500 Lekë

Issuer	Banka e Shqipërisë (Bank of Albania)
Year	2020
Type	Log in to see details
Value	Log in to see details
Currency	New lek (1965-date)
Composition	Log in to see details
Size	Log in to see details
Shape	Log in to see details
Printer	Log in to see details
Designer(s)	Log in to see details
Engraver(s)	Log in to see details
In circulation to	Log in to see details
Reference(s)	Log in to see details

Obverse description	At left, the denomination numeral, the Albanian double-headed eagle emblem, and the pen used to sign the Declaration of Independence form a vertical vignette; at centre, a portrait of statesman Ismail Qemali is set against a guilloche underprint alongside a vignette of the Banka e Shqipërisë building in Tirana; at right, a watermark window incorporates the national flag. Inscriptions in Albanian identify the issuing authority, the denomination in words and figures, and the subject's name and dates.
Obverse lettering	500 BANKA E SHQIPËRISË PESËQIND LEKË 500 ISMAIL QEMALI 1844-1919 (Translation: 500 Bank of Albania Five hundred lekë Ismail Qemali (1844-1919))
Reverse description	At left, a watermark window carries the Albanian coat of arms; at centre and right, a multi-part vignette presents the Vlorë Assembly building where independence was proclaimed, the interior room in which the decision was taken, and the telegraph apparatus through which the declaration was transmitted; the denomination in figures appears at far right within a guilloche panel. The date of issue is printed at lower right.
Reverse lettering	Log in to see details
Signature(s)	Log in to see details
Protection type	Log in to see details
Protection description	Log in to see details
Variants	Log in to see details
Comments	Log in to see details