CAC approved coins fared well in many public sales during the month of November, and in live auctions in New Jersey, Texas and California. Here are a dozen examples, which were selected from a large number of results that could have been listed.
On Nov. 2, Legend auctioned a CAC approved MS-67 grade, 1913 ‘Type One’ Buffalo nickel for $1468.75. On Oct. 17, Heritage sold a PCGS graded MS-67 1913 ‘Type One’ Buffalo nickel, without a CAC sticker, for $900.
https://legendauctions.hibid.com/lot/172236621/5c-1913-type-1-pcgs-ms67-cac?ref=catalog
On Nov. 2, Legend auctioned a CAC approved MS-63 grade 1875-CC Twenty Cent piece for $4112.50. On Dec. 15, 2022, Heritage auctioned a PCGS graded MS-63 1875-CC Twenty Cent piece, without a CAC sticker, for $3120. Market levels for these were only slightly higher, if higher at all, in November 2023 than they were in December 2022.
https://legendauctions.hibid.com/catalog/487094/regency-auction-61
On Nov. 2, Legend auctioned a CAC approved PCGS certified Proof-67 1904 quarter for $5405. On May 22, Heritage sold a PCGS certified Proof-67 1904 quarter, without a CAC sticker, for $2100.
https://legendauctions.hibid.com/lot/171054727/25c-1904-pcgs-pr67-cac?ref=catalog
On Nov. 5, GreatCollections sold a CACG graded MS-66 1908 ‘No Motto’ $20 gold coin for $4840. On Aug. 18, Stack’s Bowers auctioned a PCGS graded MS-66 1908 ‘No Motto’ $20 gold coin, without a CAC sticker, for $3120.
On Nov. 14, Stack’s Bowers auctioned a CAC approved, PCGS certified Proof-65 1857 Flying Eagle cent for $33,600. On Aug. 24, 2022, Heritage auctioned a PCGS certified Proof-65 1857 Flying Eagle, without a CAC sticker, for $22,800. Market levels for these were not higher in November 2023 than they were in August 2022.
On Nov. 16, Stack’s Bowers auctioned a CAC approved MS-67 grade 1915-S Pan-Pac commemorative half dollar for $7800. In March 2020, Stack’s Bowers auctioned this exact same coin, for the same price, $7800. On July 21, 2023, Heritage sold two PCGS graded MS-67 1915-S Pan-Pac commemorative half dollars, without CAC stickers, for $4200 and $4560, respectively.
On Nov. 16, Stack’s Bowers auctioned a CAC approved AU-55 grade 1850-C $2.5 gold coin for $7200. On Aug. 27, 2022, Stack’s Bowers auctioned a PCGS graded AU-55 1850-C $2.5 gold coin, without a CAC sticker, for $4920. Market levels for these were a little higher in August 2022 than they were in November 2023.
On Nov. 19, GreatCollections sold a CACG graded MS-67 1919 Buffalo nickel for $5791.50. On May 4, Heritage auctioned a PCGS graded MS-67 1919 Buffalo nickel, without a CAC sticker, for $3120. On March 5, GreatCollections sold a different PCGS graded MS-67 1919 Buffalo nickel, without a CAC sticker, for $3054.70.
https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1478280/1919-Buffalo-Nickel-CACG-MS-67-Toned
On Nov. 19, GreatCollections sold a CACG graded MS-64 1938 half dollar for $425.69. On Sept. 10, Great Collections sold a PCGS graded MS-64 1938 half, without a CAC sticker, for $139.69. On Aug. 30, Stack’s Bowers sold a different PCGS graded MS-64 1938 half, without a CAC sticker, for $192. A week earlier, Stack’s Bowers sold another for that same price, $192. A CACG graded coin thus brought more than twice as much as each of three PCGS graded MS-64 1938 half dollars.
https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1464350/1938-Walking-Liberty-Half-Dollar-CACG-MS-64
On Nov. 19, GreatCollections sold a CACG graded MS-66+ 1884-CC Morgan silver dollar for $1705. On Oct. 8, GreatCollections sold a PCGS graded MS-66+ 1884-CC Morgan, without a CAC sticker, for $1266.10.
https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1195273/1884-CC-Morgan-Silver-Dollar-CACG-MS-66
On Nov. 19, GreatCollections sold a CACG graded MS-65 1904 $2.5 gold coin for $1210. On Oct. 29, GreatCollections sold a PCGS graded MS-65 1904 $2.5 gold coin, without a CAC sticker, for $770. A week earlier, on Oct. 22, GreatCollections sold a different PCGS graded MS-65 1904 $2.5 gold coins, without a CAC sticker, for that same price, $770. On Sept. 3, GreatCollections sold an NGC graded MS-65 1904 $2.5 gold coin, without a CAC, sticker for $771.11, $1.11 more than each of the two just mentioned PCGS graded coins, but much less than the $1210 result for a CACG certified MS-65 1904 quarter eagle.
https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1455250/1904-Liberty-Gold-Quarter-Eagle-CACG-MS-65
On Nov. 26, GreatCollections sold CACG and PCGS graded MS-65 1911-S $20 gold coins. At 06:39:40 PM Pacific Time, the CACG graded 1911-S realized $7926.50. Nearly ten minutes later, at 06:49:33 PM Pacific Time, a PCGS graded MS-65 1911-S, without a CAC sticker, realized $4400.
https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1482017/1911-S-Saint-Gaudens-Gold-Double-Eagle-CACG-MS-65