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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1775512, member: 19463&quot;]Romans (almost?) always used IIII. I have seen IX and XIX on some (not all) ancient coins but not IV which is a modern way of doing things.&nbsp; I have no idea when IV became &#039;proper&#039;.&nbsp; Just for the record there is even one ancient coin of Tiberius with XIIX for 18 so don&#039;t be too quick to judge &#039;proper&#039; forms based on modern clock numerals.&nbsp; &nbsp; Also 1836 not long after the English language started being obsessive with proper spellings dictated by those who believed in dictionaries (a relatively new concept then).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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