drachma

     

Drachma, pl. rachmas or drachmae (δραχμή, pl. δραχμές or δραχμαί (until 1982)) is the name of:

Trivia about drachma

  • The value of this Greek coin was originally equivalent to that of a handful of arrows
  • During a period of hyperinflation in 1944, Greece issued this currency in a denomination of 2,000,000,000
  • Originally 6 obols equaled one of these coins
  • In Greece, 100 lepta make up 1 of these
  • It's the basic monetary unit of Greece
  • In 1833 Greece chose this basic unit of currency to replace the phoenix
  • The dirham, the main currency of the United Arab Emirates, derives its name from this Greek coin
  • In ancient Greece, it took 6 obols to equal one of these
  • This unit of currency was first worth 6 iron cooking spits
  • In Athenian coinage 6 obols made 1 of these

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