GreatCollections Coin Auction Scraper
Pricing
from $5.00 / 1,000 results
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GreatCollections Coin Auction Scraper
Scrape live coin and currency auctions from GreatCollections.com. Search by keyword or browse by denomination. Extracts title, grade, certification number, current bid, end date, images, and coin specs.
Scrape live coin and currency auction listings from GreatCollections.com — one of the largest certified coin auction houses in the US (1.8M+ coins sold, $1.5B+ realized).
What it scrapes
Each result contains:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
coinId | GreatCollections internal item ID |
title | Full auction title (e.g. "1884 Morgan Silver Dollar NGC MS-62") |
url | Direct link to the coin's auction page |
status | active, buy_now, or ended |
currentBid | Current bid in USD (null for Buy Now items) |
buyNowPrice | Fixed Buy Now price in USD (null for auction items) |
minimumBid | Starting/minimum bid |
bidCount | Number of bids placed |
timeLeft | Time remaining (e.g. "3d, 20h") |
auctionEndDate | Auction end date/time in Pacific Time |
imageUrl | Primary coin image URL |
images | All coin images (up to 10) |
year | Year on the coin |
gradingService | Grading company: NGC, PCGS, ANACS, CACG, NCS, etc. |
grade | Numeric/label grade (e.g. "MS-62", "AU-50", "PR-65 DCAM") |
certificationNumber | Third-party cert number for verification |
country | Country of origin |
denomination | Denomination (e.g. "$1", "5¢") |
series | Coin series (e.g. "Morgan Silver Dollar") |
strikeType | Business Strike, Proof, etc. |
mintLocation | Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco, etc. |
designer | Coin designer name |
actualMetalWeight | Silver/gold content in oz |
coinWeight | Total coin weight in grams |
diameter | Diameter in mm |
composition | Metal composition (e.g. "90% Silver, 10% Copper") |
buyersPremium | Buyer's premium description |
cacDesignated | True if coin has CAC approval sticker |
cacgDesignated | True if graded by CACG |
scrapedAt | ISO timestamp of when data was collected |
Inputs
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
searchQuery | string | Keyword search (e.g. "Morgan Dollar 1921", "PCGS MS-65") |
denominationUrl | string | Browse path like /Denomination/13/Silver-Dollars |
maxItems | integer | Max results to return (default: 5) |
maxPages | integer | Max listing pages to fetch (default: 1, ~50 items/page) |
scrapeDetails | boolean | Visit each coin page for full specs (slower but richer) |
proxyConfiguration | object | Proxy settings (default: Apify Residential) |
If searchQuery is set, it takes priority over denominationUrl.
Denomination browse paths
Browse any category by setting denominationUrl:
/Denomination/13/Silver-Dollars— Morgan, Peace, Seated Liberty dollars/Denomination/4/Small-Cents— Lincoln cents, Indian head cents/Denomination/9/Dimes— Barber, Mercury, Roosevelt dimes/Denomination/12/Half-Dollars— Walking Liberty, Franklin, Kennedy halves/Denomination/21/Gold-Double-Eagles— $20 gold pieces/Denomination/25/Silver-Eagles— American Silver Eagles/Denomination/30/World-and-Ancient-Coins— World coins/Denomination/34/US-Paper-Money— US currency
Pricing
This actor uses Pay-Per-Event (PPE) billing at $0.005 per result (Apify standard dataset item rate).
Notes
- No Cloudflare protection — lightweight cheerio scraper, no browser needed
- Descriptions are loaded via AJAX and will be empty unless you visit detail pages
- Residential proxies recommended for consistent access
- Auction data changes in real time; re-run to get updated bid amounts
