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Nepal coin mystery

rmuniakrmuniak Posts: 267 ✭✭✭
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I am totally confused on the dating system of Nepalese coins. In particular this one... Can someone explain how their numbers work, and identify this coin?

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  • IVBIVB Posts: 248 ✭✭✭
    edited November 20, 2019 7:39AM

    Request for "Nepalese coin dating" in Google shows: creounity.com/apps/time_machine/index.php?go=nepal.php&lang=en

    The dating system in Nepal is called the Bikram Samwat (also spelled as: Bikram Sambat, Vikram Samwat or Vikram Samvat; abbreviated as BS or, more often, VS). In order to get a Gregorian date out of the Bikram Samwat date, you should subtract 57 years from the VS date. For example: 2067 VS = (2067 – 57) AD = 2010 AD. This difference occurs because the Bikram Samwat calendar is believed to have been founded by Vikramāditya, a legendary emperor of Ujjain, India, in 57 BC.

    Your coin is Nepal 2 paisa, 2012 (1955)

  • rmuniakrmuniak Posts: 267 ✭✭✭

    So their 9 is a 1. Because i see the date on the coin as 2092

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  • IVBIVB Posts: 248 ✭✭✭

    The coin date is 2012 in Nepalese dating system. Or 1955 AD.

  • rmuniakrmuniak Posts: 267 ✭✭✭

    found the listing for Nepal numbers...Thanks for your help.

    A world without coins "Chaos"

  • IVBIVB Posts: 248 ✭✭✭

    I was pleased to help you.

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