Somali Shilling in Albanian lek

SOS Somali Shilling

Country of application:
Somalia

Coin denominations in circulation:
-

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
1000 shillings.

History reference:
The Somali shilling is the currency of the Federal Republic of Somalia. On the territory of Italian Somalia, the Indian rupee, the Maria Theresa thaler and the Eritrean thaler were in circulation, in... 1910-1925 the Italians issued the rupee of Italian Somalia. On July 1, 1925, it was replaced by the Somali lira, and when Italian Somalia was included in Italian East Africa, the East African Italian lira, which circulated along with the Italian lira. The civil war in Somalia in 1991 led to the formation of the self-proclaimed state of Somaliland. On October 18, 1994, the Somaliland government issues the Somaliland shilling, which lasted only 4 months until January 31, 1995, which was exchanged at the rate of 100 Somali shillings for 1 Somaliland shilling. In addition to Somali shillings, American dollars, euros, Egyptian and Sudanese pounds, and Mauritian rupees are used in circulation in the country.

ALL Albanian lek

Country of application:
Albania

Coin denominations in circulation:
200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000 Albanian leks.

Denominations of banknotes in circulation:
5, 10, 20, 50, 100 Albanian lek.

History reference:
The lek is the monetary unit of Albania and has been in circulation since 1926 along with the Albanian franc. For a long time, Albania was part of the Great Ottoman Empire, and was not an independent... state. In 1912, the country declared its sovereignty, and after that announced the beginning of the war of liberation. After Albania finally acquired sovereignty, Austro-Hungarian, Italian, and also French banknotes are in circulation in the country. The Albanian franc appeared in 1926, when Albania became part of the Latin Monetary Union, and was able to provide the domestic currency with gold and silver. A lek was considered 1/5 of a gold franc. In 1965, a denomination was carried out in Albania. Old money was exchanged for new money at a ratio of 10:1, so that people of the past and the generation before last can quote ten times the real price. Not out of malice, but simply out of old habit. Although now, after more than half a century since the reform, this is becoming less and less common.