Sentences with phrase «greek drachmas»

Expecting to be paid in Greek Drachmas might be pushing it a bit, seeing as they're a bit difficult to find these days, but other than that your landlord can and may write into the lease pretty much any condition he wants.

The first known instance of such a currency, the Greek drachma dates back to approximately 700BC.

In Luke 15:1 - 10, then, the two points are made: the shepherd leaves the ninety - nine sheep to seek out the lost one, and rejoices when it is found; the woman drops everything else to seek out the one lost coin (the coin mentioned is probably a Greek drachma, literally worth sixteen cents, but in actual purchasing power many times more than that), and rejoices with her friends when it is found.

History is littered with examples of the failure of money, such as the Mark in post-WWI Weimar Germany and the Greek drachma in 1944.

Not exact matches

His statement was echoed by another former prime minister, Antonis Samaras, who said going back to the drachma would kill the Greek economy.

The next doesn't really apply to Greece as things stand, since it's using the Euro, but if Greek debt had been denominated in Drachma it could have devalued its currency so as to repay the debt in funny money.