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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 500777, member: 6229"]<font size="5"><font size="3">Roman Numerals and Coins:</font></font></p><p><font size="5"> </font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="3">First off, I assure you I know that you know all about Roman numerals, but, bear with me a few more lines and I may reveal two or three things about Coins and Roman Numerals you may not know. </font></font></p><p><font size="5"> </font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="3">We know:</font></font></p><p><font size="5"> </font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="3">I = 1 : III = 3</font></font></p><p><font size="5"> </font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="3">IV = 4 : V= 5 : VI = 6</font></font></p><p><font size="5"> </font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="3">IX = 9 : X = 10 : XI = II : XXX = 30</font></font></p><p><font size="5"> </font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="3">XL = 40 : L = 50 : LX = 60 : XLI = 41 : IXL = 49 : LXI = 51: LXXX = 80</font></font></p><p><font size="5"> </font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="3">XC = 90 : C = 100 : CX = 110 : CL = 150 : CLX = 160 : CCC = 300</font></font></p><p><font size="5"> </font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="3">CD = 400 : D = 500 : DC = 600 : DCLX = 660</font></font></p><p><font size="5"> </font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="3">CM = 900 : M = 1000 : CMX = 910 : CML = 950 : MC = 1100</font></font></p><p><font size="5"> </font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="3">MCCC = 1300 : MD = 1500 : MDCLVIII = 1658 : MMM = 3000</font></font></p><p><font size="5"> </font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="3">Here's the number of the beast (biblically) (666). Just print all the letters in descending order except "M." <b>DCLXVI</b>. Simple to remember, right?</font></font></p><p><font size="5"> </font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="3">and finally <b>MMIX = 2009</b></font></font></p><p><font size="5"> </font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="3">making my birthyear 1935 = <b>MCMXXXV</b>.</font></font></p><p><font size="5"> </font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="3">What's your Roman Numeral birthyear?</font></font></p><p><font size="5"> </font></p><p><font size="5"><font size="3">What about numbers 4000 and higher?</font></font></p><p><font size="5"> </font></p><p><font size="5"> </font></p><p><font size="5"></font><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">For large numbers (4000 and above), a bar can be placed above a base numeral to indicate multiplication by 1000, although the Romans themselves often just wrote out the "M"s:</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b><font size="3">_</font></b></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">V </font></font></b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">for 5000</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">_</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b><font size="3">X</font></b><font size="3"> for 1000</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b><font size="3">_</font></b></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">L </font></font></b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">for 50000</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">_</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b><font size="3">C </font></b><font size="3">for 100000</font></font></p><p> </p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b><font size="3">_</font></b></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">D </font></font></b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">for 500000</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><b><font size="3">_</font></b></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">M </font></font></b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">for 1000000</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="3">The following info pertains to Roman Numerals on coins.</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3">Roman Numerals on coins following names of monarchs and Popes, such as Charles III, Elizabeth II, Pius IX, Benedict XVI are <b><i>ordinal </i></b></font><font size="3">numbers and pronunced "third," "second," "ninth" and "sixteenth."</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="3">Useage as XX Olympiad is twentieth, but Olympics XX is twenty.</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3">Another <b><i>ordinal</i></b></font><font size="3"> useage pertains to books of the Bible: I Kings, II Corinthians, etc.</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3">But, guess what, there are some anomalies on the Spanish coins of Charles IIII. That's right, Charles preferred IIII over IV. Louis XIV started this by decreeing clock faces made during his reign have opposite facing unorthodox Roman Numnerals to bring about a balanced-looking clock face. The IIII has been used on clocks since then.