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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 24417, member: 57463&quot;]To bring this back on topic, there are a couple of ways to look at this.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>If it were I, I would match Popes to certain key events in Church history.&nbsp; The Great Schism, celibacy for priests, Henry II standing out in the snow barefoot, the Sistine Chapel, Galileo, dividing the world between Spain and Portugal, infallibility, and so on, would be the markers and I would find the coins that went with them.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the other hand, it is often recommended if you are interested in a series, while you are studying, reading, viewing, etc., you save your money and buy the rarest items you can afford as they become available. Rare items are hard to come by, by definition.&nbsp; Once you have the &quot;keys&quot; you can fill in the common material.&nbsp; Also, owning rarities is usually more satisfying than owning commons.&nbsp; In the history of the Church, there are more than a few short-term Popes with limited coinages.&nbsp; Then, there are Types and Varieties, of course, various commoratives, and so on.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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