History on Albanian Money: 2000 lek {Butrint National Park}
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- Опубликовано: 22 апр 2019
- I've always been intrigued with random little facts. Because of this, I wanted to look into the history of the images on the bank notes here in Albania. The first of this mini-series is the 2000 lek note, and I decided to go to Butrint National Park to try and recreate the photo on the back of it.
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I'm Albanian and its been 10 years since i've been back. I love watching your videos
English:
A great video
Shqip:
Nje vidjo mjaft e mire
Greetings from Tirana
A direct translation would be:
Një video shumë e mirë
Im Albanian myself, so watching these videos of you experiencing the Albanian life is amazing. Your content is great, love it 🙌🏼
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Money denomination is still a problem. During the reign of King Zog, our money, Frang Ari (golden frank) was way more powerful. But when the Italians came, they somehow managed to convince us that paper money (banknotes) were far powerful. Then Frank Ar was renominated Lek.
Dorian Zhega it wasn’t the italians who convinced us that paper money was better. King zog simply made paper money more valuable and took all the gold for himself. That gold is sitting in an English bank last time I checked. Idk any details but it wasn’t the italians it was like usually our own who screwed us.
@@emermbiemer302 I guess you may have checked the facts quite more correctly than I did.
Apply for Minister of Tourism. I bet you can do a better job than those lazy people in the ministry.
They're not just lazy. They're fucking greedy. It's such a shame for us.
Dorian Zhega I was being nice. But yeah greedy and corrupted, cheaters, liars, criminals, unscrupulous, and so on.
i wouldn’t want that job. 😊 i prefer doing what i’m doing. but i definitely appreciate your support!
James Leithart you are too honest, they need easily corrupted people.
@@SamCarLegion Unfortunately! But not all of us are like that.
You talk about the "Lekë", but you forgot to talk about its etymology. I think it's a short version of Alexander. Alexander the Great in albanian is also known as "Leka i Madh". Anyway a nice video. Greetings from Skopje.
thanks for the info! i actually chose to title the video the way i did because i wasn’t planning on talking about the history of the “lekë” as much as the history of the place/person ON the paper. But i appreciate you sharing some knowledge!
I always thought king Zog named it after his son Leka 1. But yes Leka or Lekë is short for Alexander in Albanian like Sasha for Russians
@Mevlan Isufi it has less to do with Alexander the Great and more with what @John Morris said. Many also think that the "Leke" refers to Leke Dukagjini, which is untrue.
Mevlan Isufi what’s wrong with you it doesnt relate to Alexander the Great only leke dukagjini you fool
Unë kam shkuar në Butrint dhe atje është shumë bukur
Literally addicted to watching your channel! 🔥💞
Cool video man! Love how you did the effect with the photo and the money!
Good video you need to do a video talking albanian ✌🏻
working on it!
James Leithart waiting
God bless you!
Awesome job man
Keep it up
way to go james love your work
I support your channel and I hope your channel continues to grow!
Love this guy, keep up the great work and you will get somewhere.
Jamesss i love your videos, in my opinion ur the best youtuber ever.I live in albania and i really like how youre pointing out everything amazing about this gorgeus place.Keep up the good work.
Great video!!!
Fantastic video! I love Butrint! Very happy memories of it! 👍👍👍
Yesssss.... My favorite topic and, of course, my favorite banknotes 😍
So amazing
Beautiful shots man , would love to see more of these videos on the lek
i’ll film more soon! i promise
Nice video bro keep up. You are the best
Excellent stuff mate. Love hearing about the history and the b-roll on this is cool 👌🏼
thanks for your input on the title, mate! much appreciated.
Haven't seen the video yet, but I already know that it will be good so here's the Like 👍
Yoo I just found out you exist! Wtf you're so cool. (I'm an Albanian and you make me proud) ❤️
James Congrats about 7k subs mate!
Your videos are super great and getting better every time! Congrats Bro keep it up!
thank you! 🙏
Love your videos! Përshëndetje nga Kosova
Your videos are so good I love u .U must be a tourism manager cause your explainment is too good for the people outside Albania.
nah, just making videos for fun!
