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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 2226232, member: 42773&quot;]The really common types can certainly get very tedious. We could add falling horsemen to the list as well, and the Rome and Constantinople commems, and a few others that seem to litter the world of ancients <i>ad infinitum</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I like to collect the major varieties and coins that exhibit discrete mint styles, or coins that are engraved by an artist that put some spirit into his work. Granted, that can still get tedious to some.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, think of all the modern collectors that collect microscopic varieties. That I can&#039;t understand. I&#039;m not judging it mind you - I just don&#039;t understand the appeal. Next to the miniscule re-punched mint marks and doubled dies of the moderns, the soldiers and standards types seem like a universe of kaleidoscopic multifariousness.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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