IONIAN ISLANDS - SEPTINSULAR REPUBLIC (UNDER RUSSIAN - TURKISH SOVEREIGNTY) 1800-1807. / ΕΠΤΑΝΗΣΟΣ ΠΟΛΙΤΕΙΑ (ΥΠΟ ΡΩΣΟΤΟΥΡΚΙΚΗ ΠΡΟΣΤΑΣΙΑ). 1 ΓΑΖΕΤΑ / 1 GAZETA (1801) in copper, Minted in Garitsa, Corfu. Obverse: Winged lion of st mark holding the Gospel, while the representation is symbolically complemented by seven arrows. on Reverse: face value and the year, surrounded by a chain-like circle. Var. with one star & bar, after date.The gazeta was a currency issued in the Ionian Islands in 1801 during the occupation by Russia and the Ottoman Empire. It replaced the Venetian lira at a rate of 1 gazeta = 2 soldi, and continued to be used through the existence of the Septinsular Republic. A Extremely rare coin in Uncirculated condition. In slab by NGC “MS 63 BN” (Hellas I. 3 / VAR. 1) Extremely rare & UNCIRCULATED