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Pokémon Gold Version (GBC): PSA Pop Report & Prices

Published 2026-09-16 · Updated 2026-10-31 · by Jason Trogdon
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PSA has graded 455 Pokémon Gold Version Game Boy Color copies on record — 141 CIB, 314 sealed. PSA tracks 2 distinct production variants separately. PriceCharting lists sealed copies at $1,200. This page is the per-game pop + price + grading reference for Pokémon Gold Version on Game Boy Color — updated weekly from PSA’s official population data and PriceCharting’s market catalog.

Loose
POP 0
Market: $58
CIB
POP 141
Market: $278
Sealed
POP 314
Market: $1,200

Quick Facts

Variant Comparison

PSA recognizes 2 distinct production variants of Pokémon Gold Version, each tracked on its own population row.

Variant Loose Pop CIB Pop Sealed Pop Total
Made in Japan — 140 313 453
Made in Japan, French Inserts Included — 1 1 2

PSA Pop by Condition

Tables below show Pokémon Gold Version’s PSA grade breakdown for each condition, across the 2 variants PSA recognizes for this title.

Loose Cartridge

PSA hasn’t graded any loose copies of Pokémon Gold Version for Game Boy Color yet.

Complete in Box (CIB)

Total graded: 141

Variant Pop Grade Breakdown
Made in Japan 140 9.6: 4 · 9.4: 13 · 9.2: 14 · 9.0: 27 · 8.5: 43 · 8.0: 19 · 7.5: 14 · 7.0: 4 · <6.5: 1
Made in Japan, French Inserts Included 1 9.4: 1

Factory Sealed

Total graded: 314

Sealed summary by variant:

Variant Total Pop Top Numeric Grade Best Seal Grade
Made in Japan 313 10 A++
Made in Japan, French Inserts Included 1 9.4 A++

Factory Sealed Grade × Seal Matrix

Rows show PSA numeric grades. Columns show seal grades. Cell values are PSA population counts. Aggregated across all variants. Top observed grade: 10 (PSA ceiling).

Grade A++ A+ A B+ B Total
10 1 — — — — 1
9.8 13 11 — 1 — 25
9.6 20 31 1 — — 52
9.4 18 34 1 1 2 56
9.2 4 30 4 2 — 40
9.0 3 22 4 1 — 30
8.5 1 26 6 — — 33
8.0 1 15 7 1 — 24
7.5 — 18 5 1 1 25
7.0 1 3 3 — — 7
6.5 — 1 4 2 — 7
<6.5 — 5 2 5 1 13
Total 62 196 37 14 4 313

Per-variant grade × seal matrices

Click any variant to expand its full grade × seal breakdown.

Made in Japan (313 sealed pop)

Top observed grade: 10 (PSA ceiling).

Grade A++ A+ A B+ B Total
10 1 — — — — 1
9.8 13 11 — 1 — 25
9.6 20 31 1 — — 52
9.4 17 34 1 1 2 55
9.2 4 30 4 2 — 40
9.0 3 22 4 1 — 30
8.5 1 26 6 — — 33
8.0 1 15 7 1 — 24
7.5 — 18 5 1 1 25
7.0 1 3 3 — — 7
6.5 — 1 4 2 — 7
<6.5 — 5 2 5 1 13
Total 61 196 37 14 4 312
Made in Japan, French Inserts Included (1 sealed pop)

Top observed grade: 9.4 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A++ Total
9.4 1 1
Total 1 1

Current Market Prices

All prices below come from PriceCharting’s public catalog as of this page’s last update. PriceCharting calculates its values from completed sales on eBay and its own marketplace — independent of any data on this page. The Sealed column is PriceCharting’s “New” price — factory-sealed retail at average condition; specific graded-sealed prices vary sharply by numeric grade + seal letter (use the Sealed eBay browse link below for grade-specific comps).

All 2 PSA-tracked variants share the same PriceCharting prices because PriceCharting indexes at the title level, not the variant level. Variant-specific pricing surfaces on eBay sold-comp data — check the Sealed / CIB / Loose browse links below for variant-aware market signals.

