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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;goldducat, post: 1433651, member: 37873&quot;]The first European coin with Arabic numerals specifying the date of striking was the Swiss silver Plappart from the year 1424. You may see coin here: <a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1171152&amp;AucID=1080&amp;Lot=47&amp;Val=bfcdfdd55be474731e7bf843bb108222" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1171152&amp;AucID=1080&amp;Lot=47&amp;Val=bfcdfdd55be474731e7bf843bb108222" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=1171152&amp;AucID=1080&amp;Lot=47&amp;Val=bfcdfdd55be474731e7bf843bb108222</a> In description of this coin you may read about it &quot;The oldest coin in Switzerland, with date and the first coin in Europe with Arabic numerals.&quot;. Here you got also list of other first coins, ie. 1234 Denmark, mentioned here before. This is list of the earliest dated coins of various European countries and regions:</p><p>1234 Denmark (Roskilde)</p><p>1372 Belgium (Schoonvorst)</p><p>1372 German States (Aachen)</p><p>1424 Switzerland (This is the first coin known to date fully with Arabic numerals)</p><p>1437 Netherland (Gröningen)</p><p>1456 Austria (Graz and Wiener Neustadt)</p><p>1459 Balkan States</p><p>1478 Sweden</p><p>1480 Italy (Forli)</p><p>1491 France (Lorraine)</p><p>1499 Hungary</p><p>1504 Poland (Glogau)</p><p>1506 Lithuania</p><p>1525 Bohemia</p><p>1548 England Shilling of Edward VI (MDXLVIII)</p><p><br /></p><p>Most of them you will find in &quot;The Early Dated Coins of Europe, 1234-1500&quot; written by Robert A. Levinson. Silver plappart with year 1424 is listed there as V-1 (page 189).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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