According to a 7 December 2017 report in Albanian Daily News, the Banka e Shqiperise has approved a design of a new 10,000-lek note featuring poet Aleksandër Stavre Drenova, known by the pen name Asdreni. No word yet on when the note is expected to be introduced into circulation. CourtesyRead More…
Like B317b, but new date (2015), new signatures, 2.0-mm wide security thread, and umlauts added to SHQIPËRISË (Albania) and PESËQIND LEKË (five hundred lek). Prefix KU. Courtesy of Nick Meister.Read More…
5,000 leke, 2013. Like B321a, but new date, new signatures (Ardian Fullani and Dorian Çollaku), and 3.0-mm wide windowed security thread.Official press release dated 8 July 2014: The 5000 Lekë Albanian banknote, legal tender, issue of 2013, in circulation The Bank of Albania is notifying the Albanian public that theRead More…
According to a Reuters article dated 5 September 2014, Ardian Fullani, governor of the Banka e Shqiperise (Bank of Albania) since 28 October 2004, was arrested by the State Police on charges of abuse of office after the theft of 713 million lek (US$6.63 million) from the bank vaults overRead More…
200 leke, 2012. Like B313c, but new date, new signatures (Ardian Fullani and Dorian Çollaku), and 2.0-mm wide windowed security thread. Intro: 12.09.2013. According to a press release, a new sig/date 2,000-lek note (BES B20) was also issued on this date with 3.0-mm wide security thread. If anyone has thisRead More…
1,000 leke, 2011. Like B318b, but new date and signatures. Courtesy of Hartmut Fraunhoffer (http://www.banknoten.de).Read More…
On 20 July 2009, the Bank of Albania issued a revised 200-lek (US$2.20) note dated 2007 (in small type at right center on back) and printed by TDLR without imprint. Like B313b, but It has Cornerstone watermarks and new signatures. Courtesy of Michael Reissner.Read More…
On 15 May 2009, the Bank of Albania issued a new 5,000-lek (US$55) note dated 2007 (in small type at lower right on back) and printed by TDLR without imprint. It has Cornerstone watermarks, a holographic patch, demetalized windowed security thread, and new signatures. Courtesy of Christof Zellweger and MichaelRead More…
1,000 lek (US$10.55) Like B318a, but new date (2007), new signatures, and Cornerstone watermarks. Printer: (TDLR). Courtesy of Thomas Augustsson.Read More…
On February 16, 2009, the Bank of Albania issued a revised 500-lek note. It is dated 2007 and is apparently printed by TDLR based upon its use of Cornerstone watermarks. The note is like the 2001 issue, but has new signatures and a windowed security thread with demetalized text. CourtesyRead More…