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| Reading Hebrew date on Israeli coins |
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| - Hebrew is a language written from right to left. |
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| - the Hebrew calendar uses letters instead of numbers. |
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| - each letter has a numeral value. |
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| - each place of number has a significance. |
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| Therefore you have to read the Hebrew date from right to left. |
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| Place of the date on coins |
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| - Always on reverse of the coins. |
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| In most of cases down under the coins value |
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| How to calculate the year? |
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| The Hebrew calendar is higher than the Gregorian calendar with 3760 years. |
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| Therefore you have to diminish it from the written date (and than you get the Gregorian date) |
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| Example: |
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| 5760 (the written year) |
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| 3760 -(the difference to Gregorian date) |
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| 2000 (Gregorian date) |
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| Fix numbers(for the next 40 years) |
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| 5 4 3 2 1 |
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| ___ ___ ___ ___ ___places (remainder! From right to left) |
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| 1= thousands place |
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| 2= hundreds " |
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| 3= hundreds " |
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| 4= decimals " |
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| 5= singles " |
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| Thousandes place |
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| Placed on thousands figure. It means 5000 |
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| Some times this place is empty (it doesn't change the meaning written upside - 5000) |
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| Hundreds place |
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| Till this place on all the israeli coins you will find these |
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| Signs (with or without the thousands sign remember?) |
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| Partial summary |
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| Once learnt it you don't have to mentioned it, because it will rest in this way for the next 40 years. |
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| The only problem now is to read decimals and singles |
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| Decimals and singles |
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| - Decimals place |
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| 5 4 3 2 1 |
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| ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ |
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| - SINGLES PLACE |
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| 5 4 3 2 1 |
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| 0 (zero) Does not exist, so you don't write anything. |
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| Therefore the date is shorter with one sign ( for example 4 signs instead of five). |
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| Special letters |
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| Round decimal numbers (without single numbers) |
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| Two special meanings: |
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| Interested why? Ask me??? |
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| Visual similar letters (to avoid mistakes) be careful !!! |
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| The sign " (iverted commas) placed between decimal and single numbers. |
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| In case there are no single numbers it will appear between the hundreds and |
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| decimals |
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| Difficult??? All the kids in Israel know it! |
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