10 leke ALBANIA (from 2009)

diameter:	weight:	thickness:	alloy:
21.25 mm	3.6 g	1.5 mm	steel Cu₉₂Al₆Ni₂-plated

obverse:

in the centre Berat castle; along the top edge: • REPUBLIKA E SHQIPERISE • (Republic of Albania); along the bottom edge in two lines: year of issue / KALEJA E BERATIT (Berat castle)

reverse:

above the coin centre in two lines face value: 10 / LEKE; along the bottom edge wreath of two olive branches

edge:

reeded

issue date:

1 I 1997

withdrawal date:

still in circulation

designer:

mint:

Qendrës së Emisionit të Monedhës (Currency Issue Centre), Tirana

mintage:

2009	???
2013	???

interesting facts:

Due to low price of production steel coins 10 leke of this type are to replace the earlier brass ones with the same depiction of obverse and reverse.

Berat castle - dated to 7th - 5th century BC fortress in Albanian town of Berat by the Osum River

photo: DEPASAN; licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0

last update: 17 X 2015

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