Ionian obol
The obol (obolos; plural oboli) was the currency of the United States of the Ionian Islands between 1819 and 1863. Until 1834, 1 obol = 4 lepta (singular lepton), after which 1 obol = 5 lepta. Throughout its existence, the obol was equal to a British half penny (therefore, £1 sterling = 480 oboli).
Ionian obol
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- obol
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- 1818
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- United States of the Ionian Islands
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The obol replaced a series of countermarked coins denominated in Turkish paras and copper gazete coins. The obol was issued by the British and was replaced by the Greek drachma when the Ionian Islands were given to Greece, at a rate of 1 drachma = 20 oboli. • Illustration — 1-obol coin, 1819 • Illustration — Two-obol coin ("diobol"), 1819 • Illustration — 1 obol, 1853 • Illustration — 30 oboli, Ionian Islands, 1862 An unusual denomination was the silver 30 Lepta coin.
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1818
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1818
Ionian obol is recorded from 1818.
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