Cheerios dollar up for auction

ajman · April 13, 2011 11:49PM

Check out the fourth picture in this listing and tell me if you see a possible fingerprint behind Sackie's head. If it is that is most unfortuneate, not to mention the unattractive spotting or toning on the coin.

llafoe · April 13, 2011 11:53PM

Not sure what that is... but the second and third photos are the SecurePlus images. That coin has a lot of stains... maybe from being stored in the cereal?

CaptHenway · April 13, 2011 11:56PM

My guess would be that it is a "waterspot." You may remember that when Sackies first came out in 2000 they had a lot of trouble with spotting on the manganese-brass alloy. They eventually solved the problem, but the Cheerios dollars were struck in October of 1999.

I don't find it ugly, but it is what it is.

TD

llafoe · April 13, 2011 11:58PM

<< <i>I don't find it ugly, but it is what it is. >>

Ugly?

TwoSides2aCoin · April 14, 2011 12:21AM

I looked up in CoinFacts the population of these. I'm surprised there are still under 100 attributed and graded. Where are the other 5,400 ?

llafoe · April 14, 2011 12:25AM

<< <i>I looked up in CoinFacts the population of these. I'm surprised there are still under 100 attributed and graded. Where are the other 5,400 ? >>

They were released to the general public in boxes of Cheerios cereal in 2000. They weren't identified by the numismatic community until February, 2005.

Cheerios Dollars

ModCrewman · April 14, 2011 1:16AM

Hmmm...being sold by "steelerfanattic" and it does kinda look like Dirty Gold?

Cheerios dollar up for auction

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