| Issuer | Albania |
| Year | 1949-1957 |
| Type | Standard banknote |
| Value | 500 Lekë (500 ALK) |
| Currency | Old lek (1926-1965) |
| Composition | Paper |
| Size | 165 × 90 mm |
| Shape | Rectangular |
| Printer | Goznak (Гознак, Экспедиция заготовления государственных бумаг), Russia (1818-date) |
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| Reference(s) | P#27 |
| Obverse description | Brown-violet on multicolor underprint. Hay harvest scene with tractor at center; portrait of Lord Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu (Skanderbeg) at upper right. |
| Reverse description | Brown-violet on multicolor underprint. Peasant woman with sheaf of wheat at left; Coat of Arms at right. |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | BSHSH within outlines, repeated (1957) |
| Obverse lettering | 500 BANKA E SHTETIT SHQIPTAR 500
500
1957
PESË QINT LEKË 500
500
I PAGUHEN PRURËSIT ME TË PARË (Translation: State Bank of Albania Five Hundred Leke Payment to the bearer on demand 1957) |
| Reverse lettering | 500 500 500 500 500 500
BANKA E SHTETIT SHQIPTAR
500
PESË QINT LEKË
24 MAJ 1944
LIGJA DËNON ATA QË FABRIKOJNË DHE NDAJNË BILETA TË
FALLSIFIKUARA
500 LEKË
500 500 500 500 (Translation: State Bank of Albania Five Hundred Leke The law punishes those who fabricate and distribute counterfeit banknotes) |
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| Catalog ID | 9724110720 |
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