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1 Frang Ar Prova
| Issuer | Albania |
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| Year | 1927 |
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| Weight | 5 g |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped and helmeted bust of an allegorical female figure representing Albania, her ornate helmet surmounted by a prominent crest with flowing plumes and decorated with a laurel branch. A small earring is visible at the ear, and the lower truncation bears the engraver's signatures G. ROMAGNOLI and MOTTI INC. in incuse lettering. The bicameral legend ALBANIA-SHQIPNI is inscribed vertically along the right field. The portrait is rendered in a neoclassical style characteristic of Italian medallic art of the period. |
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| Mintage | 1927 R - - 50 |
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Albania's 1927 coinage program was managed almost entirely by Italian financial interests following Mussolini's aggressive economic penetration of the country through the Albanian National Bank, itself an Italian-controlled institution established in 1925. This piece is a prova — an official trial strike submitted for approval rather than a coin struck for general release. Most provas from this program were produced in very small numbers at the Rome Mint, and survival rates are accordingly low.