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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 129097, member: 39&quot;]From what I know, and somebody will correct me if I&#039;m wrong <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> , such dates (as the years we are used to) first showed up on Danish coins in the early 13th century. And using such years - first in Roman numerals, later mostly in our variation of Arabic numerals - became quite common in 16th century. Why? I am not sure, but probably because of the increasing international trade. However, years on coins have been used for many more centuries, just in a different way:</p><p><br /></p><p>Even on old Egyptian, Chinese, Roman ... coins, the year of issue is shown. But they started counting when a ruler became king, emperor, etc. - so you would have coins minted in &quot;Year Twelve of King Soandso&quot;. In some cases, that system is even more precise than our year system: The &quot;fiorino&quot; coins from Florence after 1300 or so had a sign that referred to the &quot;ruling&quot; gonfalier. And every six months they had a new gonfalier ...</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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