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<p>[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 7411475, member: 102103"]Something with joining the Latin Monetary Unit in 1868?</p><p><br /></p><p>Here's what Wikipedia has on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_drachma#First_modern_drachma" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_drachma#First_modern_drachma" rel="nofollow">old Drachma</a>:</p><p>"In 1868, Greece joined the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Monetary_Union" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Monetary_Union" rel="nofollow">Latin Monetary Union</a> and the drachma became equal in weight and value to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_franc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_franc" rel="nofollow">French franc</a>. The new coinage issued consisted of copper coins of 1, 2, 5 and 10 lepta, with the 5- and 10-lepta coins bearing the names <i>obolos</i> (ὀβολός) and <i>diobolon</i> (διώβολον), respectively; silver coins of 20 and 50 lepta, 1, 2 and 5 drachmae and gold coins of 5, 10 and 20 drachmae. (Very small numbers of 50- and 100-drachma coins in gold were also issued.)"</p><p><br /></p><p>Ah, maybe this: The obol was the currency of the Ionian Islands contemporaneously with the Greek Drachma. Before 1835, 1 obol = 4 lepta. After 1835, it changed to 1 obol = 5 lepta. So it probably would have been useful to have dual-denominated coins to clarify the value in both currencies. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionian_obol" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionian_obol" rel="nofollow">Link</a>:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Eidolon, post: 7411475, member: 102103"]Something with joining the Latin Monetary Unit in 1868? Here's what Wikipedia has on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_drachma#First_modern_drachma']old Drachma[/URL]: "In 1868, Greece joined the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Monetary_Union']Latin Monetary Union[/URL] and the drachma became equal in weight and value to the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_franc']French franc[/URL]. The new coinage issued consisted of copper coins of 1, 2, 5 and 10 lepta, with the 5- and 10-lepta coins bearing the names [I]obolos[/I] (ὀβολός) and [I]diobolon[/I] (διώβολον), respectively; silver coins of 20 and 50 lepta, 1, 2 and 5 drachmae and gold coins of 5, 10 and 20 drachmae. (Very small numbers of 50- and 100-drachma coins in gold were also issued.)" Ah, maybe this: The obol was the currency of the Ionian Islands contemporaneously with the Greek Drachma. Before 1835, 1 obol = 4 lepta. After 1835, it changed to 1 obol = 5 lepta. So it probably would have been useful to have dual-denominated coins to clarify the value in both currencies. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionian_obol']Link[/URL]:[/QUOTE]
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