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mach19
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TIN SOLDIERS & NIXON COMING 
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"Collect the most of" is a somewhat vague term, with several possible definitions.
"Which metal do you own the most number of coins of, in terms of percentage of the total collection" is, for all but the most specialist collectors, going to trend towards the base-metals, if for no other reason than most collectors probably have some kind of pulled-from-change collection which these days is going to be mostly base-metal coins, and that collection is likely to be both numerous and quite cheap. In my collection of over 16,000 coins from around the world and from ancient to modern, I believe "bronze" is my most popular metal.
"Which metal have you spent the most money on" is perhaps a more worthwhile measure of a collector's dedication to a particular metal; if someone has spent more money buying gold coins than silver coins, then "gold" is a reasonable answer to the question, even if the absolute number of coins in that part of the collection is quite small. For me, the answer here must surely be "silver"; most of my most valuable ancient and mediaeval coins happen to be made of silver (since gold ancients tend to be perpetually outside my AU$1000 price cap) and there's plenty of modern silver coins to bump up the total spending there too.
"Which metal do you actually like and appreciate the most" will be a purely subjective matter, though as a general rule collectors will tend to spend more money on coins they actually like, so there's likely going to be some overlap between this definition and the previous one. For me, I'm going to have to change my answer and make it "gold". Not only is gold a really pretty metal in and of itself, but most countries down through history have reserved their best and most exquisite artwork for their most high-face-value coins. I was recently tasked with selecting a couple dozen of my "most favourite coins in my collection" and I found gold coins to be way over-represented in that selection, simply because many of my most favourite designs just happen to be made of gold.
Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius, "Meditations"
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