Albania 1970 10 leke

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Stack's Bowers November 2025 Collectors Choice sale, lot 76076
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This specimen was lot 76076 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, November 2025), where it sold for $85. The catalog description[1] noted, "ALBANIA. 10 Leke, 1970. Budapest Mint. ICG PROOF-65 Deep Cameo." This date comes with (KM 50.4, shown here) or without (KM 50.3) a hallmark to the left of the date. This design commemorating the 500th anniversary of the death of Albanian hero Skanderbeg was also struck in 1968 and 1969.

Recorded mintage: 500.

Specification: 33.33 g, 0.999 fine silver, 40 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-50.4.

Source:

  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, November 2025 World Collectors Choice Online Auction, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2025.

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