Greece - 20 lepta 1976 (Stallion) EUR 0.40
Germany - 2 euros 2013 (50 Years of Franco-German Friendship (Elysee Treaty)) EUR 3.45
Greece - 10 lepta 1976 (Charging bull) EUR 0.25
Slovenia - 2 cents 2009 (Sovereign Enthronement Stone) EUR 0.25
Slovenia - 2 euros 2013 (800th anniversary of visits to Postojna Cave) EUR 3.25
The name drachma is derived from the verb dratto ("to grasp"), as initially a drachma was a fistful (a "grasp") of six oboloi (metal sticks), which were used as a form of currency as early as 1100 BC. The 5th century BC Athenian tetradrachmon ("four drachmae") coin was the most widely used coin in the Greek world prior to the time of Alexander the Great.
After Alexander the Great's conquests, the name drachma was used in many of the Hellenistic kingdoms in the Middle East, including the Ptolemaic kingdom in Alexandria. The Arabic unit of currency known as dirham known from pre-Islamic times and afterwards, inherited its name from the drachma; the dirham is still the name of the official currencies of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates. The Armenian dram also derives its name from the drachma.
The following 20 drachma coins have circulated in Greece until the introduction of the Common European Currency on January 1, 2002:
Dionisios Solomos encouraged the nation emerging from Turkish bondage and his fine Hymn to Liberty (1823), written at the age of 25, became the national anthem of Greece. He was born in Zakinthos in 1978, which, by a quirk of history, was at that time ...
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Greek Drachma Coins
Author: Ioannis Androulakis