albania help

[lv88]

um,   i know this is an ancient coin forum, but if someone collects moderns as well or at least appens to have a catalogue book (i dont care about age too much) i have a quick question

what is the value of:
 a silver 5 lek from albania
dated 1927
with farmer and cows reverse and amet zog obverse
in XF condition

this is a bit urgent, any help is appriciated  

[yafet_rasnal]

First of all is not a 5 Lek, but a 5 Franga Ari (gold francs). Be very carefull with this kind of coins since the 90% of the coins are modern reproductions.
If real and in XF here in Italy you would find it around 100 euros.

[yafet_rasnal]

No i didn't misattributed it ...hahahaa
the name of the currency is gold franc but it doesn't mean that the coins are in gold  
So i just repear ...be careful

[yafet_rasnal]

and be careful since he doesn't guarantees authenticity...

[lv88]

no, i looked this coin up in a krause catalogue

it  was a silver 5 franga in a 1990 catalogue it was valued at about 250

i dont care too much though, i have my eye on something else.

[yafet_rasnal]

albania never had the currency called just franga .....they used ONLY franga ari = golden francs

[lv88]

sorry sometimes it takes me to get things into my head for a while

i think i missatributed the denomination
but a coin in silver of amet zog with a farmer and cows plowing a field does exist  

[yafet_rasnal]

Yes, yes, i know this coin very well because it's collected in italy too since albania in that times were an italian protectorate. The name of the currency were franga ar (golden francs) with coins made of silver and the cents were called qindar ar( also golden even if they were in copper or other low value metals). It was a way to point out that the value of the new currency were connected with the value of gold.