View source for Albania 1939-R 0.20 lek

[[Image:SAlb52-2826.jpg|550px|thumb|Steve Album sale 51, lot 2826]]

This specimen was lot 2826 in Steve Album Auction 51 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2025), where it sold for $114. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "ALBANIA: Vittorio Emanuele III, 1939-1943, 0.20 lek, 1939-R year XVIII, Italian Occupation issue, non-magnetic variety, PCGS graded MS65, ex Almer H. Orr III Collection." This type was struck 1939-41. The 1939 comes magnetic or non-magnetic, with the non-magnetic being slightly scarcer. They were demonetized in 1945, after Italy surrendered to the Allies. The ten ([[Albania 1939-R 10 lek|KM 34]]) and five lek ([[Albania 1939-R 5 lek|KM 33]]) are the only silver coins issued by the Fascist administration of [[Albania]] during its brief rule (1939-43) over Albania.

''Recorded mintage:'' 900,000.

''Specification:'' 4 g, stainless steel, 21.7 mm diameter. 

''Catalog reference:'' KM-29. 

''[[Bibliography|Source:]]''
* Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, ''Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed.,'' Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019. 
* <sup>[1]</sup>Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, ''Auction 51, featuring the Howard Daniel III Collection of Asian Coins, the Almer H. Orr III Collection of World Coins and the Joe Sedillot Collection of German Coins,'' Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2024.

''Link to:''
* [[Albania 1937-R 100 franga ari|1937-R 100 franga ari, 25th anniversary of independence]]
* [[Albania 1938-R 50 franga ari|1938-R 50 franga ari, 10th anniversary of the king's reign]]
* [[Albania 1938-R 100 franga ari|1938-R 100 franga ari, wedding of the king]]
* [[Albania 1939-R 0.50 lek|1939-R 0.50 lek]]
* [[Albania 1939-R 5 lek|1939-R 5 lek]]
* [[Albania 1939-R 10 lek|1939-R 10 lek]]
* [[Albania 1941-R 0.10 lek|1941-R 0.10 lek]]
* [[Coins and currency dated 1939]]

[[Category:Selections from Stephen Album sale 51]]