Albania 1970 25 leke

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 40501

This specimen was lot 40501 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $120. The catalog description^[1] noted, "ALBANIA. 25 Leke, 1970. GEM PROOF." This NCLT was struck in Italy or Switzerland with various countermarks.

Recorded mintage: 500.

Specification: 83.33 g, 0.999 fine silver, 60 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-52.3.

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, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

Link to:

• 1970 10 lekë, 500th anniversary of the death of Prince Skanderbeg
• 1970 20 lekë, Skanderbeg's helmet
• 1970 50 lekë, ruins of Gjirokastër
• Coins and currency dated 1970