Auction House Graded Sales

Heritage Auctions and Goldin sold results below are real auction transactions for Pokémon Gold Version on Game Boy Color. They complement the PriceCharting loose / CIB / sealed benchmarks above; they are not estimates and they are not blended into PriceCharting’s ungraded market prices.

The first table sums up this game’s auction sales by format. The sale records keep each auction house’s own variant notes, because a lot listing doesn’t always say which PSA variant it is.

High-grade games can trade years apart, so older auction records stay visible; treat the latest-sale date as part of the comp, not just the dollar amount.

Format Grade Sale signal Latest sale Comps
Factory sealed (Made in Japan, E Rating, Foil) CGC 9.8 A++ Last sale $15,860 Sep 10, 2026 1
Factory sealed WATA 9.8 A++ Last sale $10,625 Nov 23, 2024 1
Factory sealed CGC 9.8 A++ $8,125-$9,375 range Mar 28, 2026 2
Factory sealed (Made in Japan) PSA 9.4 A++ Last sale $7,869 Oct 26, 2026 1
Factory sealed PSA 9.8 A+ Last sale $6,875 Jun 13, 2026 1
Factory sealed (Made in Japan) WATA 9.8 A+ Last sale $6,167 Mar 9, 2026 1
Factory sealed VGA 90 $4,500-$5,500 range Aug 23, 2025 2
Factory sealed PSA 9.6 A+ Median $5,490 Aug 29, 2026 3
Factory sealed WATA 9.8 A+ Median $5,280 Aug 8, 2025 3
Factory sealed WATA 9.6 A++ Last sale $3,875 Aug 23, 2025 1
Factory sealed WATA 9.2 A+ Median $3,360 Aug 29, 2026 3
Factory sealed WATA 9.6 A+ Median $3,250 Feb 22, 2025 3

Showing the top 12 auction sale signals; the sale-record table below includes every auction sale used on this page.

Sale records:

View all 41 auction sale records
Date Sold For Grader / Grade Format Variant Notes Source
Oct 26, 2026 $7,869 PSA 9.4 A++ Factory sealed Made in Japan Goldin lot 202610-0114-5943-b9bb03d2-4cb8-4506-9554-3f87bb751028
Sep 10, 2026 $15,860 CGC 9.8 A++ Factory sealed Made in Japan, E Rating, Foil Goldin lot 202608-0617-0750-c72d632d-1812-42f2-b40e-9956b248b5f7
Sep 10, 2026 $2,745 VGA NM+ 85 Factory sealed Made in Japan, Game Cartridge Goldin lot 202608-1214-1526-da369754-d209-4a19-95c1-d3faaa6a79c2
Aug 29, 2026 $6,250 PSA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 7454-28122
Aug 29, 2026 $3,500 WATA 9.2 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 7454-28123
Aug 25, 2026 $450 CGC 7.5 CIB — Lot 312634-69027
Aug 10, 2026 $5,490 PSA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed — Goldin lot 202607-0620-2006-28e55b76-8938-4be4-a5a1-2e16f2e09918
Jul 16, 2026 $2,875 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 44347-80117
Jul 7, 2026 $719 PSA 9.0 CIB — Lot 312627-66027
Jun 30, 2026 $1,875 WATA 8.5 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 312626-70019
Jun 13, 2026 $6,875 PSA 9.8 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 7453-28048
May 18, 2026 $2,257 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed Made in Japan, H Seam, E Rating Goldin lot 202604-1717-0015-40869da3-fa1a-4a02-93b5-943e4cffd1eb
Mar 28, 2026 $9,375 CGC 9.8 A++ Factory sealed — Lot 7452-28074
Mar 28, 2026 $2,125 WATA 9.2 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 7452-28206
Mar 9, 2026 $6,167 WATA 9.8 A+ Factory sealed Made in Japan Goldin lot 202602-1214-5127-9899a787-ce97-4ea5-b2ee-cf2dc6e6475e
Jan 22, 2026 $2,750 PSA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 44343-79081
Jan 13, 2026 $2,250 CGC 9.4 A++ Factory sealed — Lot 312602-67018
Nov 22, 2025 $2,250 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 7428-28194
Nov 4, 2025 $1,250 CGC 8.0 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 312544-66041
Oct 30, 2025 $2,625 VGA 85+ Factory sealed — Lot 44331-80106
Sep 2, 2025 $2,250 CGC 9.4 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 312535-66030
Aug 23, 2025 $4,500 VGA 90 Factory sealed — Lot 7416-28071
Aug 23, 2025 $3,875 WATA 9.6 A++ Factory sealed — Lot 7416-28200
Aug 8, 2025 $5,500 WATA 9.8 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 7442-36046
Jul 29, 2025 $2,125 WATA 9.2 A++ Factory sealed — Lot 312530-70037
Jul 24, 2025 $5,250 WATA 9.8 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 44318-80125
May 24, 2025 $8,125 CGC 9.8 A++ Factory sealed — Lot 7415-28101
Feb 22, 2025 $3,250 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 7411-28157
Feb 4, 2025 $875 WATA 8.0 A Factory sealed — Lot 312505-66048
Jan 14, 2025 $425 CGC 9.2 CIB — Lot 312502-67025
Nov 23, 2024 $10,625 WATA 9.8 A++ Factory sealed — Lot 7382-28072
Nov 23, 2024 $5,500 VGA 90 Factory sealed — Lot 7382-28073
Aug 27, 2024 $719 CGC 8.0 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 312435-69014
May 25, 2024 $4,125 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 7372-28080
Mar 8, 2024 $559 WATA 9.6 CIB Made in Japan Goldin lot 202402-2216-3153-afc4c90b-6f6e-461e-b540-c4e7369291fb
Feb 24, 2024 $5,280 WATA 9.8 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 7359-28093
Feb 24, 2024 $2,880 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 7359-28094
Feb 18, 2024 $1,342 WATA 9.6 CIB Made in Japan Goldin lot 202312-0115-1010-d9bff821-7df4-48e8-9c35-0592fffe522c
Aug 29, 2023 $1,560 CGC 9.0 A++ Factory sealed — Lot 312335-70046
Jul 28, 2023 $3,360 WATA 9.2 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 7349-28260
May 23, 2023 $780 VGA 75+ Factory sealed — Lot 312321-69064

