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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1858111, member: 39&quot;]By the way, the adjective &quot;bellus&quot; and the noun &quot;bellum&quot; have different roots. So the fact that the two words look similar does not mean that much. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Latin was my first foreign language. And I agree with what Paddy wrote - hated it first, later I discovered how useful it was. Today I would have a hard time translating a Latin text though. Also, the Latin used in the Middle Ages and (early) modern times was somewhat different from ancient Roman Latin. And to make things worse, many older coins have lots of Latin abbreviations that you understand only if you know Latin <i>and</i> quite a bit about the background.</p><p><br /></p><p>When it comes to the coins that I am primarily interested in, however, Latin is pretty much useless. Mostly European and North American from the past (very roughly) 50 to 100 years ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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