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Mint-sealed Box of Cheerios Dollars? Well, not exactly, but...
MrEureka
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I presume that the Cheerios Dollars came in boxes of Cheerios that prominently noted that coins - usually just cents - were included in the box. I'd love to have one of these boxes if anyone can supply it. Opened or unopened, with or without cereal. This would be just for display.
My sincerest apologies to the BST police, of course.
My sincerest apologies to the BST police, of course.
Andy Lustig
Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
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Doggedly collecting coins of the Central American Republic.
Visit the Society of US Pattern Collectors at USPatterns.com.
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<< <i>Interesting...did the Mint place the coins in Cheerios boxes or did General Mills? If General Mills, is at all possible not all 5,000 made it into the boxes? >>
I believe they were sealed into little packages that were glued to the boxes at the GM factory.
GM did put the coins in the boxes, and yes, they were all "Cheerios Dollars".
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I am kidding of course.
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Edited to say that I'd still like to get my hands on one of those boxes!
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<< <i>I didn't realize that there was at least one $100 winner. If he kept the coins, they could bring half a million bucks today! >>
The "100 Golden Dollar" winners didn't receive the "Reverse of 1999" Dollars. They got a certificate that was redeemed later for ordinary Sac Dollars.
according to the numbers General Mills puts on the back of the box....
How many boxes of cereal would have to be put out in order to distribute 5500 coins ? How many certificates for 100 are there ? Where did they go ? What of those certificates that were probably never redeemed ? How many people toss out the coupons in a box ? Does General Mills have information on it ? Who knows ? Thanks for the spotlight on this one, MrEureka. What would happen with the shelf life expiring on boxes of cereal ? Were these sent off on a boat to feed hungry children or destroyed ?
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according to the numbers General Mills puts on the back of the box....
How many boxes of cereal would have to be put out in order to distribute 5500 coins ? How many certificates for 100 are there ? Where did they go ? What of those certificates that were probably never redeemed ? How many people toss out the coupons in a box ? Does General Mills have information on it ? Who knows ? Thanks for the spotlight on this one, MrEureka. What would happen with the shelf life expiring on boxes of cereal ? Were these sent off on a boat to feed hungry children or destroyed ?
There were 10 million boxes, of several different flavor Cheerios.
There were 2500 Grand Prizes that consisted of the certificate for 100 coins. I have never seen one of the certificates. They were not redeemed until after Feb. 1, 2000, because Wal-Mart had exclusive rights to the coins until then.
I asked General Mills back in 2002 or 2003 for info on the redemption of the certificates, and they said they had no records of old promotions.
I sure wonder what happened to the "discovery coin" I saw in 1999. I doubt that the Mint flack who showed it to me at that press conference here in Chicago in October even knew it was different than the pieces being mass produced.
Tom DeLorey
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Question & Answer Answered On
Q: I have one of these two coin packs and was wondering what its value is and how much you were offering for it? Thanks
Oct-12-06
A: Hi and thanks for the reply. As there were approximately around 5500 of the two coin sets issued (my understanding from other sources), it is not an extremely low amount, but then again it is not a very high quantity. I have not seen it advertised lately anywhere, but this could be that it was issued approximately six years ago, and current interest in not high, but my understanding was that they where being offered originally for about 50 to 100 dollars for the two coin set. I'm not sure if you know that millions more of just the one penney where offered in General Mills cereals, and there are presently selling for under ten dollars. The value of your two coin set is basicaly, what a buyer is willing to give a seller, and whether the seller is willing to accept. Since this set, to my knowledge, is not listed in any reference books, your choices are whomever offers you the most. Since I am not sure of it's present value, I can not give you a figure. I can only tell you what I would be willing to spend on this two coin set, which has to be in original condition, not opened, torn or bent (as recieved condition), if it meets that criteria, I would not spend more that 450 to 500 dollars. Coins are like to stock market and can fluctuate up and down, just like stocks. If your interested in some Christmas money to spend on family, it may be to your advantage, if you so desire. Thanks in advance, and would appreciate an email telling me what you have decided, Sal.
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this was taken from the e-bay link....
Wow....Sal is a real gem......!!!!!!!!....
<< <i>I sure wonder what happened to the "discovery coin" I saw in 1999.
Tom DeLorey >>
This is a dumb question, but can that "lost" coin be considered the true discovery specimen? If discovery is an act of documented... uhhh... discovery, can't the 1999 coin now hold the title? This would make that NGC ms66 something like an instantiation piece; it retroactively validated the now lost Chicago pattern.
