![]() Before the First World War the Ottoman Turkish piastre was in full circulation, but following the military occupation of the country by various continental powers the gold franc ( Franc Germinal) was adopted as the monetary unit. īefore then, Albania was a country without a currency, adhering to a gold standard for the fixation of commercial values. The lek was introduced as the first Albanian currency in February 1926. Alexander the Great on the first Albanian 1 Lek coin.
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