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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2712028, member: 19463&quot;]One of the main reasons I opposed this popularity contest is that there is no way of competing with a superb specimen of a popular coin.&nbsp; Bringing in the cost factor certainly does not even the field.&nbsp; Expensive coins would not be expensive if there were not demand to support their prices.&nbsp; We may as well just award the grand prize to the $100,000 super coin which may well be the bargain of the century compared to some $200,000 coins if what you seek in coins is popularity.&nbsp; They say we should not compare apples and oranges but what we are doing here is more apples vs. Beef Wellington (it should be no surprise that I prefer apples).&nbsp; I love the Steve Taurus drachm but certainly would like it with the obverse shown on the alternative drachm.&nbsp; </p><p>Harlan Berk wrote a book and declared the winner to be IDES MAR.&nbsp; There are some of us who might prefer another coin for some reason or another (I&#039;d rather have an Akragas dekadrachm - Berk #8 - but I&#039;m weird).&nbsp; The fun in the hobby IMHO is not having the coin most people like most but having the most coins that I like.&nbsp; If you are ashamed of your Pius bull after he goes down in flames, cut it in half and send the pieces to TIF and I.&nbsp; To me, that makes as much sense as limiting what <i>we</i> like to what a popular vote tells us is best.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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