Antique Vintage

I recently started collecting antique or vintage Little Golden Books. What does mcmxcIII stand for?

I know this relates to the edition but I don’t know how to decipher it and I’m trying to avoid purchasing junk books. I have a mint condition Tootle that says it’s a 1945 copyright and features MCMXCIII. I have a 1957 My First Counting book, it has MCMXCV. Any help would be great. Thanks

These are Roman Numeral dates. To read the dates:
“Tootie”
M = 1000
CM = 900 (100 before 1000)
XC = 90
III = 3
MCMXCIII = 1993

If what you wrote was accurate, your “My First Counting Book” was 1995
M = 1000
CM = 900 (100 before 1000)
XC = 90 (10 before 100)
V = 5
MCMXCV= 1995

I = one
V = five
X = ten
L = 50
C = 100
M = 1000

Today’s year would be MMXII

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