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500 Lekë
| Issuer | Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar |
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| Year | 1949-1957 |
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| Value | 500 Lekë (500 ALK) |
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| Obverse description | Brown-violet tint on multicolour underprint. Central vignette shows a hay harvest scene with a tractor; a portrait of the national hero Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu (Skanderbeg) appears in the upper right. Denomination numerals and bank title inscriptions frame the design, with the issue date 1957 incorporated into the lower lettering. |
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| 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 description | Brown-violet tint on multicolour underprint. A peasant woman holding a sheaf of wheat occupies the left vignette, balanced by the Albanian Coat of Arms at right. The date 24 MAJ 1944 and anti-counterfeiting warning legend appear within the lower panel, with repeated denomination numerals bordering the composition. |
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