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200 Lekė denomination

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Face Value: 200 Lekė
Size: 138 x 69
Paper: high quality security paper with cotton fiber
Dominant color: brown in yellow
Issued: 11.07.1997

Front side: The portrait of Naim Frasheri (1846-1900) - famous writer of the Albanian Renaissance and an opened book in the background .
Back side: The house where Naim Frasheri was born, the pen and the phrase taken from his poem "Ti Shqipėri mė jep nder, mė jep emrin shqipėtar" (You, Albania, bestow upon me honour and the name Albanian) .   More

 

500 Lekė denomination issue of 1991

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Face Value: 500 Lekė
Size: 159 x 79 mm
Dominant color:  blue and carroty
Issued: 28.06.1991
Front side: A woman with a sunflower next to her and the face value on the right side.
Back side: Mountaineering landscape from Albania.   More  

 

500 Lekė denomination

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Face Value: 500 Lekė
Size: 145 x 68 mm
Paper: high quality security paper with cotton fiber
Dominant color: blue
Issued: 11.07.1997

Front side: The portrait of Ismail Qemali (1844-1919); leader of the Albania National Movement and Prime Minister of that time; the two headed independence flag and the pen with which Independence was signed.
Back side:  The House where the Independence was proclaimed, the office where this important event took place and the telegraph, by which the notice had been transmitted.  More

 

500 Lekė denomiantion issue of 1992

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Face Value: 500 Lekė
Size: 170 x 78 mm
Dominant color: light blue 
Issued: 01.10.1992

Front side: The portrait of Naim Frasheri, the ornate face value.
Back side: An open book with the view of a mountaineering landscape. In the center, there is a candle lit of Naim's verses More  

1000 Lekė denomination

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Face Value: 1000 Lekė
Size: 151 x 72 mm
Letter: high quality security paper with cotton fiber
Dominant color: green
Issued: 11.07.1997

Front side: The portrait of Pjeter Bogdani (1625-1689), writer and priest, is presented, taken from the front of his book "Ēeta e profetėve", (The prophets's file).
Back side: The Catholic Church in Vau i Dejės and his vision of the heliocentric system. The face value is on the right side, downward More

 

1000 Lekė denomination issue of 1992

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Face Value: 1000 Lekė
Size: 178 x 78 mm
Dominant color:  green
Issued: 01.10.1992

Front side: The portrait of Gjergi Kastrioti -Skanderbeg - Albanian national hero - and the ornate face value .
Back side: Skanderbeg's shield in the center, the Kruja Castle on the right side and the face value on the left More

 

2000 Lekė denomination

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Face Value: 2000 Lekė
Size: 160 x 72 mm
Paper: high quality security paper with cotton fiber
Dominant color:  purple 
Issued: 29.12.2008

Front side: The front side of the banknote features the portrait of King Gent, the last ruler of Illyria. He is known as a statesman, a warrior, a scientist and as a man with remarkable achievements in economics.
Back side: The back side of the banknote features elements of antiquity that are present in Albania and the medicinal plant Gentiana lutea whose healing value was discovered by the King Gent of Illyria. 

 

5000 Lekė denomination

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Face Value: 5000 Lekė
Size: 160 x 72 mm
Paper: high quality security paper with cotton fiber
Dominant color: brown in yellow
Issued: 01.01.1999

Front side: On the front side you will find the portrait of Gjergi Kastrioti - Skanderbeg, 1405-1468, (Florence portrait) - the most outstanding figure of throughout the Albanian history, who led the fight against the Turk. Other elements included are the two-headed eagle and the Skanderbeg's shield and sword .
Back side: The Kruja Castle, the helmet and the sculpture of Skanderbeg on his horse. The face value is on the right downward .  More

 

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