Albania's 2004 coinage program marked a deliberate effort to anchor national identity through numismatic design at a moment when the country was still rebuilding institutional credibility following the catastrophic pyramid scheme collapses of 1997, which had destabilized the entire banking sector and briefly pushed the country toward civil war. The Bank of Albania's decision to feature cultural heritage motifs on circulating coinage was partly a signal of normalized governance.
KM#91 is the standard circulation type, not a commemorative.
Albania's 2004 coinage program marked a deliberate effort to anchor national identity through numismatic design at a moment when the country was still rebuilding institutional credibility following the catastrophic pyramid scheme collapses of 1997, which had destabilized the entire banking sector and briefly pushed the country toward civil war. The Bank of Albania's decision to feature cultural heritage motifs on circulating coinage was partly a signal of normalized governance.
KM#91 is the standard circulation type, not a commemorative.