For the second year in a row, 28 of the top 30 highest auction prices realized for coins sold at auction during the course of 2025 were achieved with coins graded by PCGS. It builds on a continuing trend of the rarest and most valuable coins being encapsulated by PCGS, which celebrates its 40th year in 2026.
“The objective results speak for themselves,” declared PCGS President Stephanie Sabin. “The best coins end up in PCGS holders, and we’re proud to maximize the value, security, and liquidity of the top coins in the hobby. This is the case, too, with world coins, of which 16 of the top 20 sold in 2025 were also graded by PCGS,” added Sabin. Among the top coins sold in 2025 was a previously unpublished 1804 Draped Bust Dollar that now becomes the 16th specimen of “The King of American Coins,” a 1794 Flowing Hair Dollar representing the first year of American silver dollars, and an ultra-rare 1927-D Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle. “The cumulative hammer prices of those three coins approach $15 million, underscoring the trust that the numismatic community places in us.”
The top 30 coins sold in 2025 by price are as follows:
- #1 – 1804 Draped Bust Dollar, Class III, BB-306, PCGS PR65; $6,000,000, Stack’s Bowers Galleries
- #2 – 1794 Flowing Hair Dollar, BB-1, PCGS MS63+; $4,500,000, Stack’s Bowers Galleries
- #3 – 1927-D Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle, PCGS MS65+; $3,840,000, Heritage Auctions
- #4 – 1798 Draped Bust Half Eagle, PCGS AU55; $3,000,000, Heritage Auctions
- #5 – 1907 Indian Head Eagle, Rolled Edge JD-1, PCGS PR67; $2,400,000, Heritage Auctions
- #6 – 1880 Coiled Hair Stella, Judd-1660, NGC PF67; $2,280,000, Heritage Auctions
- TIED #7 – 1879 Liberty Head Double Eagle, PCGS PR64DCAM; $2,160,000, Heritage Auctions
- TIED #7 – 1894-S Barber Dime, PCGS PR66; $2,160,000, Heritage Auctions
- #9 – 1874 $10 Pickford, Judd-1373, PCGS PR65DCAM; $2,040,000, Heritage Auctions
- #10 – 1835 Classic Head Half Eagle, HM-5 High 7, PCGS PR67+DCAM; $1,800,000, Heritage Auctions
- TIED #11 – 1921 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle, PCGS MS66; $1,560,000, Heritage Auctions
- TIED #11 – 1849-C Gold Dollar, Open Wreath Winter 1, PCGS MS62; $1,560,000, Heritage Auctions
- #13 – 1792 Disme Pattern, Judd-11, PCGS MS64RB; $1,500,000, Heritage Auctions
- #14 – 1879 Coiled Hair Stella, Judd-1638, PCGS PR65; $1,440,000, Heritage Auctions
- #15 – 1869 Liberty Head Double Eagle, PCGS PR66+DCAM; $1,372,500, GreatCollections
- #16 – 1795 Draped Bust Eagle, PCGS MS65; $1,338,750, GreatCollections
- #17 – 1849 $5 Pacific Company, PCGS AU58; $1,260,000, Stack’s Bowers Galleries
- TIED #18 – 1884 Trade Dollar, PCGS PR65; $1,140,000, Heritage Auctions
- TIED #18 – 1803 Draped Bust Dollar, PCGS PR66; $1,110,000, Heritage Auctions
- #20 – 1794 Flowing Hair Dollar, BB-1, PCGS XF45; $1,020,000, Stack’s Bowers Galleries
- TIED #21 – 1854 Liberty Head Double Eagle, JD-1, PCGS PR61; $900,000, Stack’s Bowers Galleries
- TIED #21 – 1859 Liberty Head Double Eagle, JD-1, PCGS PR64DCAM; $900,000 Stack’s Bowers Galleries
- TIED #23 – 1901 Morgan Dollar, PCGS MS66; $720,000, Stack’s Bowers Galleries
- TIED #23 – 1893 Liberty Head Double Eagle, JD-2, PCGS PR66DCAM; $720,000, Stack’s Bowers Galleries
- TIED #23 – 1870-CC Liberty Head Double Eagle, PCGS AU50; $720,000, Stack’s Bowers Galleries
- TIED #26 – 1856-O Liberty Head Double Eagle, Winter 1, PCGS AU58; $690,000, Heritage Auctions
- TIED #26 – 1852 $50 Assay Office 900 Thous. K-14, PCGS MS64; $690,000, Heritage Auctions
- TIED #26 – 1927-S Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle, PCGS MS67; $690,000, Heritage Auctions
- #29 – 1864 Liberty Head Double Eagle, NGC PF65UCAM; $669,375, GreatCollections
- #30 – 1867 Liberty Head Double Eagle, JD-2, PCGS PR64+DCAM; $660,000, Stack’s Bowers Galleries
- HONORABLE MENTION – 2025 Omega Privy Lincoln Cents, Final Coins Struck Set, PCGS Set MS64-69; $800,000, Stack’s Bowers Galleries
Many of the coins listed above hailed from the prestigious James A. Stack, Sr., Collection, which has been parceled off in various sales by Stack’s Bowers Galleries over the last 50 years and represent some of the finest quality ever seen in a numismatic cabinet. The Honorable Mention listed above references a set of three Lincoln Cents that were the very last ever struck for circulation and exclusively graded by PCGS as part of a special arrangement by Stack’s Bowers Galleries.