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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 3970897, member: 44357&quot;]Not all great coins are gold and not all gold coins are great.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just because something is made of yellow metal doesn&#039;t make it exceptional and if someone of the general viewing public doesn&#039;t care to learn anything more and is awed merely because of the metal content, they should just take a look at some double eagles and call it a day.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold coins often survive in much better condition than their other metal&#039;d brethren. </p><p><br /></p><p>As someone with a number of gold coins, I&#039;d happily take a rare, beautifully styled denarius of an interesting type over a poor style or poorly struct aureus any day.</p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s not to say collections focused on gold can&#039;t be great but they aren&#039;t great <b>because </b>of the gold. Larry Adams&#039; collection is a great example, as are parts of the Tyrant collection where he could have bought a run-of-the-mill aureus but instead chose high-style coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>As [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] rightly pointed out, there are gaps in the Tyrant collection which should hopefully be eventually filled. Maybe it won&#039;t increase the value in the narrow eyes of the gold-hungry public who haven&#039;t tried to learn anything about the coins they&#039;re seeing but I&#039;d rather see a collection that impresses those who know what they&#039;re viewing.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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