Listings

Each link below opens an eBay search filtered to that condition, scoped to Pokémon Gold Version on Game Boy Color. “Sold” pulls completed/sold listings (use this for price research). “Listings” pulls current active listings (use this to find a copy to buy).

Why Pokémon Gold Version Matters for Grading

PSA has graded 455 copies of Pokémon Gold Version on Game Boy Color (314 sealed, 141 CIB). On PriceCharting, sealed copies are $1,200 and loose carts $58, about 21× apart. PSA tracks 2 variants as separate population rows (see Variant Comparison above).

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Pokémon Gold Version Game Boy Color worth grading?

PSA has graded 455 copies of Pokémon Gold Version on Game Boy Color (314 sealed, 141 CIB). PriceCharting lists loose at $58, CIB at $278 and sealed at $1,200. The Graded Sales table above lists graded copies’ auction results.

How rare is a graded sealed copy of Pokémon Gold Version?

PSA has graded 314 sealed copies of Pokémon Gold Version for Game Boy Color. The highest grade it has given one is 10 (1 copy).

Which variants of Pokémon Gold Version does PSA track?

PSA lists 2 variants of Pokémon Gold Version on Game Boy Color: Made in Japan (453 graded); Made in Japan, French Inserts Included (2 graded). The Variant Comparison table above has each one’s population by condition.

Sources

Pop counts pulled weekly from PSA Video Games population data. Prices from PriceCharting. PSA acquired WATA in July 2021 and completed the rebrand to PSA Video Games on October 20, 2025. PSA Video Games population data is the continuation of WATA’s population history. Heritage graded-sale comps come from Heritage Auctions sold archive lot pages linked in the sale-record table. Goldin graded-sale comps come from Goldin (goldin.co) sold lot pages linked in the sale-record table; Goldin prices are the lot’s final price as Goldin reports it. Rankings, medians and summaries are What The Slab analysis — How we get our numbers.

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