress of Manastir, held in November 1908 in what is now Bitola, North Macedonia, standardized the Albanian alphabet — ending decades of regional fragmentation in which different communities wrote the language in Arabic, Greek, Latin, or Cyrillic scripts. The political timing was deliberate: convened under the relative loosening of Ottoman control following the Young Turk Revolution, Albanian intellectuals moved quickly to consolidate a unified national written identity before the window closed.
The 28-character Latin-based alphabet ratified there remains the official Albanian script to this day.