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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Stork, post: 2727950, member: 71642&quot;]An argument for Italy invading Albania was to remove the &#039;corrupt King&#039; (of course he was getting funds from the Italians, so that seems a bit...convenient).&nbsp; Before the invasion they were trying to negotiate making Albanian a dependent state of Italy, a move King Zog was not interested in.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In more friendly times Italy was the nation most supportive of Albania&#039;s attempts to modernize.&nbsp; Afterwards, with the invasion, the money really didn&#039;t change too much in looks as the designers and primary production didn&#039;t change a bit.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before the Italian occupation for example:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/1GRacZnsTTSFSAlNIPVV_1935%202%20Qindar%20Ar%20plain.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/u83DZHLiReG58EftdXu0_1927%20100%20FrNoStar%20plain.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>and after:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/VWRSIL9gQWZE17tDYc0q_Albania%20Vitt%2010%20combo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/qbL8zGk5TSmN21nHQUBP_1941%20combo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t have too many of the helmeted version (yet), but the non-helmeted ones sure are hard to tell from Zog.&nbsp; In person there was at least a foot of height difference.&nbsp; On the coins, not so much!</p><p><br /></p><p>Shoot, the same design name is still on the coin even in 1950!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://collectivecoin.imgix.net/491L7WGjToiyzX7rHjgb_1950%2010L%20vertical.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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