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1 Gazetta
| Issuer | Septinsular Republic (1800-1814) |
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| Year | 1801 |
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| Technique | Milled |
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| Obverse lettering | ΕΠΤΑΝΗΣΟΣ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ (Translation: Septinsular State) |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays the denomination numeral '1' at the top of the field, followed by the Greek legend ΓΑΖΕΤΑ (Gazetta) across the centre in large, bold characters, and the date 1801 below, all enclosed within a continuous oval wreath of elongated olive leaves. The design is plain and typographic in character, with no additional ornamental elements beyond the wreath border. The reeded rim mirrors that of the obverse. |
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The Septinsular Republic — the Ionian Islands under nominal Ottoman suzerainty and Russian protection — was the first nominally self-governing Greek state since the Ottoman conquest, predating the independent Greek kingdom by three decades. This 1801 copper issue was among the earliest coins produced under that arrangement, struck just a year after the republic's formal constitution was ratified in Constantinople. The political reality was complicated: French Revolutionary forces had seized the islands from Venice in 1797, only to lose them to a joint Russo-Ottoman operation in 1799.
KM#1 status confirms this as the foundational type of the entire republic's coinage.