</font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><b><u><font size="3">IIII</font></u></b></p><p> </p><p><font size="3">Spanish America:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=596554&AucID=433&Lot=23489" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=596554&AucID=433&Lot=23489" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=596554&AucID=433&Lot=23489</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><font size="3">Seville, Spain:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=552319&AucID=397&Lot=1324" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=552319&AucID=397&Lot=1324" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=552319&AucID=397&Lot=1324</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><font size="3">A weird numismatic occurance took place on Spanish American coins reading Charles IV. The bust on the coins is not of Charles IV, but of Charles III. Take a look:</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3"><a href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=600761&AucID=437&Lot=673" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=600761&AucID=437&Lot=673" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=600761&AucID=437&Lot=673</a></font></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><font size="3">Thought you'd like to know...</font></p><p> </p><p><font size="3">Clinker </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 500777, member: 6229"][SIZE=5][SIZE=3]Roman Numerals and Coins:[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]First off, I assure you I know that you know all about Roman numerals, but, bear with me a few more lines and I may reveal two or three things about Coins and Roman Numerals you may not know. [/SIZE] [SIZE=3]We know:[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]I = 1 : III = 3[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]IV = 4 : V= 5 : VI = 6[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]IX = 9 : X = 10 : XI = II : XXX = 30[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]XL = 40 : L = 50 : LX = 60 : XLI = 41 : IXL = 49 : LXI = 51: LXXX = 80[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]XC = 90 : C = 100 : CX = 110 : CL = 150 : CLX = 160 : CCC = 300[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]CD = 400 : D = 500 : DC = 600 : DCLX = 660[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]CM = 900 : M = 1000 : CMX = 910 : CML = 950 : MC = 1100[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]MCCC = 1300 : MD = 1500 : MDCLVIII = 1658 : MMM = 3000[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Here's the number of the beast (biblically) (666). Just print all the letters in descending order except "M." [B]DCLXVI[/B]. Simple to remember, right?[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]and finally [B]MMIX = 2009[/B][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]making my birthyear 1935 = [B]MCMXXXV[/B].[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]What's your Roman Numeral birthyear?[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]What about numbers 4000 and higher?[/SIZE] [/SIZE][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]For large numbers (4000 and above), a bar can be placed above a base numeral to indicate multiplication by 1000, although the Romans themselves often just wrote out the "M"s:[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][B][SIZE=3]_[/SIZE][/B][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]V [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]for 5000[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]_[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][B][SIZE=3]X[/SIZE][/B][SIZE=3] for 1000[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][B][SIZE=3]_[/SIZE][/B][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]L [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]for 50000[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]_[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][B][SIZE=3]C [/SIZE][/B][SIZE=3]for 100000[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][B][SIZE=3]_[/SIZE][/B][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]D [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]for 500000[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][B][SIZE=3]_[/SIZE][/B][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]M [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]for 1000000[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3]The following info pertains to Roman Numerals on coins.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Roman Numerals on coins following names of monarchs and Popes, such as Charles III, Elizabeth II, Pius IX, Benedict XVI are [B][I]ordinal [/I][/B][/SIZE][SIZE=3]numbers and pronunced "third," "second," "ninth" and "sixteenth."[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Useage as XX Olympiad is twentieth, but Olympics XX is twenty.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Another [B][I]ordinal[/I][/B][/SIZE][SIZE=3] useage pertains to books of the Bible: I Kings, II Corinthians, etc.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]But, guess what, there are some anomalies on the Spanish coins of Charles IIII. That's right, Charles preferred IIII over IV. Louis XIV started this by decreeing clock faces made during his reign have opposite facing unorthodox Roman Numnerals to bring about a balanced-looking clock face. The IIII has been used on clocks since then.[/SIZE] [B][U][SIZE=3]IIII[/SIZE][/U][/B] [SIZE=3]Spanish America:[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=596554&AucID=433&Lot=23489[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Seville, Spain:[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=552319&AucID=397&Lot=1324[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]A weird numismatic occurance took place on Spanish American coins reading Charles IV. The bust on the coins is not of Charles IV, but of Charles III. Take a look:[/SIZE] [SIZE=3][URL]http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=600761&AucID=437&Lot=673[/URL][/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Thought you'd like to know...[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Clinker [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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