In addition to realizing impressive prices in Internet sales during the month of August, CAC approved coins fared well in live auctions in Pittsburgh (PA), Dallas County (TX) and Costa Mesa (CA).
Here are a dozen examples, which were selected from a larger number of results that could have been listed.
On Aug. 6, GreatCollections sold a CAC approved MS-65 grade 1931-S dime for $6877.20. On March 7, Stack’s Bowers auctioned a PCGS graded MS-65 1931-S dime, without a CAC sticker, for $2640. Both coins have received a ‘Full Bands’ (FB) designation from PCGS.
https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1417473/1931-S-Mercury-Dime-PCGS-MS-65-FB-CAC-Green-OGH
On Aug 13, GreatCollections sold a CAC approved MS-64 grade 1859 Indian cent for $2113.88. On July 11, Heritage sold a PCGS graded MS-65 1859 Indian cent, without a CAC sticker, for $1200.
https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1414266/1859-Indian-Cent-PCGS-MS-64-CAC-Green
On Aug. 13, GreatCollections sold a CAC approved MS-66 grade ‘No Cents’ 1883 Liberty Head nickel for $506. On May 30, Heritage sold a PCGS graded MS-66 ‘No Cents’ 1883 Liberty Head nickel, without a CAC sticker, for $384. Two weeks earlier, on May 16, Heritage sold a different PCGS graded MS-66 ‘No Cents’ 1883 Liberty Head nickel, without a CAC sticker, for $360. Market levels for these were about the same in May as they were in August.
https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1414275/1883-Liberty-Nickel-No-CENTS-PCGS-MS-66-CAC-Green
On Aug. 15, 2023, Heritage auctioned a CAC approved MS-67 grade 1877-CC quarter for $19,800. On May 3, Heritage auctioned a PCGS graded MS-67 1877-CC quarter, without a CAC sticker, for $10,800.
On Aug. 15, Heritage auctioned a CAC approved, NGC graded AU-58 (fifty-eight) 1854-S $20 gold coin for $31,200. On May 8, 2023, Heritage auctioned a PCGS graded MS-60 (sixty) 1854-S $20 gold coin, without a CAC sticker, for $21,600.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/liberty-double-eagles/1854-s-20-au58-ngc-cac-pcgs-8913-/a/1364-3245.s
On Aug. 16, Stack’s Bowers auctioned a CAC approved MS-63 grade 1807 large cent with a ‘Large Fraction’ for $21,600. On March 21, Stack’s Bowers auctioned a PCGS graded MS-63 1807 ‘Large Fraction’ cent, without a CAC sticker, for $12,000. Both coins were struck from the same pair of dies and both coins received a brown (BN) color designation from PCGS.
On Aug. 16, Stack’s Bowers auctioned a CAC approved Fine-15 grade 1792 half disme pattern for $120,000. On Jan. 12, Heritage auctioned a PCGS graded Fine-15 1792 half disme, without a CAC sticker, for $78,000, less than two-thirds as much.
On Aug. 16, Heritage auctioned a CAC approved MS-67 grade 1925 Peace silver dollar for $6600. On July 21, Heritage auctioned a PCGS graded MS-67 1925 Peace dollar, without a CAC sticker, for $2040, less than one-third as much.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/peace-dollars/1925-1-ms67-pcgs-cac-pcgs-7365-/a/1364-3132.s
On Aug. 16, Stack’s Bowers auctioned a CAC approved AU-58 grade 1864 $20 gold coin for $31,200. On May 8, Heritage auctioned a PCGS graded AU-58 1864 $20 gold coin, without a CAC sticker, for $18,600.
https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-13VMC2/1864-liberty-head-double-eagle-au-58-pcgs-cac
On Aug. 17, Heritage auctioned a CAC approved Proof-68 1941 half dollar for $10,800. On March 23, Stack’s Bowers auctioned a PCGS certified Proof-68 1941 half dollar, without a CAC sticker, for $4800.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/proof-walking-liberty-half-dollars/1941-50c-pr68-pcgs-cac/a/1364-3644.s
On Aug. 18, Stack’s Bowers auctioned a CAC approved AU-50 grade 1803 silver dollar for $12,600. On Feb. 9, 2023, Heritage auctioned a PCGS graded AU-50 1803 silver dollar, without a CAC sticker, for $6300, half as much. Both coins were struck from the same pair of dies.
On Aug. 20, GreatCollections sold a CAC approved MS-62 grade 1849 dime for $726. On March 27, Stack’s Bowers auctioned a PCGS graded MS-62 1849 dime, without a CAC sticker, for $504.
https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1425943/1849-Seated-Liberty-Dime-PCGS-MS-62-CAC-Green-Toned
https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1417473/1931-S-Mercury-Dime-PCGS-MS-65-FB-CAC-Green-OGH