3 Lekë

Features

Issuer	Albania
Issuing bank	Albanian State Bank (Banka e Shtetit Shqiptar)
Period	Socialist Republic (1945-1990)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Years	1964-1976
Value	3 Lekë (3 ALL)
Currency	New lek (1965-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	106 × 60 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	1 January 1992
Number	N# 201629
References	P# 41 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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Obverse

Woman carrying a basket of fruits

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANKA E SHTETIT SHQIPTAR

TRE LEKË

I PAGUHET PRURËSIT ME TË PARË

Translation:
State Bank of Albania

Three leke

Payment to the bearer on demand

Reverse

City of Saranda, coat of arms on the right

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BANKA E SHTETIT SHQIPTAR

Tre Lekë

LIGJA DËNON ATA QË FABRIKOJNË DHE NDAJNË BILETA TË FALLSIFIKUARA

Translation:
State Bank of Albania

Three leke

The law punishes those who fabricate and distribute counterfeit banknotes

Watermark

P#41 with stars:

Printer

China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation (中国印钞造币总公司), China (1980-date)

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Date	AU	UNC	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1964		$ 4.80	P# 34a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Issued note; watermark, repeated and curved BSHSH	8%
1964			P# 34s Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen; overprint MODEL or SPECIMEN	1.0%
1976	$ 2.10	$ 2.10	P# 41a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Issued note; watermark, repeated BSHSH curved around star	85%
1976			P# 41s1 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen with all zero serial numbers	1.3%
1976		$ 4.60	P# 41s2 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	Specimen with normal serial numbers	7%

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