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1/4 Leku Prova
| Issuer | Albania |
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| Year | 1927 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse description | A naturalistic spray of oak leaves, rendered in fine relief, dominates the upper portion of the field, with the lobed foliage fanning outward from a central stem. Beneath the oak spray, the denomination is expressed in two lines: the fraction 1/4 above the word LEKU in large, bold Latin capitals. The word PROVA (Trial) appears to the left of the fraction in smaller lettering, identifying this piece as a pattern strike. The overall composition is clean and uncluttered, with the denomination serving as the principal design element of the reverse field. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Albania's 1927 coinage program was overseen under the nascent monarchy of Ahmet Zogu, who had declared himself President-for-life in 1925 and was consolidating state institutions — including a national currency — before crowning himself King Zog I in 1928. This quarter leku was struck as a prova, an Italian term for a pattern or trial piece, almost certainly produced at the Rome or Turin mint, which handled Albanian coinage during this period. Prova strikings for the 1927 Albanian series are known in very small quantities and were never released for circulation.