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<p>[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 609501, member: 78"]Hi,</p><p> There was a time when Roman numerals did not do the subtraction such as lX as nine so V1111 was used. XVllll was used as lXX. It only happened on smaller numbers. People forget a lot people did not know how to write as well as read.</p><p>greg[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gregsglass, post: 609501, member: 78"]Hi, There was a time when Roman numerals did not do the subtraction such as lX as nine so V1111 was used. XVllll was used as lXX. It only happened on smaller numbers. People forget a lot people did not know how to write as well as read. greg[/QUOTE]
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