Just my opinion.
When I first started playing the game and realized that there is not as much gold to find(except for some certain areas in Green Grass where you find gold) at the beginning for me was good because I knew that this would be a challenging and fun game.
Like I said in other posts sometimes getting less is better. I have played other games where you have so much money you can buy whatever you want. This really takes away from the challenge and game play.
If it were up to me I would want to see even less gold and make it even more difficult to find it. Maybe I am just nuts.
This game requires the player to explore and find things which for me is my favorite part of this game. You never know what you are going find and discovering a ring in a forest and secret areas you were not anticipating makes the game that much more fun to play.
Oh well that is my 2 cents worth.
