Numerals on a coin

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This message aims at: suggesting an idea to improve Numista

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Hey
Just an idea:
"Inspired" by the "language of a coin"-topic, which was implemented some time ago, I thought we could maybe get one for numerals too? Or does that sound too strange, since most of us probably will know, from the language/script of the coin? And a few languges use their letters as numbers too, like Hebrew and Braille and a few spell it out too, like the pre-decimal UK coins?

There is also a risk, the information page, can get too crowded with (maybe) useless information, I guess?

But like this, for instance, a few examples:
Arabic-Hindu /Eastern-Arabic(٣, ٢, ١ )
Chinese, financial, traditional (壹, 貳, 參)
Chinese, normal (一,二,三)
Hindu-Arabic (1, 2, 3)
Thai (๑, ๒, ๓)
Roman (I, II, III...)
And so on...
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I think most of the time the number system correlates with the language one + maybe western Arabic numerals and yes overcrowding is at some points already here.
Numerals are already in the numisdocs: e.g. https://en.numista.com/numisdoc/calendar-islamic-30.html
They say "Pecunia non olet", but I know better...
and in scwc:

What do you want more?
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Coin varieties in French:
https://monnaiesetvarietes.numista.com
I think
This is a Good Idea
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Quote: "Sjoelund"​and in scwc:

​What do you want more?
​What weird is that they have Korean in there. In the korean section it simply says "Half", "One", "Two", "Three" ... And why haven't they included 영 - which means zero?

Two seconds later

Oh, wait. It's probably because there's no coin with the denomination "zero". LOL!
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I saw this video about the Guatemalan Quetzal, having Mayan numerals on them and remembered I had this request from long time ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaDLNZKJC28&t=1s

 

I think, if not considering the overcrowding issue at least, it would be a good idea, since for instance not everyone has the SWCW. Or at least a database of numbers, since Nepali numbers for instance, can be different between the standard numbers and how they look in reality. See this item for example:

N#8862

 

This could (maybe..?) help narrow it down? 🤔

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