10 Qindar Leku Prova

Albania's first national coinage was issued in 1926 following the proclamation of Ahmet Zogu as President — the same year he commissioned the Italian state mint in Rome to produce the entire series. The "Prova" designation marks this as a pattern or trial piece, struck to test dies or present for official approval before production decisions were finalized. Very few were distributed outside government and mint channels.

The Albanian monetary system of 1926 was built largely from scratch, the country having no established coinage tradition of its own after centuries under Ottoman administration.