I inherited this handmade gold ring after my father passed...my mom told me it's been passed through the family for 400 years...ive never known what it says nor did he

The right side says מזל טוב which means "good luck" or "congratulations." The left side seems to say שנת שעא which means "year of (57)71" = 2010/2011 AD.

The confusion in the comments stems from the fact that שעא = 371. Jewish written dates can be abbreviated since its been the fifty-seventh century for about a minute. The same date could also be written תשע״א =771, as in "(5)771". A Hebrew reader would get confused because something from a century earlier would be written תרע״א = 671, meaning "(5)671".

You can see what I'm talking about here: https://www.hebcal.com/converter/?hd=6&hm=Nisan&hy=5771&h2g=1

Most likely its a class ring or something from about 10 years ago. Cool though.

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