When will you leave Albania?Plss don't leave you are a good persoon and you are telling the tourists from other countries how good albania is?Don't leave Shqiperia!!!
That is beautiful. I didn't know this and I am Albanian. Thank you
Thank you for sharing this video amazing amazing amazing beautiful 👍👍👍❤️❤️
awesome vid bro! sitting here in Melbourne salivating as i always leave behind my heart when i travel to my motherland...the feeling i get when I first land is "finally..I'm home"
the capture from above was/is perfect! the music too is very heartwarming bro..pulls heart strings always!
i remember dad telling me when he use to go to albania when he was younger and exchange aussie dollars he couldn't fit the money in his wallet 😂 he always exaggerated "1 aussie dollar got you 1,000,000 LEK" ahaha felt rich with a full pocket ahaha 😂😂
-wonder if you've realised how musical albanians are..there is a broad range from ancient to modern. perhaps you can do a vid on some traditional albanian music...bagpipe, flute(shepard), këngë me zë(songs with voice/voices) or këngë lab, tamborine(woman) plus heaps of old folk music...i crossed paths with film maker dan shutt who you can find here on yt. his masterpiece documentary on iso polyphony singing, washed by the moon you have to watch! albanian iso polyphony was included and now is protected by UNESCO - Dan Shutt is just like you...he fell in love with albania "i quit school, sold everything to make my video of albanian music" i believe he is still there.. **he is from england
waw. you've got skills bro! keep it up...
Great job
You've seen more than me in my country ( Albania )
Loved seeing the little bits of springtime!! Super fascinating history as well... I probably know more about Albanian currency than US currency now 😅
you probably know more about US currency than you realize! I was thinking the same while making this and then thought a little harder about it and realize i knew more than i thought.
Hey man just wanted to say that I love your videos in Albania , Im a creator myself living in Nyc but I was actually born in Athens and am 100% Albanian , you should check out this dope beach area in Tushemisht, pogradec you get to swim right next to the Macedonian border !
Keep up the dope videos !
20 or 2 thousands??
I see you got that 😀
great
mbreti gent means king gent so basically mbret mean king
well now i feel dumb 😂🤦♂️
@@JamesLeithart no its completely fine haha, since the language is really hard to learn, im happy to see someone make such great videos on albania and trying to learn its language.
Beautiful video, i was expecting for some more emotional experience of that place ,, i think I’m asking for to much ,, BUT when I visited that place for the first time i was just amazed and almost felt like i lived there some times in the past ,,could be cause I’m Albanian myself , I don’t know ,, we just get to really get more emotional with our history even if it is ancient like Butrint ,
maybe i should make another one... instead of focusing on the money 🤔
Super 👋👋👋👋👋👋
Hello.I live in Pogradec
Can you please talk about Illyrians next?
The name of the currency Lek has derived from Alexander the Great, or Alexander which in Albanian is called Lekë -a.
Hi I'm from Albania
Hey man, for some information, alot of albania refers lek in the video as 20000 instead of 2000, this happens with every lek, so if you go to buy something but it costs they say it costs 10x what you got in your hand, it means what I said above, so the 50 lek is known as 500 lek and so on, sorry if I wasnt too clear.
yeah, it seems like you’re describing the difference between old lek and new lek. I definitely run into this frequently but it’s not too hard to figure out
Can you please come the following weekend to Durres
i'm trying to get to Durres but my schedule is super busy
Very nice made video ! ...the 50 lek coin has Skanderbeg though not Gent
are you sure? 🤔
No its Gent. I’m pretty sure. James is right
@@JamesLeithart no... im embarrassed as an albanian, you are right ! i didnt give enough attention the whole time since it is similar to the statue of Scanderbeg
no worries! i am misinformed a lot, so i thought maybe you were correct.
Bravo shok
Like kush eshte shqiptar !
I’m British and in Albania for 24 years. I never could understand why Albanians use Old and New Lek in purchasing . It’s like me using pound, shillings, pence, farthings etc.....nobody can explain it to me !
How many euros does the 2000 lek bank note converts to?
I saw you 4 days ago in Fushe Kruja. You were driving a white Renault, right?
nope... i don’t think i’ve ever driven a Renault
This is not a hookup channel.
