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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aidan Work, post: 75322, member: 1824&quot;]Ranchhand,a coin from the Maldive Islands,which carries a date in the 1300&#039;s is dated by the Islamic calendar - AH1300,AH1318,</p><p>AH1331,etc.It must be remembered that the Islamic calendar in use in the Maldive Islands is a lunar calendar,&amp; the Islamic year is 11 days shorter,which is why some Maldivian coins struck in one</p><p>Christian year can carry the previous year&#039;s Islamic date.The 1960</p><p>coinage carries the date AH1379,as opposed to the usual AH1380.</p><p>The Islamic New Year falls later in the Christian year,which is why a discrepancy occasionally occurs.AH1300 is 1882,AH1304 is 1887,AH1318 is 1900,&amp; AH1331 is 1913.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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