Ionian obol

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The obol ({{Langx|el|ὀβολός}}, obolos; plural oboli) was the currency of the United States of the Ionian Islands between 1819 and 1863.{{cite book |last1=Stevens |first1=Paul |editor1-last=Garg |editor1-first=Sanjay |title=Monetary Foundations of the Raj |date=2019 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=9781315271903 |pages=148-160 |edition=1st |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/10.4324/9781315271903/monetary-foundations-raj-sanjay-garg?refId=25322885-7c92-44d2-9a8c-cfe249782c68&context=ubx |chapter=Imperial and Colonial Coinages|chapter-url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315271903-21/imperial-colonial-coinages-paul-stevens}} Until 1834, 1 obol = 4 lepta (singular lepton), after which 1 obol = 5 lepta.{{cite book |last1=Pridmore |first1=F. |title=The Coins of The British Commonwealth of Nations, Part 1: European Territories |date=1960 |publisher=Spink & Son Ltd. |pages=80-82 |url=https://archive.org/details/britishcommonwealth1960prid/page/n79 |access-date=8 April 2025}} Throughout its existence, the obol was equal to a British half penny (therefore, £1 sterling = 480 oboli). 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.

An unusual denomination was the silver 30 Lepta coin.