Talk:Greek drachma

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The author of the article mentions a 2000-drachmae bill at the time of the euro's introduction, which is patently incorrect, as you can see in the Bank of Greece link he provides. I assume this must have been a simple error on his part, so I edited it out.

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I know that the article implies it, but shouldn't it be mentioned that Rome used Drachma too?

As for comparative values, perhaps a mention of a drachma's approximate value as a collector's item would be useful.

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collector costs would - though then we get into state of the piece of money. The usual Roman coin was the denarius, though. Polybius is using drachmae to talk about Roman soldiers because he's writing in Greek for a Greek audience. aureus (gold), denarius (silver), sestertius (silver), and then I forget. I think the little money was called a quadrans (copper). --MichaelTinkler

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What about the abbreviation, ₯?--Sonjaaa 05:02, Aug 18, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Lepta image

The image : Lepta-coins.jpg (bottom right) should be changed as it contains also the greek 20 cents Euro coin !!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.15.253.50 (talk • contribs) 23:20, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

I changed the caption to reflect that. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 07:26, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Split?

It seems to me that the ancient currency and the modern currencies are fundamentally different and deserve their own articles. With the ancient content at "Ancient Greek drachma" and modern content here. Does anyone object? Ingrid 20:57, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

I should add that drachma currently redirects here. It could easily be made into a Disambig page containing the current introduction. Ingrid 20:58, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

This is parallel to Shekel v.s. Israeli new sheqel. --ChoChoPK (球球PK) (talk | contrib) 22:40, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I agree on the split. But if these are the only drachmas, we should be able to use a see also such as on the shekel page. Joe I 04:44, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes. I was thinking of 2 articles plus a dab page, but following the shekel pattern makes more sense. Ingrid 05:01, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm for a split, but I would like to point out that the ancient article would ideally be split into Athenian drachma, Spartan drachma, etc. I guess we'll have to wait for an ancient numismatist to come along and write those articles, but if anyone feels they know enough to have a go, I'd be very interested to see the results.
Dove1950 15:54, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

I love ancient coins, but am curently doing the coins of India article, the split is neccesarry as there is a difference in the two identified Drachmae. I think the regional differences between the city states isnt the great to concern ourselves with now. Enlil Ninlil 02:52, 11 March 2007 (UTC)