Cheerios Sac dollar question....

drddm

What's the chances of finding one of these 5,500 special 2000-P Sac dollars in circulation?

I know they were only released through Cheerios and my hunch is that some kids found these and spent them soon after getting them in their cereal boxes.

So, has anyone ever searched for these special Sac dollars and ever found one in circulation?

Just curious.

SlangNRox

I think it would be next to impossible since these coins do not circulate

Smitty79

I don't think it would be an easy thing to find, but it's certainly not out of the question if you can actually find bank rolls of Sacs. Proverbial needle in a hey stack would be my guess.

wjd283

<< <i>I think it would be next to impossible since these coins do not circulate >>

MrYuk

Anything's possible. Heck, I hit 7 out of 7 numbers bonus triple play in Keno last year and won $7500. I figured the odds at fifty million to one. So, yeah, it's possible. I agree with you that most were spent by kids but I bet that lots of them are still in boxes and drawers somewhere outside of the numismatic spotlight. Alot happens in our community that the rest of the world has no idea about since they just aren't tuned into coin news. So, they're just setting there with the owners having no idea of their scarcity. JMHO

relayer

For every 184,942 Sac dollars you receive in change, one might be a Cheerios

BTW - It won't be in the original packing

LastExitInNY

I've pulled about 75 out of circulation in the last 10 months or so. No rolls or anything, strictly loose. No Cheerios. Yet.

ibzman350

Every time I go to the bank I ask the tellers for any loose 50¢ or dollar coins,( Sacs, SBA and Ikes) I'm now sitting on over $1000 of the sacs, been doing for about 2 years now.

I made the mistake of telling the tellers why I want the 50¢(silver) coins....................prior to me telling I would get one every now and then, no I don't get nunya.

When I get back from Kauai, leaving in the morning for 10 days, I'll be going through them to see what I can find.


So my odds are pretty slim, we'll see.




Herb

Gemineye

Chances are slim to non........all the devices used to distinguish the difference would be worn away..............

19Lyds

<< <i>Chances are slim to non........all the devices used to distinguish the difference would be worn away.............. >>



I dont necessarily agree with that since these coins don't see a whole lot circulation. They do discolor, but very few wear to the point that they would be undistinguishable. Of the many rolls I've looked at, it was very easy to tell that they were not the Cheerios Sac!

Gemineye

Any idea what the mintage is for 2003 Sacks P & D ..ea
I have 2 different figures from different sources.......Red Book says 3.08 mil......other source says 2.5.......?????????

DRG

I believe the odds are about one in every 300,000.

This assumes that 5,000 (of the 5,500) Cheerios Sac's are in circulation and 1.5 billion regular mintage Sac's (approx. mintage of 2000 & 2001).

Sac's after 2001 were not released for circulation.

If only 2,500 were spent the odds change to 1 in 600,000 and they only get worse from there.

Kaelasdad

Even if someone actually found Cheerios Sac in their Post Office change, the grade would be pretty bad compared to all the others, which will either be in original packaging or went staright into a slab.

morganbarber

I didn't realize that these coins were different until I looked into it a minute ago. All of the images I found, howver, were obverse only. Does anyone have a picture of the cheerios reverse?

Smitty79

<< <i>I didn't realize that these coins were different until I looked into it a minute ago. All of the images I found, howver, were obverse only. Does anyone have a picture of the cheerios reverse? >>



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