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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Euro, post: 1299122, member: 28879&quot;]So, they do exist then, other collectors of Albanian coins <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I collect Albanian coins and am slowly building up an interesting collection, although it goes veeeery slowy as I do not wish to buy from expensive auction houses and unfortunately quite a few coins (such as the golden provas) only circulate around there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some of my coins from the Zogist era are,</p><p><br /></p><p>several 100 Franga Ari: e.g. 1926 2 stars, no star, 1927 no star</p><p>20 Franga Ari 1926, 1927 Skanderbeg</p><p>20 Franga Ari 1937 Independence</p><p>20 Franga Ari 1927 Amet Zogu</p><p>10 Franga Ari Amet Zogu</p><p>Several 5 Franga Ari: 1926 star and no star</p><p>Several 2 Franga Ari 1926</p><p>1 Frang Ari 1927</p><p>2 Franga Ari 1928 Prova</p><p>2 Lekë 1928 Prova</p><p>2 Franga Ari 1935 Prova</p><p>0,5 Leku 1930 Prova</p><p><br /></p><p>Some were really good deals. For instance 100 USD for the 0,5 Leku 1930 Prova and a 100 Franga 1926 2 stars for 500 EUR (even then when the gold price was lower this was a really good deal).</p><p><br /></p><p>Also have a strange one from the Zogist era: a 5 Qindar 1926. Good strike and clearly genuine, but the signature (Romagnoli etc.) is missing.&nbsp; Doesn&#039;t seem to be removed or so. Seems to be a misstrike.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I also collect the modern ones. I especially like the 100 Lekë 1988 Hekurudhë, the 50 Lekë 1988 Hekurudhë Piedfort and the 200 Lekë 2001 Statue of David.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly enough I haven&#039;t seen much new coins coming out of Albania for years now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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