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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 3162656, member: 19463&quot;]Opinion:&nbsp; Unless you are doing a die study seeking every die, grouping of coins by minutia should attempt to include a reason for that difference and not just deciding that letter spacings are important while other attributes are not so much.&nbsp; When we see some evidence that there was intent making the difference beyond &#039;I ran out of room&#039;, we need to record variations.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>In my area, the obvious example is whether Septimius Severus legionary standards included small capricorns or not.&nbsp; The common LEG XIIII GEMMV comes both with and without but we do not know why.&nbsp; Collectors of these are more likely to note this difference than where the legend breaks inside the number XIIII. Noting minutia is a lot easier than figuring out why they exist.</p><p>with capricorns</p><p>[ATTACH=full]812291[/ATTACH] </p><p>no capricorns</p><p>[ATTACH=full]812292[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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