Names
Introduced in 1926 by King Ahmet Zogu, the First Lek may have been named after Alexander the Great. In the front of 1 Lek coin was the portrait of Alexander the Great, and on the reverse was Alexander on his horse. Another possibility is that is was named after the Albanian feudal prince, Lekë Dukagjini. The name qindarkë comes from the Albanian qind, meaning one hundred. Qindarkë thus is similar in formation to centime, cent, centesimo, stotinka, eurocent, etc.
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