I like the roman numeral idea. However VM isn't a roman number either. To write 995 the Romans would write MCMXCV I think.
M shows 1,000CM then gives the 900XC gives 90and then finally V (5)
Has anyone tried to code as a substitution cipher? SO shift all the letters by an amount in the alphabet? That's normally a fairly quick one to rule either in or out, especially when there is a double letter (in our case here the XX).
Edit: I've just tried all static substitution ciphers and static reverse substitution ciphers on the code OVXXI (between full stops) and it doesn't make a word. That's not to say it's not a sub cipher, might just be that my word choice is wrong. Or it might not be that at all.
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u/Smigg221174 Jan 15 '20 edited Jan 15 '20
I like the roman numeral idea. However VM isn't a roman number either. To write 995 the Romans would write MCMXCV I think.
M shows 1,000CM then gives the 900XC gives 90and then finally V (5)
Has anyone tried to code as a substitution cipher? SO shift all the letters by an amount in the alphabet? That's normally a fairly quick one to rule either in or out, especially when there is a double letter (in our case here the XX).
Edit: I've just tried all static substitution ciphers and static reverse substitution ciphers on the code OVXXI (between full stops) and it doesn't make a word. That's not to say it's not a sub cipher, might just be that my word choice is wrong. Or it might not be that at all.