Albania 1969 50 qindarka

from the Mountain Groan Collection

This specimen was issued by Albania to honor the 25th anniversary of liberation from Nazi occupation. On the reverse, two Albanian partisans hold a torch aloft. No additional fifty qindarka coins appeared until 1988. Albania threw off Communist rule in 1992 but remains backward and corrupt.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 2 g, aluminum, 24.4 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM 47.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

Link to:

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