POLL: Do You Have A Cheerios Cent?

itsnotjustme · February 13, 2004 2:04PM

I came across my Cheerios cent the other day. Who has one? Did anyone get one certified?

mojorizn · February 13, 2004 2:07PM

I've got mine! Do people really slab these things? There's no way mine would even make a 68.

Mojo

coppercoins · February 13, 2004 2:11PM

I have about 100 of them. Friends, family, their neighbors, my neighbors, my local dealer, eBay, people on my site, etc...Ended up with more of them than I bargained for.

One person I know was the lucky recipient of one of the dollar coin things...

khayse · February 13, 2004 2:21PM

Since I never throw anything away I assume I have a couple around here somewhere.

-KHayse

stujoe · February 13, 2004 6:32PM

I also think that I have one left around here somewhere.

Cam40 · February 13, 2004 7:57PM

How many of these are type 2 reverse. All of them? or just a few.

JrGMan2004 · February 13, 2004 10:32PM

What is a Cheerios Cent?

ajaan · February 13, 2004 10:39PM

JrGMan2004 · February 13, 2004 10:51PM

Thx ajaan

Priest · February 14, 2004 1:05AM

I bought a few,3 or 5,saved empty box and the receipt at time of purchuse. Also have Payday candy bar wrappers that had 1986 or1989 D nickel.

Bikingnut · February 14, 2004 1:06AM

I have about 6 of those, all still in the original packing.

BNewton · February 14, 2004 1:20AM

My kiddo has one.

lordmarcovan · February 14, 2004 1:37AM

Had one. Plopped it my cheapo ten-cent bin at the mall, and I think it eventually went away.

(I voted yes, but after reading the poll, I see I shoulda voted "I did, but I sold/spent it".)

MFH · February 14, 2004 1:40AM

I've got three of them...hoping for something unusual when I opened up the Cheerios boxes.

Remember the 1955 DDO was originally placed in packages of cigarettes for vending machines.

No dice here with the Cheerio cents.

Shamika · February 14, 2004 3:32AM

I have four of them.

Rampage · February 14, 2004 4:38AM

I have one still in the package.

ANACS will slab them as the Cheerios cents as long as you send it in the original packaging. They will only charge $7.00 per coin.

There was a person on eBay several months ago selling like 45-50 of them in one lot. I think it sold for a mere $5.00.

I would have bought them for that.

cdwegner · February 14, 2004 4:53AM

My son has one. Gift from his grandpa.

Dog97 · February 14, 2004 11:00AM

Yes, in original package

a2labmom · February 14, 2004 11:30AM

<< Yes, in original package >>

ditto

Conder101 · February 14, 2004 6:33PM

<< How many of these are type 2 reverse. All of them? or just a few. >>

None of them, the type 2 came out late in the year and to the best I have heard none have ever been found in the cheerios packages.

wallstreetman · February 15, 2004 2:08AM

Yes, on the back your suppose to write some special event of Y2K, I had Tommy Thompson(discoverer and writer of SS Central America) sign it at Long Beach.

TWQG · February 15, 2004 2:41AM

<< ANACS will slab them as the Cheerios cents as long as you send it in the original packaging. >>

-now I've heard it all.

Tootawl · February 15, 2004 2:54AM

<< ANACS will slab them as the Cheerios cents as long as you send it in the original packaging. They will only charge $7.00 per coin. >>

Are you serious??? What type of designation would be on the slab? Probably just a simple "Cheerios".

dbldie55 · February 15, 2004 3:05AM

I knew I had the cent, but I just checked and I still have the box of Cheerios. I knew I never ate breakfast, but keeping a box for over 4 years is saying something.

RobJoyce1921dVAMguy · February 15, 2004 4:04AM

Mine is in my safe.

Its pretty small and I know right where it is!

Stuart · February 15, 2004 4:05AM

Nope. I assume it was a promotional giveaway...

MatthewBabcock · February 15, 2004 9:27AM

Is $1.75 too much to pay for one of these? (I just picked one up)

I had forgotten about these until this thread... I remembered wanting one, now HOPEFULLY, I'll have one soon... (Hopefully because the seller on has a feedback rating of 2.)

GoldCoinLover · May 30, 2004 4:30PM

<< 

<< ANACS will slab them as the Cheerios cents as long as you send it in the original packaging. They will only charge $7.00 per coin. >>

Are you serious??? What type of designation would be on the slab? Probably just a simple "Cheerios". >>

Yeah, they will. That's the cool thing with ANACS, they'll give you special attributations. I want one of the sac dollar cheerio cents.

HTubbs · May 30, 2004 4:51PM

I've got one.I would send it in to get slabbed as it's 67-68 but its got spots.I'll hang on to mine though,something to show my grandkids when I'm old.

