Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
10.000 Leke
| Issuer | Banka e Shqipërisë |
|---|---|
| Year | 2019 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 10.000 Leke |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | The obverse is rendered in shades of salmon and red, with a central intaglio portrait of the Albanian poet Asdreni (Aleksander Stavre Drenova, 1872–1947) facing three-quarters left, identified by the inscription "ASDRENI 1872-1947" below the vignette. To the upper right, the bank title "BANKA E SHQIPËRISË" appears in bold letterpress alongside a stylised open-book emblem, while the Albanian double-headed eagle coat of arms is positioned at the lower right. The denomination "DHJETË MIJË LEKË" and numeral "10000" appear at the lower centre and left margin respectively, with a vertical guilloche band and a small secondary portrait medallion on the left side. |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | BANKA E SHQIPËRISË 10000 DHJETË MIJË LEKË GUVERNATORI DREJTORE |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | Log in to see details |
| Comments |
Albania's shift to polymer for this denomination followed a broader regional pattern, but the 10,000 Lekë remains the highest face value in circulation — a position it has held since the post-communist monetary reorganization of the 1990s recalibrated Albanian currency after decades of isolation under Hoxha's autarkic state. The 1992 redenomination slashed zeroes and rebuilt public confidence in banknotes that, under the old regime, had functioned more as rationing instruments than genuine transactional currency.
Polymer adoption for high-value notes is driven almost entirely by durability and counterfeit resistance — Albanian lek notes historically circulated hard and long before replacement, making substrate longevity a practical priority rather than a prestige decision.