Sentence examples for oldest currency from inspiring English sources

On January 1st Greece became the euro's 12th member, shedding Europe's oldest currency, the drachma.

Starting next month, the drachma, Europe's oldest currency, will be replaced by the newest, as Greece becomes the 12th nation to adopt the euro -- the unified European currency.

In 1994, he was elevated to the post of governor, overseeing Greece's transition from the drachma, the world's oldest currency, to the euro a decade ago.

(Reuters) GREECE: DRACHMA A SPENT FORCE -- Europe's oldest currency was traded on international markets for the last time as Greece prepared to drop the drachma and adopt the euro.

Set amid pistachio and pine trees, it is also here that Greece once printed drachmas, the world's oldest currency and the one used from its modern incarnation almost 200 years ago until it joined the single currency.

At every point you can feel Balanchine's freedom in making new coinage from old currency.

In other words, to leave the euro and bring back its old currency, the drachma.

The old currency will remain legal tender until Feb. 28 in Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Spain and Portugal.

"They don't have their old currency sitting in the vaults ready to distribute.

For a start, the AfD no longer calls for the reintroduction of Germany's old currency.

The biggest logistical problem is managing the collection and storage of the old currency".