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''Recorded mintage:'' 60,000 (with and without star below bust).
 
''Recorded mintage:'' 60,000 (with and without star below bust).
  
''Specification:'' 25 g, .900 fine silver, designed by Giuseppe Romagnoli.
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''Specification:'' 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, designed by Giuseppe Romagnoli.
  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 8.2, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-1]].  
 
''Catalog reference:'' KM 8.2, [[Silver crowns by Davenport number|Dav-1]].  
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* [[Albania 1926-R 5 qindar leku|Albania 1926 5 qindar leku]]
 
* [[Albania 1926-R 5 qindar leku|Albania 1926 5 qindar leku]]
 
* [[Albania 1926-R 10 qindar leku|Albania 1926 10 qindar leku]]
 
* [[Albania 1926-R 10 qindar leku|Albania 1926 10 qindar leku]]
* [[Albania 1926-R 1/2 leku|Albania 1926 ½ leku]]
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* [[Albania 1926-R 1/4 leku|1926 ¼ leku]]
* [[Albania 1926-R lek|Albania 1926 lek]]
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* [[Albania 1926-R 1/2 leku|1926 ½ leku]]
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* [[Albania 1926-R lek|1926 lek]]
 
* [[Albania 1926-R 2 franga ari]]
 
* [[Albania 1926-R 2 franga ari]]
 
* [[Albania 1926-R 20 franga ari KM 12|1926 20 franga ari, death of Skanderbeg]]
 
* [[Albania 1926-R 20 franga ari KM 12|1926 20 franga ari, death of Skanderbeg]]

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Ponterio sale 168, lot 40404
photo courtesy Stack's-Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 40404 in Ponterio sale 168 (Philadelphia, August 2012), where it sold for $1,292. The catalog description[1] noted, "ALBANIA. 5 Franga Ari, 1926-R. NGC MS-64. Star below bust." This type was struck for the republic of Albania in 1926-27 when president Ahmet Zogu, with the help of Italy, attempted to bring financial stability to a war-torn country. This coin is a favorite with collectors as it is the only silver crown of Albania (discounting recent NCLT's) and because it is Davenport #1.

Recorded mintage: 60,000 (with and without star below bust).

Specification: 25 g, 0.900 fine silver, designed by Giuseppe Romagnoli.

Catalog reference: KM 8.2, Dav-1.

Source:

  • Davenport, John S., European Crowns and Talers, Since 1800, 2nd Ed., London: Spink & Son, 1964.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
  • [1]Ponterio, Richard, Ponterio sale 168: The Official ANA Auction, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2012.

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