Non-pattern reverse Cheerios Dollar sells for $500+

CaptHenway

FYI

linky

savoyspecial

that is some expensive plastic -- outside of the slab that coin is worth $1.00

MsMorrisine

not for me


I'd rather have it in the blister pack than out.


(and you get a details graded cherrios cent in the auction as well. )

savoyspecial

i agree, but in the blister pack you dont know which version you have

AUandAG

Very enlightening. I'd like to find either one, someday!

bob

MsMorrisine

there is an obverse die marker for the cherrios reverse.

savoyspecial

yes, there is


link to obverse die marker (go down about 1/4 of the page)

CaptHenway

Yep, they can be told by the obverse.

mingot

You guys sure about that?

From small dollars:

In early June 2008 Tom DeLorey had the opportunity to examine one of the "non-pattern" Cheerios Dollars first hand. About the coin he examined he reports, "The NGC 'Cheerios' dollar I examined was struck from a well-worn pair of regular production dies that had struck many, many thousands of coins before this one. There is absolutely no suggestion that it is from any sort of special production run executed to provide coins specifically for General Mills. It looks like any other business strike released in calendar year 2000."

ctf_error_coins

double post oops

ctf_error_coins

<< <i>Yep, they can be told by the obverse. >>



Yes they can and thank you Tom for alerting us about the obverse die mark.

I still need one for my collection

CaptHenway

<< <i>You guys sure about that?

From small dollars:

In early June 2008 Tom DeLorey had the opportunity to examine one of the "non-pattern" Cheerios Dollars first hand. About the coin he examined he reports, "The NGC 'Cheerios' dollar I examined was struck from a well-worn pair of regular production dies that had struck many, many thousands of coins before this one. There is absolutely no suggestion that it is from any sort of special production run executed to provide coins specifically for General Mills. It looks like any other business strike released in calendar year 2000." >>



Sure about what?

The pattern dollars can be identified while still in the original packaging by the obv. die marker.

The non-pattern dollars can be certified by the TPG's if they are the ones who remove the coin from the original packaging. If removed by anybody else, they cannot be distinguished from regular business strikes, using current knowledge.

I do have one non-pattern Cheerios dollar in my collection. If anybody else has a non-pattern dollar, either in a TPG holder or the original packaging, it might be interesting to study them side by side to see if they came from an identifiable same die.

TD

TwoSides2aCoin

There are probably another 5,000 of them , some might still be in blister packs.
According to pop. reports and 12 years later, I have my own theories about how many "boldly detailed tail feathered" specimens were actually produced. Seems there were 2 shipments made to General Mills. A box of 5,000 and then 500 ?
500 sounds about right. Who knows the ratio ? Not even time will tell.

CaptHenway

<< <i>There are probably another 5,000 of them , some might still be in blister packs.
According to pop. reports and 12 years later, I have my own theories about how many "boldly detailed tail feathered" specimens were actually produced. Seems there were 2 shipments made to General Mills. A box of 5,000 and then 500 ?
500 sounds about right. Who knows the ratio ? Not even time will tell. >>



The question is, how many of them were found in cereal boxes by kids and simply spent? If you were a 9-year-old and you found a dollar in a cereal box, what would you do with it?

braddick

^
How many kids, in real life, are the ones that pull out giveaways from Cheerios boxes?

mingot

<< <i>
Sure about what?
>>



Sorry, I misread that chain of posts. I thought that was being put forth was that you could identify the non-pattern dollars from the obverse. Upon re-reading I see that is not what was being said at all

Billet7

I pulled a few out of cheerios boxes. Had no idea that any of them could be worth more than a dollar, so I spent them.

I'd like to think they weren't pattern reverses anyway!

Zoins

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<< <i>There are probably another 5,000 of them , some might still be in blister packs.
According to pop. reports and 12 years later, I have my own theories about how many "boldly detailed tail feathered" specimens were actually produced. Seems there were 2 shipments made to General Mills. A box of 5,000 and then 500 ?
500 sounds about right. Who knows the ratio ? Not even time will tell. >>



The question is, how many of them were found in cereal boxes by kids and simply spent? If you were a 9-year-old and you found a dollar in a cereal box, what would you do with it? >>



Spending some certainly makes the hunt more exciting

Is there a list of rare / scarce circulation moderns that people can focus on while searching circulation moderns? Might be interesting.

jmski52

My fiancee' wanted to buy a whole bunch of Cheerios that year, and I said "no". Still not sure if that was the right idea or not.

Baley

we all definitely should have bought hundreds of boxes each; the unopened boxes with a coin still inside are worth a lot of money. Most will have the cent inside, but, like OBW rolls of 1955 cents, will sell for a premium for the "maybe!" factor

CaptHenway

Another one sells for $670:

new linky

Lakesammman

If you have a Cheerios cereal box, for $50 (plus shipping) I will X-ray it for you and let you know if it contains a dollar.

WoodenJefferson

Well, I for one am glad insanity no longer prevails in the coin collecting community.