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Question & Answer Answered On
Q: I have one of these two coin packs and was wondering what its value is and how much you were offering for it? Thanks
Oct-12-06
A: Hi and thanks for the reply. As there were approximately around 5500 of the two coin sets issued (my understanding from other sources), it is not an extremely low amount, but then again it is not a very high quantity. I have not seen it advertised lately anywhere, but this could be that it was issued approximately six years ago, and current interest in not high, but my understanding was that they where being offered originally for about 50 to 100 dollars for the two coin set. I'm not sure if you know that millions more of just the one penney where offered in General Mills cereals, and there are presently selling for under ten dollars. The value of your two coin set is basicaly, what a buyer is willing to give a seller, and whether the seller is willing to accept. Since this set, to my knowledge, is not listed in any reference books, your choices are whomever offers you the most. Since I am not sure of it's present value, I can not give you a figure. I can only tell you what I would be willing to spend on this two coin set, which has to be in original condition, not opened, torn or bent (as recieved condition), if it meets that criteria, I would not spend more that 450 to 500 dollars. Coins are like to stock market and can fluctuate up and down, just like stocks. If your interested in some Christmas money to spend on family, it may be to your advantage, if you so desire. Thanks in advance, and would appreciate an email telling me what you have decided, Sal.
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this was taken from the e-bay link....
Wow....Sal is a real gem......!!!!!!!!.... >>
Yeah i read that, i bet the person probably offered it to them for about $150.00 because he told them it wasn't rare and no one really wanted them
seen no substantiation of this claim but nothing to refute it either.
“Contrary to press releases and common belief, the US Mint did not strike the Sacagawea dollar coins found in some of the Cheerios boxes distributed in 2000. The US Mint struck the Cheerios cereal in the boxes and General Mills used the old General Motors coin roller to make the dollar coins.”
“Rumor has it that a hoard of 100 boxes is in nitrogen storage somewhere near the Jersey Turnpike, near Jimmy Hoffa's carcass.”
<< <i>How do you make change for a box? >>
You get the package of the multi mini boxes......!!!!!........
Who gave the authorization to change the die at the mint ? Wasn't the artisitc design already approved, and weren't dies already prepared for the millions to be minted ? Did they only strike these and decide "whoaaaaaaaa", should we change the die ? Were the initial pieces struck considered a prototype design ? They match the 24K gold Sacagawea die characteristics, don't they ?
Thanks for the update again , TD. It's an intriquing story.
I just don't understand a few things... mostly protocol and design changes inside the mint (i.e., Boldly detailed tail feathered Sacagawea vs. regular issued, and Wisconsin High and Low leaf quarters vs. Regular issue). Is there a law that allows these changes or is this just some behind the scene change that takes place when the big wigs have meetings ? I can understand a reverse proof hub on the Wide AM cents if we consider shortage of regular dies or reverse hubs, but complete changes in designs is really odd to me.
Is someone writing a book on this ?
Joe
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<< <i>I sure wonder what happened to the "discovery coin" I saw in 1999.
Tom DeLorey >>
This is a dumb question, but can that "lost" coin be considered the true discovery specimen? If discovery is an act of documented... uhhh... discovery, can't the 1999 coin now hold the title? This would make that NGC ms66 something like an instantiation piece; it retroactively validated the now lost Chicago pattern. >>
Well, I did document the fact that the tail feathers had been changed in my article in COINage in the year 2000. Mike Wallace has reprinted these, with my permission, on his small dollar website.
TD
These two articles should explain alot about the tail feathers.
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<< <i>Cool! I didn't realize that there was at least one $100 winner. If he kept the coins, they could bring half a million bucks today! >>
Am I wrong or were the so-called "Cheerios Sacs" only in the boxes? The $100 was a certificate redeemable for $100 in golden dollars but not the dollars that were minted early to go in the CHeerios boxes. I thought that was limited to the amount needed for the promotion not necessarily to fulfill the $100 prize.
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<< <i>Cool! I didn't realize that there was at least one $100 winner. If he kept the coins, they could bring half a million bucks today! >>
Am I wrong or were the so-called "Cheerios Sacs" only in the boxes? The $100 was a certificate redeemable for $100 in golden dollars but not the dollars that were minted early to go in the CHeerios boxes. I thought that was limited to the amount needed for the promotion not necessarily to fulfill the $100 prize.
You are right. The "Cheerios Dollars," aka "Reverse of 1999 Dollars," were only released inside the cereal boxes. The certificates for 100 coins were paid off in regular coins in early 2000.
TD