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@levinerarecoin said:

Amazing!!!
Congrats on adding these two unbelievable coins to your toned bust half set!

Dave

AU53 is a controversial grade, many long-term pros in this field have told me a coin should either be a 50 or 55, but I can see the need for a compromise grade. Fully original, attractive and crusty, it should be 55 all day long.

@OAKSTAR said:

@Coinscratch said:

Those are split serifs all day long.

Which means what?

That it is in fact, a doubled die and not machine doubling.

I have kept pretty quiet about my Cheerios Dollar collecting as I understand how quickly word can spread.

Having completed my Cheerios Dollar collection to the best currently available... a bold statement you should take with a grain of salt.... I submit the Cheerios Dollar is a true modern collector’s "sleeper" and a variety coin destined to be a "buyer", one that is purchased for an investment.

After 25 years, apparently most of the 5,500 originals have been lost to circulation damage. Less than 10% have been graded, perhaps only 5% considering crossovers. The first few graded coins sold at very high prices then prices dropped as expected. After stabilizing, the coins have kept increasing in price, pretty much with inflation.

Very few, perhaps less than ten circulated examples have been graded due to the quick wear of the fine details on the tailfeathers, which is the number one identifier of a circulated Cheerios Dollar.

Without the tell-tell tail details, a circulated coin will not be designated as a Cheerios Dollar. Further, inside this variety, are the 2000 Business Strikes, a few non-pattern, non-prototype coins thought to be used in the promotion to finish up the original order of 5,500. These are being designated as "Cheerios Promotion". While these currently sale for slightly less than the 1999 Prototypes, they are actually rarer, perhaps less than ten have been graded.

As of this date, only one Top pop MS69 has been graded. It auctioned for an official eye opening $27,600. This is twice the most recent MS68 listed prices.

Of course, there are still a lot of ungraded coins in the original packages so the top pop can fall at any time.

After a quarter century, I doubt there will ever be more than ten circulated coins graded. I doubt there will be more than ten 2000 Business Strike "Promotional" graded coins. Those are the real sleepers and buyer investment coins.

As previously claimed, and perhaps as a challenge to other collectors, I beleive I have the best current collection in any safe deposit box....

I have three circulated:
ANACS AU55, 5346834
ANACS AU55, 74554280
ANACS AU58, 74554281

Two promotional 2000 Business strikes
NGC MS65, 5893545-001
NGC MS66, 6353161-002

The top pop:
NGC MS69, 8163673-001

and 24 others, of which four are ungraded, still in the package. To finish off the collection, I have four unopened original 2000 Cheerios Promotion Boxes.

My wife will agree with most of you, i have way too much money tied up in this collection. A lesson in investing, buy high, sell higher. Quality and quanity counts.

I am out of time. I can post a few more pictures later.

@Copperindian said:
2024 was a BIG buying year:

WOW!!! Congrats on those amazing new pickups!

Here are a few I am very happy with: