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Message:: [QUOTE="Bart9349, post: 994841, member: 5682"]Doug: Thank you for the above information. I respect your attention to details without losing the historical context of the coin. Unfortunately, too many coin collectors feel that the background history is an unnecessary annoyance. Here is the interesting write-up of a Constantius II coin with the Chi-Rho reverse: <a href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=Magnentius&view_mode=1&sort=&c=&a=&l=#13" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=Magnentius&view_mode=1&sort=&c=&a=&l=#13" rel="nofollow">http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=Magnentius&view_mode=1&sort=&c=&a=&l=#13</a>(the 14th coin down): So in answer to your original question, I don't mind the details and minutia as long as they enhance my understanding of the associated history. Otherwise, I would rather spend my time doing 1000 other things in life. :too-cool-for: Add some historical context and show me the historical significance, however, and I will be "all-in." :thumb: Ignoring the historical background of a coin is like studying some obscure statistics of a sporting team without knowing a game's final score, the team's record, and the team's standing in relationship to other teams. g.[/QUOTE]