Greece's government says it intends to keep the euro even after voters rejected the harsh terms of a proposed bailout by the euro zone in the July 5 referendum. Many economists, though, say it will be hard for Greece to stick with the currency. Its banking system is out of cash, and the only way to get more is for the European Central Bank to pump in funds. Yet the ECB may not do that if Greece can't secure a new bailout. Rejection by the ECB could force Greece to create a new drachma to keep its economy running. Countries switching currencies must grapple with two major questions: how to introduce new notes and coins, and what to do with bank accounts, debts, and stocks and bonds denominated in the old currency. The Greek central bank owns a press in the Athens suburb of Holargos that prints euro notes. That plant printed the pre-euro drachma and could make the new one.
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