GreatCollections Scraper - Coin & Currency Auctions

Scrape graded coin and currency auctions from GreatCollections.com — one of the largest certified coin auction houses, having sold over 1,000,000 PCGS, NGC, CACG, ANACS and PMG certified coins and paper money.

Perfect for numismatic price research, grading arbitrage ("is it worth grading?"), populating a coin price database, building deal alerts, or complementing PSA/NGC/PCGS population data with live auction and realized-price comps.

What it does

Search GreatCollections and get clean, structured coin-lot data:

• Keyword search — e.g. Morgan Dollar, 1909-S VDB, PCGS MS-65, Gold Eagle, CAC, Toned
• Multiple queries — pass an array; each is searched separately
• Live auctions — current bid, bid count, time left
• Sold / realized prices — closed lots return their realized sold price
• Parsed attributes — grade, grading service, year, proof flag, CAC approval pulled from each title
• Optional detail pages — certification number, denomination, series, mintage, mint location, composition, strike type and industry number

Input

Field	Type	Description
searchQueries	array	Keywords to search. Each query is searched separately.
maxResults	integer	Max lots to scrape across all queries. 0 = unlimited. Default 50.
scrapeDetails	boolean	Fetch each coin's detail page for cert number, denomination, series, mintage, etc. Slower but richer. Default false.
sortBy	enum	newest, endingSoon, priceLow, priceHigh.
proxyConfiguration	object	Optional proxy settings.

Output

Each coin lot returns (fields after imageUrl only present when scrapeDetails is on):

{
    "itemId": "2174934",
    "title": "1878-S Morgan Silver Dollar PCGS AU-55 (Toned)",
    "gradingService": "PCGS",
    "grade": "AU-55",
    "year": 1878,
    "isProof": false,
    "cacApproved": false,
    "status": "live",
    "currentBid": 42,
    "soldPrice": null,
    "buyNowPrice": null,
    "bidCount": 6,
    "timeLeft": "4d, 5h",
    "listingUrl": "https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/2174934/1878-S-Morgan-Silver-Dollar-PCGS-AU-55",
    "imageUrl": "https://photos.greatcollections.com/.../2174934-1.jpg",
    "certNumber": "25325814",
    "denomination": "$1",
    "country": "United States",
    "series": "Morgan Silver Dollar",
    "mintLocation": "San Francisco",
    "mintage": "9,774,000",
    "composition": "90% Silver, 10% Copper",
    "strikeType": "Business Strike",
    "industryNumber": "7080",
    "gradingServiceFull": "PCGS AU-55",
    "searchQuery": "Morgan Dollar",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-06-24T08:18:51.445Z"
}

Field notes

• status — live (open auction), sold (realized price available), closed, or buyNow.
• currentBid is the live high bid; soldPrice is the realized price on closed lots.
• gradingService, grade, year, isProof, cacApproved are parsed from the title and best-effort.
• For guaranteed certNumber and full coin specs, enable scrapeDetails.

Notes

• Fast Cheerio/HTTP scraper — no headless browser required.
• All prices are in U.S. Dollars.
• For very large runs, enable Apify Residential proxy in proxyConfiguration.