Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. After Sunday’s decisive vote to reject a financial bailout offer, Greece may now be ...

A moment, please, for the demise of the drachma, which until the advent of the dull-but-useful euro was the oldest form of currency in circulation — at roughly 2,650, older than Plato or Pericles or ...

Fears Greece may exit the euro and revive the drachma abound, but attempting a return to the currency Athens left behind would have tragic results, Goldman Sachs said. "Transitioning from the euro to ...

With "Grexit" scenarios doing the rounds again ahead of Sunday's general elections, albeit to a much lesser extent compared to two years ago, here is a look back at the history of the drachma. The ...