Identify year of coin: Lao coins
Determining the year of minting of a coin is an important aspect of the identification of your coin. For most countries this isn't hard, as it is written on the coin using the Gregorian or Western calendar. But when it comes, for instance, to Chinese, Japanese or Arab coins, this could be a more hazzardess job.
Therefore, I tried to make a tutorial (based on several websites and Wikipedia) how to read these years and how to translate them to the Gregorian calendar.
Therefore, I tried to make a tutorial (based on several websites and Wikipedia) how to read these years and how to translate them to the Gregorian calendar.
Lao dating and numbers
Laos uses the same calendar as the western world. The numbers are shown below in the table:
| ໐ | ໑ | ໒ | ໓ | ໔ | ໕ | ໖ | ໗ | ໘ | ໙ | ໑໐ |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Sun | Nueng | Song | Sam | Si | Ha | Hok | Chet | Paet | Kao | Sip |
For numbers larger than '10', the separate numerals are combined.
For instance, '24' would be written as '໒໔'.
For instance, '24' would be written as '໒໔'.
