Top Rated, as far as I can tell, is simply the highest rated coins across all galleries including the BoT. So many BoT coins will not appear unless they have votes comparable to, or better than, those rated highest in personal galleries. Raises then question as to why aren't the Top Rated from personal galleries automatically considered the best of
Type from
members collections in the absence of a higher rated
type in the BoT
gallery? I'd guess that opinions and voting criteria vary from one
gallery to the next. Perhaps one person's five
star vote in a personal
gallery is same person's two stars vote in the BoT?
I should add that the link derives from hitting the Top Rated button in the
Gallery page. If you open a specific
gallery then hit the Top Rated Button the results will only be applicable to that Specific
Gallery. So to see the top rated in the BoT
Gallery open that
gallery then hit the Top Rated button.
Here for example is the Top Rated in the BoT
Gallery only : https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=toprated&cat=-111
The minimum number of votes recorded for a coin on this list is currently 16. The highest number of votes
cast is currently 151. It appears that a coin has to get at least fifteen votes
cast to make the cut for consideration in the ToP Rated list across all Galleries or the same in the BoT
gallery, but different coins make each list based on the
average vote that results. In other words the Top Rated list considers both the number of votes
cast and the
average vote. For example, it is not simply the highest
average vote on a vote of one that makes the cut otherwise the list would be dominated by all those coins with a single vote of 5 stars.
Thus Top rated also means those that have attracted the most interest, as measured by the number of votes
cast as well as the highest
average vote.