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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3150190, member: 84744&quot;]While both (1) and (3) are legitimate ways to vote in the &quot;best bargain&quot; category, I don&#039;t think (2) is.&nbsp; Clearly a $5 coin can still be a rip-off, and no rip-off should get a single vote on best bargain!</p><p><br /></p><p>I suspect TIF actually agrees but just wasn&#039;t wanting to imply that most people are voting on illegitimate grounds. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> (Apparently I&#039;m OK with implying that... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie87" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a refinement of (1).&nbsp; There&#039;s (1a) a bargain compared to others of its type (TIF&#039;s phrasing), and (1b) a bargain compared to others of its type <i>as categorized according to the interests of the voter</i>.&nbsp; The voter might not care about minor varieties, while the player does; or the voter might not care about half a grade&#039;s difference, though the player does.&nbsp; It seems OK to me for the voter to prioritize what matters to them, although some consideration should be given to what matters to the player also.&nbsp; That is, a combo of (1a) and (1b) is OK.&nbsp; (And just 1a is OK too.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Bored of analysis yet? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>For the reasons TIF states, and on any version of (1), I would say Nick&#039;s coin is clearly the winner in the bargain category!&nbsp; Perhaps some vote changes are in order. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a bit of added numismatic interest that applies to both coins: Sicily introduced the very first token bronze coinage to replace the ridiculously inconvenient tiny silver fractions, and the rest of the Mediterranean world soon followed their lead.&nbsp; Both coins are among the first of these bronze coins to be produced.&nbsp; That is pretty cool!&nbsp; I really want an example but don&#039;t have one yet.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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