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500 Lekë
| Issuer | Bank of Albania |
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| Year | 2001-2015 |
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| Currency | New lek (1965-date) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dominant blue tones, the obverse carries a vignette portrait of Ismail Qemal Bej Vlora at left, flanked by the double-headed eagle drawn from the Albanian independence flag. A stylised rendition of the historic pen used to sign the Declaration of Independence serves as an additional design motif, integrated into the underprint. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANKA E SHQIPËRISË 500 PESËQIND LEKË |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a view of the Vlora building that housed Albania's Provisional Government, today the National Museum of Independence, rendered in an architectural vignette. A stylised interior scene of the chamber where the independence declaration was adopted is also incorporated, with the conference table and telegraph apparatus visible as defining compositional elements. |
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