My friend found one of these notes .we didnt know how much it was worth so we put it in an automated currency exchange machine in london and it gave us 26 british pounds i thought wow thats a strong bit of cash. We looked at the receipt and the machine had glitched out and read it as a discontinued 100 deutschmark. Can you guess what we did next.......?
john smith what?
@@Iselfff what would you do?
Who remembers the 1000 lek banknote?
Hey I think one albanian portal made a short article about you 😂 “Jeta Osh Qef” is that portal on fb
I hate them joq
Even tho most albanians hate JOQ it's still one of the most popular media portals here
@@Joel-ee8df lol disappointment
thanks, random person! 😂 some of the information was wrong but i’m happy they told some more people about my videos
@@JamesLeithart it's wired how you are so positive . They actually made fun of you
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But rint, it literally means ( comfortable stay) Lek. Sa nder Leka. Dia lekt (know Lek) known Sander Leka. Sa nder Leka ( the honorable A Lek)
More like, (K)a le sa nder. Born with honor, same like Ka sa nder, his general, have some honor.
@@cokduvak2615. Sa nder A Leka. Kjo esht gjuha vjeter. Pas vdekjes, sa nder esht (A) Leshi.
@@kenikriezispirasspatas8982 oj shqipe, nashta nuk e ki keq per gjuhen e vjeter. Por qysh pe pershkrun ti nuk ka essenc. A mundshun qe alfabeti K vetem esht shtu ose e ka ne anagram ne fillim te emrit. (K)a-Le-Sa-Nder (ka le me nder) ose A-Le-Sa-Nder, ka ma shum logjike se ka edhe tjere emrat te gjashme, si qysh thash emri i kassandrit. Por me sa fundi kuk mundet te sqarohet plotsisht, vetem dihet se esht emri shqip edhe ka kuptim te volitshem ne at.
@@cokduvak2615 esht e perkthyer Gabim. Esht me nder Lek'a.. ska nder Begu. AI I pa nder/ner begu. I pa nder per Turr ke/Turk ke.
@@kenikriezispirasspatas8982
Mfal qe pot thom, po apet gabim je. Skanderbeg vjen prej iskender, qe thot thjesht Aleksander ne turqisht. Po toponimi jot per Ska-Nder-Begu osht mjaft interesant. Edhe paridi i trojes e ka pas emrin aleksander, aj e ka pas njie vlla, qe quheje Skamander (skamandrios). Ska-Ma-Nder, aj e ka hup nderin se ka ik nga troja per te ndihmuar akejve.
In the 50 cent is not mbreti gent in the 50 lek is Gjergj kastriot skenderbej
+Kristian Zayway Zaynetwork look again 😜
Beautiful place did you have to have all your vaccines before visiting or moving there?
Yes he did. I mean there are contagious diseases and infectious monsters lurking in Albania. LMAO
@@shqiperia60 shut up piece of shit
Lmfao is this question for real?
Do people actually know what LMAO and LMFAO mean or do they just use them everywhere to sound more funny?
I do not support vaccines and am not up to date on mine. However I am looking to travel abroad possibly and am wondering if I would need to get vaccinated. I live in the states.
The 50lek coin isn’t mbreti gent it’s our national hero skenderbeu
+Orges Muco check again 😜
Check again dude im english and even i know that
Plz come to kosovo and visit prizeren city prishtina capital city and record a vlog
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@james Leithard if u need to know some information about albania hook me up im from albania and live in belgium
Go to Vlora city
im following u in Every video u make cool vidéos
respect from KOSOVO come visit us to 🇦🇱👍
Butrint was not greece wrong information
Can you rate albania from 1-10.Comment back plssss
uhh, what’s the scale?
@@JamesLeithart I meen abut the nature
well what is a 10 and what is a 1? i need to know what i’m rating it against 😂
@@JamesLeithart 😂😂😂
Have you learned the Albanian language yet?
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❤ALBANIAN MONEY🖤Created from the time The Great Alexander..
Neither roman nor greek. Illyrian, but s'not your fault, you believe whats is tellin you.
Huh. this is where i got my information... whc.unesco.org/en/list/570 🤷♂️
The true history has been smothered for idealogical reasons make no mistake alexander was illyrian