The drachma was the principal silver coin among the Greeks, containing sixty-six grains of pure metal, worth about seventeen and a half cents.
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Its primary function is to support and stabilise the rate of thedrachma.
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The country must reintroduce thedrachma, as its membership of the euro area is untenable.
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You have the problem of the fantastic rise in thedrachmaexchange.
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Additions have been made to their salaries, but in relation to the internal purchasing power of thedrachmaand not to its value in sterling.
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All these people were given an allowance of 17 drachmas a day, which is not even enough to pay the rent of the accommodation that they were forced to occupy.
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If the printing press is set to turn outdrachmanotes by the million, the hundred million, every month, of course things are bound to end in irretrievable disaster.
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Thedrachmawent from 12,000 to 20,000, to 30,000, to 40,000, to 50,000, and our advisers told us last week that it very soon might be at 100,000.
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The book was priced at onedrachma, far below the cost of production, and immediately began to sell steadily.
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Stabilisation of thedrachmaonce again allowed for foreign borrowing.
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It consisted of eleven values: 1 lepton, 5, 10, 25 and 50 lepta, 1drachmaand 2, 3, 5, 10 and 25 drachmae.
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These stamps were sold at the post offices at a price higher than the face value, due to the depreciation of thedrachma.
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This loan was never paid back and severely devalued thedrachma.
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When it came to penal sanctions, no officeholder could impose a fine over fifty drachmas.
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Pay was introduced for levies under arms, both infantry and cavalry (at 1/3 and one "drachma" per day respectively).
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The third stamp was 2.40drachmaon 1 lire.
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