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Topic: Roman numerals - base 10?
Replies: 18   Last Post: Jan 15, 1999 6:59 PM

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Brian M. Scott

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Re: Roman numerals - base 10?
Posted: Jan 6, 1999 9:16 PM
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On Wed, 06 Jan 1999 20:11:14 GMT, "Bob Street"
<bob@belgrave.clara.net> wrote:

>Brian M. Scott wrote in message <3693998d.6291593@news.csuohio.edu>...

>>Normal medieval usage is .d.cccc.l.xxxx.v.iiij.

>Why a 'j'??? Did they like being unnecessarily inconsistent in medieval
>times? Or is there a more sensible reason?

You'll also find .iiii., but .iiij. is usual when the number
represents a sum of money; it's apparently intended to make it more
difficult for someone to alter the number after the fact.

Brian M. Scott

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