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This can be debatable depending on what you call "dated." If you say it is with arabic numerals, than that will be 1456. If it is with Roman numerals, that would be 1204. But if you say putting a date on a coin is dependent on the system in which a society tracks years, then it would be this coin from 1180. In China, it is a common practice to not use a specific year on the Gregorian calendar or the Islamic calendar to put a date to something, but to use the XX year of so-ans-so's reign. This practice started being used on Chinese coins in 1180, or the 7th year of Emperor Chun-Xi's reign. On the upper reverse, there is the Chinese character for 7, signifying the seventh year of this Emperor's reign. This can be traced to the year 1180 quite easily, thus making it a (the earliest) dated coin.
What do you think? Add on to the debate if you want to. I encourage you to find even earlier "dated" coins.
This can be debatable depending on what you call "dated." If you say it is with arabic numerals, than that will be 1456. If it is with Roman numerals, that would be 1204. But if you say putting a date on a coin is dependent on the system in which a society tracks years, then it would be this coin from 1180. In China, it is a common practice to not use a specific year on the Gregorian calendar or the Islamic calendar to put a date to something, but to use the XX year of so-ans-so's reign. This practice started being used on Chinese coins in 1180, or the 7th year of Emperor Chun-Xi's reign. On the upper reverse, there is the Chinese character for 7, signifying the seventh year of this Emperor's reign. This can be traced to the year 1180 quite easily, thus making it a (the earliest) dated coin.
What do you think? Add on to the debate if you want to. I encourage you to find even earlier "dated" coins.
