If you can read the dates on the following Peruvian coins, you're either Spanish, Spanish-American, or studied the Spanish Language. If you can't read the dates, keep reading this article and when you finish this article, you'll be able to read the dates. Peru 10 Centavos: http://worldcoingallery.com/countri...1 10 Centavos (1918-1926)&query=Peru centavos http://worldcoingallery.com/countri...4.2 10 Centavos (1935-1941)&query=Peru km 214 The official Spanish language of Spain is Castelon or Castellian. However, like all original languages, certain local nuances become the norm in Colonies including the spelling of numerals, especially in Peru. To read Spanish language dates on Peruvian coins from 1918 to 1944 (beginning in 1942 some coins bore Peruvian style Spanish language dates and some bore Arabic numeral dates in the same year) try this simple formula: UN MIL = 1000 NOVOCIENTOS = 900 UN MIL NOVOCIENTOS = 1900 DIECI = 10 OCHO=8 DIECIOCHO=18 UN MIL NOVOCIENTOS DIECIOCHO=1918 One Thousand + Nine Hundred + 18 All the Peruvian style Spanish language dates from 1918 and up will read UN MIL NOVOCIENTOS plus the last two numbers. You probably can count in Spanish from 1 (UNO) to 20 (VIENTE). To read the Peruvian style Spanish language dates from 1918 to 1944, you only need to know DIECI (10), VIENTE (20), TRIENTA (30) and CUARENTA (40). Peruvian Spanish two digit numbers, ending in an "A" or an "E" (VIENTE, CUARENTA, etc.) are changed to "I" (VIENTI, CUARANTI) when coupling with a number larger than zero (TRIENTIUNO). The third & fourth numbers of 1919 is 19 which = DIECI (10) + NUEVE (9). DIECINUEVE. 20=VIENTE 21=VIENTI + UNO (VIENTIUNO) 22=VIENTIDOS 23=VIENTITRES 24=VIENTICUATRO 25=VIENTICINCO 26=VIENTISEIS 27=VIENTISEITE 28=VIENTIOCHO 29=VIENTINUEVE 30=TREINTE 31=TRENTIUNO 40=CUARENTA 41=CUARENTIUNO Like everything there are exceptions to the rules. In 1942, 1943 and 1944 some Peruvian coins were minted in the United States (San Francisco?) and bear the numbers 42, 43 and 44 in Castillian Spanish as CUARENTA Y DOS, CUARENTA Y TRES and CUARENTA Y CAUTRO. The Y means AND: CUARENTA Y DOS = 40 AND 2 = 42 CUARENTA Y TRES = 40 AND 3 = 43 CUARENTA Y CUATRO = 40 AND 4 = 44 Here's a photo of a USA produced 10 Centavos: http://worldcoingallery.com/countri...1942-1944) &src=Chris Rich&query=Peru km 214a Now return to the two earlier photos and reread those dates... Clinker
