CAC Coins Bring Premiums in November

CAC approved, and CACG encapsulated coins fared well in auctions during November 2025.

Here are 12 examples, selected from a larger set of results that could have been listed.

1. On Nov. 3, Heritage sold a CACG graded MS-64+ 1915 quarter for $1320. On Oct. 28, Heritage sold an NGC graded MS-66 1915 quarter, without a CAC sticker, for $990.

2. On Nov. 9, GreatCollections sold a CACG graded MS-68 1877 quarter for $20,350. On Nov. 23, GreatCollections sold an NGC graded MS-68 1877 quarter, without a CAC sticker, for $9627.20.

3. On Nov. 9, DLRC sold a CAC-approved, PCGS-certified MS-64-DMPL 1890-CC Morgan silver dollar for $5800, and GreatCollections sold a PCGS-certified MS-64-DMPL 1890-CC Morgan, without a CAC sticker, for $3547.50. Both coins received a ‘Deep Mirror Prooflike’ (DMPL) designation from PCGS.

4. On Nov. 11, in consecutive lots, Stack’s Bowers auctioned two certified MS-65 1914-D Lincoln cent, each of which had a ‘full red’ (RD) color designation. A CACG graded MS-65 coin realized $24,000, and a PCGS graded MS-65 1914-D realized $13,200.

5. On Nov. 11, Stack’s Bowers auctioned a CAC approved Proof-68 1914 nickel for $42,000. Proof-68 1914 nickels are condition rarities. On March 26, 2024, Stack’s Bowers auctioned a PCGS certified Proof-68 1914 nickel, without a CAC sticker, for $11,100. On June 18, 2024, Stack’s Bowers auctioned an NGC certified Proof-68 1914 nickel, without a CAC sticker, for $8400.

Although market levels for these were higher in November 2025 than they were in 2024, any such increase would not account for the entirety of the difference between the price realized for this CAC approved 1914 nickel, $42,000, and the prices realized for each non-CAC, certified Proof-68 1914 nickel sold from 2022 to 2024.

Another example is an NGC certified Proof-68 1914 nickel, without a CAC sticker, that GreatCollections sold for $9588.70 on Sept. 3, 2023.

6. On Nov. 11, Stack’s Bowers sold a CAC approved MS-64 grade 1818/5 quarter for $12,000. It is not of a rare die pairing (B-1). These are not auctioned often. On May 8, 2024, Heritage auctioned a PCGS graded MS-64 1818/5 quarter of a scarcer die pairing (B-3), without a CAC sticker, for $8100.

7. On Nov. 13, DLRC sold a CAC approved MS-63 grade 1896-O quarter for $3433. On Jan. 15, 2025, Heritage sold a PCGS graded MS-64 1896-O quarter, without a CAC sticker, for $3000. On Aug. 17, 2024, Stack’s Bowers sold a PCGS graded MS-64+ 1896-O quarter, without a CAC sticker, for $2640. Prices for these did increase slightly during 2025, but increases in market levels cannot account for the fact that a CAC graded MS-63 coin realized more than, or about the same as, PCGS graded MS-64 or MS-64+ 1896-O quarters.

8. On Nov. 17, Heritage sold a CAC approved MS-67 grade 1937 Antietam Civil War commemorative half dollar for $1800. In the previous lot, Heritage sold an NGC graded MS-67 1937 Antietam half dollar, without a CAC sticker, for $1020. On Sept. 4, Stack’s Bowers sold two PCGS graded MS-67 1937 Antietam half dollars, neither of which had a CAC sticker. They each realized $1080.

9. On Nov. 18, Heritage sold a CAC approved MS-65 grade 1935-D half dollar for $1380. On Nov. 19, Stack’s Bowers auctioned a PCGS graded MS-65 1935-D half dollar, without a CAC sticker, for $840. On Nov. 16, GreatCollections sold a different PCGS graded MS-65 1935-D half dollar, without a CAC sticker, for $913.

10. On Nov. 23, GreatCollections sold a CACG graded MS-65 1926-S Lincoln cent for $3164.70. On April 1, Heritage sold an NGC graded MS-65 1926-S cent, without a CAC sticker, for $2160. On Sept. 25, 2024, GreatCollections sold a PCGS graded MS-65 1926-S cent, without a CAC sticker, for $2371.79. All three of these received a brown color (BN) designation from the respective grading service.

11. On Nov. 23, GreatCollections sold a CAC approved, NGC certified Proof-63 1887 half dollar for $2036.10. On June 4, Stack’s Bowers sold a PCGS certified Proof-63 1887 half dollar, without a CAC sticker, for $1200. On Jan. 28, Heritage sold a different PCGS certified Proof-63 1887 half dollar, without a CAC sticker, for $1080. Market levels for these were not much higher in November than they were in January or June, if higher at all.

12. On Nov. 23, DLRC sold a CACG graded VF-35 1846-O $10 gold coin for $5065. On July 20, Heritage sold an NGC graded VF-35 1846-O $10 gold coin, without a CAC sticker, for $2160. Although market levels for these were a little higher in November than they were in July, an increase in market levels could not possibly account for the entirety of the difference between $5065 and $2160.