: an ancient Greek silver coin equivalent to six obols
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: the basic monetary unit of Greece from circa 1831 to 2001
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Recent Examples on the WebFrom Greece, drachma coins reading Megas-Alexandros, or Alexander the Great, rendered in bronze. Christopher Bonanos, Town & Country, 18 Aug. 2022 Before then, the Greek drachma held its value for six centuries, the Byzantine solidus for more than seven centuries, the Arab dinar for about four centuries, and the Spanish silver dollar for about four centuries. Nathan Lewis, Forbes, 10 July 2022 What is more, the very existence of a single currency smothered the market signals that would have come from, say, a separate drachma or lira, market signals that have averted or lessened many disasters in the past. Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 26 Mar. 2021 All that was needed to make this happen was to drop a five-drachma coin into a slot in the urn, just as a young lady would do at an underground station to get a box of almonds. Vladimir Nabokov, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2019 Fears about the euro flared up again in 2015 as the left-wing Syriza party took control of Greece amid rumblings about a return to the drachma. Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 29 May 2018 Would Greece leave the euro and return to the drachma? A.e. Stallings, WSJ, 28 July 2017 Thanks to the debt crisis, some Greek officials are contemplating dumping the common currency for the drachma. David Wolman, WIRED, 27 Dec. 2011 See More