| At the time of the Italian invasion in October 1940 an oka of bread cost 10 drachmas. |
| Francs, Deutschmarks, guilders, punts, drachmas and pesetas will all have gone by the end of February. |
| The basic unit of money was the drachma with a larger unit being the talent worth 6000 drachmas. |
| Instead of paying in pesetas, lire, drachmas, francs and marks, approximately 300 million Europeans are now using one common currency, the euro. |
| In Greece, beggars who ventured out on the streets of Athens on Monday after a three-day cold snap found their cups filling up with both drachmas and euros. |
| The 2001 prize includes 3 million drachmas plus a travel grant. |
