Evidence coverage: 1833–2002. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
Evidence within this identity, not separate currencies.
Supporting material, not parents or children.
The1833 Greek drachma replaced the phoenix and revived an ancient name. This is not an ancient-drachma-to-euro inheritance link.
Sources and qualifications →The postwar drachma replaced 50 billion occupation-era drachmas. Date of the first postwar banknotes; the underlying law is dated 10 November 1944.
50000000000 Greek drachma — pre-November 1944 scale per 1 Greek drachma — November 1944 scaleV0181 · The postwar drachma replaced 50 billion occupation-era drachmas. Date of the first postwar banknotes; the underlying law is dated 10 November 1944.
C866One new drachma replaced 1,000 postwar drachmas.
1000 Greek drachma — November 1944 scale per 1 Greek drachma (euro-conversion scale)V0182 · One new drachma replaced 1,000 postwar drachmas.
C867Includes dated issues, standards, subdivisions and institutional changes. Each event retains the source's date qualifications.
1 EUR = 340.750 GRD. Greece: euro adoption 2001-01-01; cash 2002-01-01. Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.
C684, C685, C646Greece: euro adoption 2001-01-01; cash 2002-01-01.
C685Otto’s decree replaced the phoenix with the drachma.
C864The modern drachma deliberately reused the ancient Greek currency name. No continuous ancient-to-modern currency or fixed conversion asserted.
C865The postwar drachma replaced 50 billion occupation-era drachmas. Date of the first postwar banknotes; the underlying law is dated 10 November 1944.
C866One new drachma replaced 1,000 postwar drachmas.
C867Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
1 EUR = 340.750 GRD.
art.1, Greece currency row; exact decimal retained
Article 2’s original 1999 commencement does not backdate later-added currencies.
Country-specific dates come from the separate 974/98 annex.
Greece: euro adoption 2001-01-01; cash 2002-01-01.
Annex, Greece row; arts.2–3 provide substitution
Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.
National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.
Otto’s decree replaced the phoenix with the drachma.
The drachma as the new national currency: royal decree of 1833 and ancient name revival
The modern drachma deliberately reused the ancient Greek currency name. No continuous ancient-to-modern currency or fixed conversion asserted.
The drachma as the new national currency: royal decree of 1833 and ancient name revival
The postwar drachma replaced 50 billion occupation-era drachmas. Date of the first postwar banknotes; the underlying law is dated 10 November 1944.
1947/1954 historical section: postwar ratio and 1954 rescaling
One new drachma replaced 1,000 postwar drachmas.
1947/1954 historical section: postwar ratio and 1954 rescaling
The1833 Greek drachma replaced the phoenix and revived an ancient name. This is not an ancient-drachma-to-euro inheritance link.
1833 decree, phoenix replacement and ancient-name revival
Regulation 974/98 substitutes the euro for each participating state’s currency on its adoption date; cash changeover is separately defined.
arts.1, 1a, 2–3
Consolidation, not an as-made 1998 text.
National short cash-withdrawal periods and every accession amendment were not individually audited.