SemperFI · May 30, 2004 4:59PM

I have my Cheerio Cent in Original packaging.

I have been looking for the Cheerio Sac Dollar for a while. I still haven't seen one on ebay. Of course I may have missed it though.

caitlin · May 30, 2004 8:35PM

Yes I have a couple kicking around here somewhere.

Dan50 · May 30, 2004 11:02PM

Yep.. I also had forgot about them until this post. As I remember they failed to put a window on the back, so you can never see the reverse unless you open the thing. Brain surgens they are not.

SPEEDracer · May 30, 2004 11:55PM

Wow, this is the first that I have ever heard of this. I wish that I would have know. Oh, well, I'll have to go down the cereal isle from now on when I go grocery shopping.

Smitty79 · July 22, 2004 6:14AM

<< Do You Have A Cheerios Cent? >>

I do now. Just picked this one up on ebay.

There was one on ebay with the Sac dollar that went for over $50.

ndgoflo · July 22, 2004 6:36AM

I've got several of them. Opened one up to look for type II, no such luck. Figured I'd leave the rest of 'em alone.

KlectorKid · July 22, 2004 6:47AM

I threw all mine on the roof.

Unripped_Rip_Card4me · October 12, 2017 2:13AM

Ah, the Cheerio Cent...about 9-10 months back, I was eBay and came across this baby...
It is a Reverse Inserted Cheerio Cent. This is the Only Reverse inserted cent I know of, a True 1 out of 10,000,000...thinking of having it put in a plaque...

Unripped_Rip_Card4me · October 12, 2017 2:15AM

And of course I bought it, more than $20 no more than $25...

CascadeChris · October 12, 2017 2:48AM

@Smitty79 said:
<< Do You Have A Cheerios Cent? >>

I do now. Just picked this one up on ebay.

There was one on ebay with the Sac dollar that went for over $50.

Awe, the good old days before the pattern reverse was doscovered. The shocked emoji made me lol

BackroadJunkie · October 12, 2017 3:11AM

I still have two on the card. I also have two unopened boxes of Cherrios. I wonder what Cherrios looks like after 17 years of just sitting in a closet. I hope they're bug free. I've seen a couple of prepper vids where some supplies got infested...

Anyone want to buy a box of 17 year of cereal? Heh...

Edit: Just noticed this thread is 13 years old. I guess the poll didn't survive the transition...

Unripped_Rip_Card4me · October 12, 2017 3:22AM

@BackroadJunkie said:
I also have two unopened boxes of Cherrios.

Anyone want to buy a box of 17 year of cereal?

Pretty much All I read...would you sell a box or both?

Treashunt · October 12, 2017 3:27AM

I have one, and that is one to many.

PRECIOUSMENTAL · October 12, 2017 4:35AM

Yes, I have one from when they were issued.

BackroadJunkie · October 12, 2017 5:17AM

@Unripped_Rip_Card4me said:

@BackroadJunkie said:
I also have two unopened boxes of Cherrios.

Anyone want to buy a box of 17 year of cereal?

Pretty much All I read...would you sell a box or both?

(I was going to take this to PM, but thought some of this might be mildly interesting to someone ...)

Well, you made me look. I've got two unopened boxes in a ziplock bag. Can't find any info on value.

One unopened box supposedly sold for $215 in 2007. One sold in 2012 for $56 (plus $18.76 in shipping).

Those are the only two I could find. There were some listed earlier on ebay, but those auctions are gone. I find this bizarre. They manufactured 10+ MILLION boxes of cereal.

Apparently, people have gone as far as to x-ray and metal detect these boxes. Mine haven't been (they've hardly seen daylight in 17 years), but who are you to believe me? Maybe I should.

This means I would have been better off buying boxes of Cheerios in 2000 than Fifty State Quarter bags. That's depressing.

Anyone got an idea of what they're worth today? (I am downsizing, so I'd be getting around to asking this question sooner or later. Boxes of cereal take up a lot of space...)

For nostalgia sake (and since I had the scanner hooked up and connected anyway), I scanned the obverse and reverse of the box:

The white writing at the top is the bag...

Unripped_Rip_Card4me · October 12, 2017 5:21AM

I have no idea on price, figured if it was reasonable, I'd jump on it...

Unripped_Rip_Card4me · October 12, 2017 5:22AM

I'd really like to buy one of these, not to open or x-ray, to have.

ricko · October 12, 2017 7:09AM

I have five...maybe six of the cents on the original card...just looked at them last week, wondering why I keep them. Still look for one of the Sacs at yard sales...never know what a 'junk' box will contain. Cheers, RickO