![]() Year, a pelican, and “Republika e Shqipërisë” (Republic of Albania in Albanian) Notes and coins emblazoned with socialist imagery were issued by the communist government until the 1991 revolution. After the Second World War new socialist notes and coins were introduced. In 1939 Italy, under the reign of Mussolini, invaded Albania and issued its own lek with Italian imagery. From 1926 to 1939 Albanian gold currency also circulated, worth 5 leke the gold currency was called franga. The lek’s name is derived from Leka, the Albanian shortened name for Alexander the Great. ![]() Beginning in 1923 both Italian currency and the Greek drachma were used in parts of the country. During and following the First World War, the country was occupied by European powers and the Franc Germinal circulated. Coins of the ancient Illyrian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Bulgarian empires would have circulated throughout the region, and eventually the Ottoman piastre circulated until WWI. ALL Notes: 100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000 lekeĪlbania, prior to the introduction of the lek in 1926, had no national currency.ALL Subunits: 1/100 qindarka (no longer in circulation).Currency of Albania: Albanian lek (plural: lekë).Today Albania’s economy is enjoying strong growth thanks to liberalisation in the post-communist era. The lek has been Albania’s one and only national currency since the 1920s, surviving a world war, fascism, and communism.
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