# Littleton Coin Company Scraper - US Coins & Currency (`lulzasaur/littletoncoin-scraper`) Actor

Scrape LittletonCoin.com US coins, currency & collecting supplies. Get titles, prices, list price, grade/condition, year, mint mark, material, category, availability, image, URL. Search any term or browse categories. Structured JSON for collectors, dealers & price tracking.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/littletoncoin-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** Other
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Littleton Coin Company Scraper — US Coins & Currency

Scrape **[LittletonCoin.com](https://www.littletoncoin.com)** — one of America's largest coin retailers — for US coins, paper currency, world coins, and collecting supplies. Search any term or browse whole categories and get clean, structured JSON with prices, grades, years, mint marks, and availability.

### What you get

For every product:

| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| `title` | Product name (e.g. "1921 Morgan Silver Dollar") |
| `price` | Current selling price (USD) |
| `listPrice` | Original list price when the item is on sale |
| `onSale` | Whether the product is discounted |
| `grade` / `grades` | Coin grade/condition (e.g. "Uncirculated", "Very Fine", "Gem Uncirculated 65 PCGS"); `grades` lists all offered grades for multi-grade products |
| `year` | Coin/note year |
| `mint` | Mint mark (Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco, Carson City, New Orleans...) |
| `material` | Silver, Clad, Bronze, Gold-Plated, Copper-Nickel... |
| `presentation` | Certified - PCGS/NGC/ANACS, With Case, Colorized... |
| `productType` | Single Products, Sets, Clubs... |
| `denomination` | Paper-money denomination when applicable |
| `category` | Store category name(s) |
| `availability` / `inStock` | Buyable status |
| `image` | Product image URL |
| `url` | Direct product page URL |
| `partNumber`, `productId` | Littleton SKU + internal ID |

### Input

- **Search Queries** — any terms: `morgan dollar`, `buffalo nickel`, `silver certificate`, `proof set`, `wheat penny`, `carson city`...
- **Category IDs** — optionally browse full categories (e.g. `3074457345616688169` = Coins & Currency, `3074457345616686687` = Sale)
- **Max Results** per query/category, plus optional **min/max price** and **in-stock-only** filters.

### Example output

```json
{
  "title": "1921 Morgan Silver Dollar",
  "price": 130,
  "grade": "Average Circulated or Better",
  "year": "1921",
  "material": "Silver",
  "category": "Morgan Silver Dollars",
  "availability": "In Stock",
  "partNumber": "A4200EZ-wc",
  "image": "https://www.littletoncoin.com/shop/api/assets/LCCCatalogAssetStore/images/catalog/products/300x300/A4200EZ_A.png",
  "url": "https://www.littletoncoin.com/1921-morgan-silver-dollar-a4200ez-wc"
}
```

### Use cases

- **Price tracking** — monitor coin retail prices and sales over time
- **Dealer arbitrage** — compare Littleton retail vs. wholesale/auction prices
- **Collection planning** — pull full series listings (Morgan dollars, state quarters, etc.) with grades and prices
- **Market research** — analyze grading premiums (raw vs. PCGS/NGC certified)

### Why this scraper

- Uses the site's own fast product API — no brittle HTML parsing
- No proxies required (cheap to run)
- Deduplicates products across queries
- Never bills you for error rows: zero-result runs write a diagnostic instead

### Not affiliated

This scraper is not affiliated with or endorsed by Littleton Coin Company. Data is collected from publicly available pages for research purposes. Please respect the site's terms of service.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Search terms to look up on LittletonCoin.com (e.g. 'morgan dollar', 'buffalo nickel', 'silver certificate', 'proof set'). Leave empty to use the default.

## `categoryIds` (type: `array`):

Optional: browse whole categories by HCL Commerce category ID instead of (or in addition to) searching. E.g. 3074457345616688169 = Coins & Currency, 3074457345616686680 = Supplies, 3074457345616686687 = Sale.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of products to scrape per query/category (each API page returns up to 50).

## `minPrice` (type: `number`):

Filter: only return products at or above this price (USD).

## `maxPrice` (type: `number`):

Filter: only return products at or below this price (USD).

## `inStockOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only return products that are currently buyable.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Proxy settings. Littleton Coin works without proxies (the open HCL Commerce search API returns 200 directly).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "morgan dollar"
  ],
  "maxResults": 100,
  "inStockOnly": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "morgan dollar"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/littletoncoin-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "searchQueries": ["morgan dollar"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/littletoncoin-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "morgan dollar"
  ]
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/littletoncoin-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=lulzasaur/littletoncoin-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/bpbeSsEGvbmg5aONz/builds/w4FqQPrRd18ISVOvA/openapi.json