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MikeG Valued Member United Kingdom 128 Posts	Posted 12/30/2011 08:41 am Quite a modern coin, before they adopted the Euro, but I am puzzled by the dots on the reveres side outer ring. Could this be the date code and if you how do you decode it? Thanks in advance, Mike. Report this Post to the Staff

Litotes Pillar of the Community Norway 510 Posts	Posted 12/30/2011 08:45 am The date is clearly visible (although small) - 1984 - right above L 500. The dots are Braille and reads "L 500". So a blind person will know exactly what he has between his fingers. Report this Post to the Staff
MikeG Valued Member United Kingdom 128 Posts	Posted 12/30/2011 08:57 am Many thanks Litotes, hadn't thought of Braile; the date is minute as you say; one of the smallest date stamps I think I've ever seen. Mike. Report this Post to the Staff
fioti Pillar of the Community United States 4212 Posts	Posted 12/30/2011 08:59 am Similar to the Louis Bralle dollar of '09. Report this Post to the Staff
chrisild Pillar of the Community Germany 1238 Posts	Posted 12/31/2011 10:36 am Except that the 500 lire coins actually circulated. ;) But another US coin comes to mind - the Alabama quarter with Helen Keller and some Braille dots. In both cases (500 lire coin and AL SQ) you have a circulating piece - and in both cases the dots are too small to "work". Still a nice gesture ... Christian Report this Post to the Staff
MikeG Valued Member United Kingdom 128 Posts	Posted 12/31/2011 11:30 am Yes I noticed that too Christian; far too small to be read with the fingertips. Mike. Report this Post to the Staff
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