Front: Bust 1st head of state Ismail Qemali (front-right, 1912-1914)
* 16 January 1844, Avlonya, Ottoman Empire (current: Albania)
† 24 January 1919 (aged 75) Perugia, Italy
left of (value) 100 LEKE inside circle
legend: (above, name) ISMAIL QEMALI
(left/right, spacers/asterics) *
(lower-left, hometown) VLORE
(bottom-right, period years) 1912 - 2002
Back: Crossed rifle and gun in front of quill and document
inside circle
(bottom-left, state name in Albanian) SHQIPERI
(bottom-right, spacer/dash) -
(lower-right, state name in English) ALBANIA
(low-right, year) 2002
Edge: G - grained, type: bars
