The Week contest - Greek money

If Greece fails to adopt severe austerity measures, it may have to abandon the euro as its currency. Rather than return to the drachma, what should Greece call its new currency, to reflect its current political and financial situation?

Greek's Finance Minister during a press conference Thursday: Greece will capitalize on an EU agreement to slash its debt by moving forward with economic reforms.
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THE WINNER: Oopa

Richard G. Marcil, Macomb MI

SECOND PLACE: Brokelava

Thomas Saulnier, Springfield, MA

THIRD PLACE: Melodrachma

Kathleen Yacio Sargent, Bedford, TX

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Fail-o Dough

Aaron Malver, Seattle, WA

The Greece Spot

Alan Parven, Commerce Twp., MI

Dolema

Samantha Amedeo, Yellville, AR

The Gyro

Mark Kornick, Sommers, MT

The IOUro

Herman Waltzer, Alabaster, AL

Hell-nos

James Fletcher, Peterborough, NH

The Dreckma

Jeffrey Contompasis, Ashburn, VA

Draconia

John Besnard, Irvine, CA

The Apollo 13

Zollie Kaplan, St. Louis Park, MN

Spanakopital

Heidi Hanssen, St. Louis Park, MN

The Drach-ula

Tom Haydock, Hartland, CT

The Acrapolis

Richard Pinover, S. Colton, NY

The Acropolypse

Patrick Leahy, Albany, OR

The Collapseum

William Kelly, San Francisco, CA

Eurover

Roy Schultz, West Chester, OH

Eur-OPA!

Kol Kaplan, St. Louis Park, MN

The Eur-inal

Randy Mealer, Defiance, OH

The Xero

Jeff Schafran, Albany, NY

The Zeusan B. Anthony

Juli Hanssen, St. Louis Park, MN

Greece’s Pieces

Sandi Porras, Buena Park, CA

Greek Tragedy

Marianna Lippincott, Columbus, NJ

Flatbread

Jacquie Roland, Saugerties, NY

Poraus

Joel Greenspan, Atlanta, GA

Louzo

Dan Pearl, Southborough, MA

Eurotrash

Peter Grant, Pearblossom, CA

The Spartacan't

David Prybock, Pittsburgh, PA

The Hemlock

Robert J Davis, Scottsdale, AZ

The Ruin

Steven Bennett, Cambridge, OH

The Merkel

Herb Briggs, Stamford, CT

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