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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 25945722, member: 73489&quot;]Curious as to what you have done since...the split between LH DE&#039;s and SG DEs.</p><p><br /></p><p>I only have Saints myself but am looking to buy a nice Liberty Head.&nbsp; The design grows on you after a while.&nbsp; <b>You have more wide-open fields (on the obverse, at least<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />) and a unique design.&nbsp; </b></p><p><br /></p><p>If you buy the coins for history and their provenance, the LHDEs also are synonymous with the 1849 California Gold Rush...a bunch of famous shipwreck hoards (ship disasters much rarer after 1907 when the Saints were struck)...3 different Types for the LH....and much much more.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the difficulty in collecting all or most of the coins, even in lower grades, is one reason why Saints are more popular.&nbsp; Plus, being the newer coin people might just be more familiar with them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Haven&#039;t found a good year-by-year book on them of late, though Doug Winter and a colleague wrote a trio of books a while back.&nbsp; <b>Bowers Whitman Red Book is pretty good (though dated)....and the Liberty Head Double Eagles coffee table book</b>, even though most of it is on past historical, cultural, and economic/financial events (not the coins themselves)...is still a worthwhile read, especially for learning about the use of various gold strikes in North America (California, Yukon, Denver, Alaska, etc.).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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