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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Troodon, post: 327418, member: 4626&quot;]Takes a while to get used to Arabic numbers lol... I have quite a few coins and a few notes from Arabic speaking countries so eventually learned the digits (it&#039;s ironic that we call the numbers we typically use &quot;Arabic numerals&quot; when in actuality they&#039;re from India...).&nbsp; Also had to learn the Islamic calender as many coins and notes are dated that way though more modern ones often have the Western date as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a good link for Arabic numbers: </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www2.ignatius.edu/faculty/turner/arabic/anumbers.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.ignatius.edu/faculty/turner/arabic/anumbers.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www2.ignatius.edu/faculty/turner/arabic/anumbers.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>They do read left to right, so it&#039;s a simple substitution, once you get used to them.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to the note in question I think it&#039;s possible that the left number printer advanced early while the right advanced normally, accounting for the fact that the left has a weaker impression and is one number higher than the right.&nbsp; Just a guess... could be the other way around for all I know (the left advancing normally while the right lagged).&nbsp;&nbsp; Again, I&#039;m not sure how common or not this error is in Iraqi notes... but makes this note not just an interesting piece of history but a good error example as well.&nbsp; This is one of the last notes produced by Sadaam&#039;s regime at a time when inflation necessitated the need for higher denomination notes.&nbsp; The date on it is 2002.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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