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REPUBLIKA E SHQIPĖRISĖ ALBANIA
Republic of Albania
History: 1190 Principality; 1204 Epirus; 1259 Naples; 1368 Principality; 1384 TUR; 1392 Venice;1417 TUR; 1912 ALB; 1916 FRA; 1917 HUN; 1926 ITA; 1943 DEU; 1946 PR ALB; 1976 PS ALB; 1991 ALB

Currency history: The first banknotes attributable to Albania were the 1905 French Loan issue, then the Regional issues of 1917-25 followed by the Regular issues of 1925 >>

TUR currency <1912; FRA / ITA / AUT / GRC / CHE / USA 1912-25; ALB 1905 - 1917 - 1925

  Arvanid Sanjak (Ottoman Albania) Turkish currency 1844 - 1925

OTTOMAN EMPIRE Banknotes, 1840-61

TURKEY, 1852-61

OTTOMAN EMPIRE banknotes, 1876-88

OTTOMAN EMPIRE banknotes, 1877-78

TURKEY banknotes, 1863

Turkey banknotes 1873-1914

 TURKEY banknotes, 1915-17 TURKEY banknotes, 1912-17

Foreign Currencies Also Circulating in Albania from 1912-25
Austria

France

 Greece
AUSTRIA, 1904-14 AUSTRIA, 1904-44 AUSTRIA, 1916-18 FRANCS, 1871-1909 FRANCE, 1926-37 FRANCE, 1937-45

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Italy

Switzerland

USA

Other "Gold backed" currencies may have also circulated prior to Albanian currency being released in 1925
 

100 Leks (ALL) =
$0.84 USA (USD) on 30.10.2022		 Current Issues   Current Exchange Rates
P.76 - P.80 200 - 10,000 Lekė 2015-20 Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar
All Issues
  CATALOG NUMBERS DENOMINATIONS DATES ISSUING AUTHORITY

·ARVANID SANJAK
·Ottoman Albania
1417 TUR Rule; 16.9.1912 TUR grants autonomy
ALBANIA Paper Money, 1905 French Loan Issue N.500 10 Frank (Francs) 1905 Emprunt National Albanais,
French Loan Issue

REGNUM ALBANIAE
Kingdom of Albania
28.11.1912 Independence proclaimed; 30.5.1913 Autonomy granted by allies; 21.2.1914 Albanian Principality; 2.8.1920 Independence recognized by ITA; 1.2.1925 ALB Republic; 27.11.1926 Italo-Albanian Alliance & Security Treaty

REGIONAL ISSUES

Berat
P.S101 - P.S103 50 Qindtar,
0.5 - 1 Lire Italiane		 1924-25 Bashkia e Beratit,
Dhoma Tregetare e Beratit

Elbasan
P.S111 - P.S113 0.1 - 0.4 Franga Argjent 1924-25 Bashkia e Elbasan

Fier
Images Needed P.S121 - P.S123 1 Lira - 1 Frank Kart 1921 Bashkia e Fier

Gjirokastėr
P.S131 - P.S133 0.5 - 2 Franga Kart 1920's Bashkia e Gjirokastėr

· Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korēė

P.S141 - P.S146 0.5 - 1 Franc 1917 Shqipėriė Vetqeveritare - Korēė
Autonomous Albanian Republic of Korēė
P.S147 - P.S152 1918

Koritza
P.S153 - P.S154 0.50 Centimes - 1 Franc 1920 Territoire de Koritza
P.S155 - P.S157 1/2 - 2 Skender 1921
P.S158 - P.S161 25 - 50 Qint, 1 Skender 1921
P.S162 - P.S163 0.10 - 0.25 Franga Argjent 1923

Shkodėr
P.S171 - P.S174 10 - 50 Qindtar 1920 Sigurim Arke - Shkodres Permbe

Vlorė
P.S181 - P.S187 10 Qindtar - 2 Frank Kart 1924 Bashkia e Vlorės

Regular Issues
ALBANIA Paper Money, 1925-26 Issues P.1 - P.4 5 Lek - 100 Franka Ari 1925-26 Banca Nazionale d'Albania

· MBRETNIJA SHQIPTARE
 · Albanian Kingdom
 27.11.1926 Italo-Albanian Alliance & Security Treaty; Kingdom established 1.9.1928

Provisional Issues
P.5 - P.7 5 - 20 Franga 1939 Banca Nazionale d'Albania

Regular Issues
P.8 - P.11 100 Franga - 10 Lek 1940 Banca Nazionale d'Albania

· KÖNIGREICH ALBANIEN
 ·Albanian Kingdom

 9.9.1943 - 17.9.1944  German Occupation
Albania currency used during German occupation

· QEVERIA DEMOKRATIKE E SHQIPĖRISĖ
 · Democratic Government of Albanian
 Declared 10.10.1944; In opposition to Germany until 17.11.1944

Provisional Issues
SB.101 - SB.114
P.12 - P.14		 20 Franka Ari - 100 Franga 1945 Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar
State Bank of Albania

Circulating Checks (Assegni)
SB.201-SB.1205 5 - 10 Lek, 20 - 100 Franka,
100 - 5,000 Franga		 1943-45 Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar,
Overprints & Circulating Checks

REPIBLIKE POPULLORE E SHQIPĖRISĖ
People's Republic of Albania
Established 11.1.1946

Regular Issues
P.15 - P.18 5 - 500 Franga 1945 Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar
P.19 - P.27A 10 - 1,000 Lekė 1947
P.24 - P.27A 1949
P.28 - P.32 10 - 1,000 Lekė 1957
P.33 - P.39 1 - 100 Lekė 1964

Foreign Exchange Certificates
P.FX1 - P.FX10 5 - 50 Lekė 1950-56 Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar
P.FX21 - P.FX27 0.05 - 50 Lekė 1965

REPUBLIKA POPULLORE SOCIALISTE E SHQIPĖRISĖ
People's Socialist Republic of Albania
Established 28.12.1976

Regular Issues
P.40 - P.46A 1 - 100 Lekė 1976 Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar

REPUBLIKA E SHQIPĖRISĖ
Republic of Albania
Established 29.4.1991
P.47 - P.50 100 - 500 Lekė Valutė 1991-92 Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar
P.52 - P.54 200 - 1,000 Lekė 1992
P.55 - P.61 100 - 1,000 Lekė 1993-96
P.62 - P.70 100 - 5,000 Lekė 1996-2001
P.71 - P.75 200 - 10,000 Lekė 2007
P.76 - P.80 2015-20
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Bono Privatizimi
Privatization Bonds
N.1000 - N.1004 10,000 - 40,000 Lekė 1996-99 Republika e Shqiperise
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BACKGROUNDER
Albania  has a rich and complex history. The Bank of Albania provides insight to visitors about the currency history with this illuminating description, "Even after the declaration of National Independence in 1912, the country continued to follow the monetary system of the Ottoman Empire, adopted in 1844. The base currency in circulation remained the gold Ottoman lira, which accounted for 100 silver grosh. This situation was a natural consequence of the currency that remained in circulation after the declaration of Independence and the public deposits in that currency. Political and economic developments during WWI and foreign occupants contributed to the circulation of other currencies. The landscape of currencies in circulation during 1912-1926 would perfectly fit the metaphor of Babel in the Bible. In addition to the silver and gold ottoman currency, whose legal tender was envisaged to continue until the issue of the Albanian national currency, other gold currencies circulated in that time in Albania such as American, French, Italian, and Greek."

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