Ionian Islands

United States of the Ionian Islands

Independent British Protectorate (1815-1864)

Location: Ionian Sea

Capital City: Corfu

Government type: Federal State

Main languages: Greek

Main religions: Orthodox Christianity

Chronology

1814: Britain occupies the Ionian Islands, at the time part of France, which captured them from Venice

1815: United States of the Ionian Islands created in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars

1864: Joins Greece

Currency

First Obol (1819-1834)

Second Obol (1834-1863)

1 Obol = 5 Lepta

Coins from Ionian Islands in the collection

•2 Obol, 1819 (King George III (1815-1820), copper, London mint, KM#33)

•1 Lepton, 1834 (King William IV (1830-1837), copper, KM#34)