10 Lekë 1957, Albania
in Krause book | Number: 28a |
Years of issue: | 1957 |
Edition: | |
Signatures: | no signature |
Serie: | 1957 Series |
Specimen of: | 1949 |
Material: | Cotton fiber |
Size (mm): | 124 х 65 |
Printer: | Гознак, Московская печатная фабрика, филиал ФГУП "Гознак", Москва |
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Description
Watermark:
Abbreviation of Albanian State Bank B.SH.SH, in a circle.
Avers:
Centered is the Coat of arms of the People’s Socialist Republic of Albania 1946-1992.
"The coat of arms of the People’s Socialist Republic of Albania is an image of a black double-headed eagle, framed by two bunches of wheat ears, which have a five-pointed red star at the top and are tied at the bottom with a red ribbon on which the date" May 24, 1944 "is written."
Above the coat of arms, left and right, are laurel branches.
At the bottom is an inscription::"Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar. I Paguhet Prurёsit Me Tё Parё".
In English: "Bills of Albanian State Bank should be accepted everywhere in the country".
Revers:
Denomination, on top - laurel, below - ears of wheat. Right - again, the coat of arms of socialist Albania.
Inscription at the bottom:"Ligja dёnon ata qё fabrikojnё dhe ndajne bileta tё fallsifikuara".
In English: "Forgery of state bills is punishable by law".
Comments:
In 1949, a series of banknotes in denominations of 10, 50, 100, 500 and 1000 lekë were introduced. The second series with a similar design was introduced in 1957.
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