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Subject:		IIII vs IV question
Name:		JK McDowell
Date Posted:		May 1, 08 - 4:41 PM
Email:		kmcdowell@scif.com
Message:		On clock faces that use Roman Numerals it seems far more common to me to see a four stroke symbol (IIII) at the 4 O'clock position instead of the Roman Numeral IV that I learned in school. The use of IV seems almost rare on antiques. Why is it that IIII is used so much more than IV on clock faces?

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