roman numerals

can anyone tell me what is the date of my victoria godless florin see photo

 

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1886

 

I agree, 1886.

M = 1000
CM= 900
D = 500
CD = 400
C = 100
XC = 90
L = 50
XL= 40
X = 10
IX = 9
V = 5
IV = 4
I = 1

So, mdccclxxxvi = 1886

 

this is a gothic florin, mintage 591,773 a lower mintage--the godless florins are dated 1849 and do not have dei gratia (by the grace of god ) in the legend

 

i dont get it,i understand the first part MDCCCL 1850 BUT THE LAST BIT I DONT GET IIIVi its not xxxvi

 

if what Wyvern said is right it must be 1849

 

It IS xxxvi. Look close, the i on the end is not the same as the x's before the v. They don't mix capital and lower case letters.

 

What wyvern was saying is that your coin is not a godless coin as you stated in your original post.

 

Well thanks very much for your help, i'm a lot wiser now, but they 've got a funny way of writing xxx's, and yes i should have said gothic,thanks again for putting me wise, JACKO 75