- Ionian gazeta
The gazeta (plural "gazzeté", Greek γαζετα, plural γαζέταις) was a currency issued in the
Ionian Islands in 1801 during the occupation byRussia and theOttoman Empire . It replaced theVenetian lira at a rate of 1 gazeta = 2 soldi. After the British took possession of the islands, coins were countermarked in Turkish kuruş for use on the islands before the obol was introduced in 1819.
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