$20 Liberty Gold Popularity

There will always be interest in these large gold pieces. Tho the st gaudens will have more interest these have a classic beauty. It's hard to believe that many of these trade for close to bullion value but this is my experience with AU and lower grade coins. For a collector grade a coin in a recognized holder of MS 64 or better is the way to go for numinastic value.

As a collector coin series it's of limited interest, unless it's really rare or high grade. You can look through heritage.com auction archives to see what they've sold over the last 20 years.

If you find an xf/au you like that's a rare or historic date add it to your stack. Maybe one of the early San Franciscos or a cc. At worst you'll get the same money for it as your common dates. And it'll probably be the last one you part with.

What book are you referring to Bryan?

The double eagles are popular, but almost no one collects them. The reason is you have to pretty well heeled to collect a series where EVERY coin, even the most common, is a minimum of $1,500. Small budget collectors can't begin to touch them, modest budget collectors may get type examples, but you really have to be a high budget collector to consider a date and mint set. This means that except for the VERY rarest pieces, there are enough available that everyone that wants one can have one. Supply exceeds demand and keeps the pricepremiums lower than coins of comparitable rarity would normally be.

Well stated as usual, Conder.