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Old 11-27-2015, 02:54 PM   #51
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Re: Our barn find

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Originally Posted by Daddy'O View Post
Tim,

Some intense google research has answered my question...

What I thought was a capital 'I' is actually a Roman numeral indicating the number '1'. Evidently GM used this seceret code in the '50's and early '60's.

Now I feel pretty dumb that I couldn't associate the Roman numeral 'I' for the number '1' seeing how they taught Roman numerals when I was in school.

Do they teach Roman numerals anymore?
Probably don't teach them now, but don't know. Don't beat yourself up, it's unusual to use Roman for one out of all digits. And of all numerals why use the one that looks like the letter?
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