Earliest Dated Coin

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  1. Kentucky

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    OK...I've asked Google and have mostly managed to confuse myself. I would like to know what is the oldest coin to have a date in what we call "Arabic Numerals" (1,2,etc). What I have mainly seen is a reference to a Danish coin dated 1234, although no amount of staring on my part can cause me to see the date. I recently ran into a posting that said the date was MCCXXXIIII I can kind of see that date on the coin. Now with that as a preamble...

    What is the oldest coin that bears a date written in the numbers we use today in the Western world?
     
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  3. jtlee321

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    I'm curious about this as well. I'm going to follow this one. :)
     
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  4. arnoldoe

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  5. Kentucky

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    I'm sorry, but I don't see 1424
     
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  6. Kentucky

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    BTW, saw this number thing...

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  7. arnoldoe

    arnoldoe Well-Known Member

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    1424
     
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  8. Zohar444

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    14860-austria-n40-2.jpg
     
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  9. Kentucky

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    Excellent, any from the 1300's...
     
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  10. arnoldoe

    arnoldoe Well-Known Member

    the 1424 coin is the earliest European coin to use Arabic numerals.
     
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  11. FitzNigel

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  12. Kentucky

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    Interesting read. Thank you. Need to start another thread to let people show their old dated coins.
     
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  13. sakata

    sakata Devil's Advocate

    So what is the oldest coin with a date on it in any format or system?
     
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  14. Kentucky

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    Of course this opens us up to the coins that have a privy mark and a particular ruler that would allow dating.
     
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  15. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Pretty sure the answer can be found at the same link already provided.
     
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  16. sakata

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    Did not see it. It only goes back to the 12th century but clearly states that there are earlier Islamic coins with dates. Also, how about some ancient coins with a date in the current Japanese form?
     
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  17. FitzNigel

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    Some Ancient Greek coins have regal dates, or dates based off the founding of the city. I suspect those may be the earliest 'dated' Coins
     
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  18. panzerman

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    Here is my third oldest dated coin...

    Abbasid Caliphate (First Period)
    dated AH 162=784AD fd5b6d8c9e02d4634cff0a3217393b08.jpg
    Caliph al-Mahdi
    4.28g./ 21mm. .999 gold
     
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  20. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    And that is what my response was referring to. As to specifics, I have no idea. The post made by panzerman shows us one from 784 AD, and unless I am mistaken the Islamic calendar didn't even begin until - 622AD ?


    If you know of some by all means show us or tell us about them.

    All of that said, for most of us, unless the date is written in Arabic numerals or Roman numerals, none of us are even going to be aware there is a date on the coin.
     
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  21. Stevearino

    Stevearino Well-Known Member

    @arnoldoe, thanks for getting us on the right track. Curious: who is the bearded king/bishop/beserker on your avatar coin?
    Steve
     
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