Identify year of coin: Hebrew 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.
Nepalese Dating System
The Nepalese calendar or Vikram Samvat is the official calendar of Nepal. It is a lunisolar calendar which use lunar months (just like the Western calendar) and solar sidereal years. The latter is based on a cycle of the earth around the sun in respect to some fixed stars. It differs slightly (about 6 hours) from a tropical year on which the Gregorian calendar is based. The calendar is founded by Vikramaditya of Ujjain in 56 B.C. Therefor the calendar differs 56.7 years from the Gregorian calendar.
The Vikram Samvat can be found mainly on Nepalese coins. The year, as it appears on a coin, is written in Nepali. The reading of a year is very straightforward. The translation of the Nepali numbers can be found in the table below. To translate the year of the Vikram Samvat calendar to the Gregorian calendar just substract 56.7 (or 57) years from the Nepali year.
The Vikram Samvat can be found mainly on Nepalese coins. The year, as it appears on a coin, is written in Nepali. The reading of a year is very straightforward. The translation of the Nepali numbers can be found in the table below. To translate the year of the Vikram Samvat calendar to the Gregorian calendar just substract 56.7 (or 57) years from the Nepali year.
० | १ | २ | ३ | ४ | ५ | ६ | ७ | ८ | ९ | १० |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
For instance २०७० is the year 2070. Substract 57 years: 2070 - 57 = 2013 according to the western calendar.