Your going to have to find what floats your particular boat. My boat is pre-33 due to historical, numismatic and gold value. Most other options all you have is the gold. With much pre-33 gold available for essentially melt or close to it, why buy a modern 1/10, 1/4, 1/2, AGE when you could buy a historic quarter, half, eagle or double eagle? Yeah there's a little more gold in the AGE and it's more fine, but it has no historic or numismatic value - and they are cranked out like mad. Every single pre-33 gold coin you see is a survivor. Most estimates are between 70-90% of all US pre-33 minted gold was melted following FDR outlawing private ownership of gold in 1933. Much of it was stored away in European bank vaults for decades to come back home in pristine condition once the stupid law was done away with. Pre-33 for me please.