Albania 500 Leke 2007

500 Leke 2007 (Front: Ismail Qemali (1844-1919), a prominent leader of the Albanian national movement and Prime Minister of independent Albania. Double-headed eagle of the independence flag and the pen with which the Independence Act was signed. Purple outline of the building façade of the Bank of Albania. Back: House in Vlorë where Albania’s Independence was proclaimed in 1912. The room where this took place and the telegraph of the independence notice. Watermark: Effigy of Ismail Qemali. Signatures: Ardian Fullani (Governor); Valer Miho (Managing Director). First Date of Issue: 11 July 1997. Second Date of Issue: 1 August 2002. Third Date of Issue: 16 February 2009. Printers: Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd., London, England (1996); François-Charles Oberthür (2001))

Dimensions: 145 x 69 mm

Catalogue Number: P-72 (SCWPM: Albert Pick; Krause Publications)

Texts: Banka E Shqiperise. Peseqind Lekë. Five Hundred Leks.