well bless my soul!

[unclemac]

have a friend that just had to buy this...certified too!!! He has the most complete US collection you have ever seen... year, mint, accepted varieties, even silver liberties... he is working on the gold at the moment, but unlike his others, won't go past back beyond cornet. no he does not have an 1804, don't be cheeky Don...

but his wife stumbled upon this one day, (nice to have a wing-man) so to speak,,,

https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/2000-1c-cheerios-cent-rd/515762

 

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[DizzyDigger]

Could someone explain what a "Cheerios" penny is?

 

[unclemac]

swear to god.... they put them in a sealed package as a prize in a box of cheerios.... did some dollars too.... look it up!

 

[l.cutler]

I have one of the Cheerios cents still in the cheerios packaging somewhere. When the Sacagawea dollars first came out, every box of Cheerios came with a coin in the box, most were cents but a few came with one of the new dollar coins. The dollars were early strikes and the detail on the eagle's tail had more detail so the "Cheerios" variety dollar was so named.

 

[Blackfoot58]

The dollar coins from Cheerios had slightly different tail feathers. Are the pennies different somehow?

 

[unclemac]

i don't think so...it is the original packaging that makes them so great, i guess

 

[l.cutler]

i don't think so...it is the original packaging that makes them so great, i guess

I think you are correct.

 

[Mackaydon]

Here's the back story.

2000 Cheerios Cent: History and Value | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Why were 10,000,000 Lincoln Cents Distributed in Boxes of Cheerios? As part of an innovative

coinweek.com

Don in SoCal

 

[AU Seeker]

Here's the back story.

2000 Cheerios Cent: History and Value | CoinWeek

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Why were 10,000,000 Lincoln Cents Distributed in Boxes of Cheerios? As part of an innovative

coinweek.com

Don in SoCal

That seem to tell the story.....BUT at the end of the article it has all the specs, but it has the incorrect spec for the metal it has "95% copper, %5 tin and zinc", which the metal for pennies 1982 and before, all pennies after 1982 were made of copper plated zinc.

 

[BigWaveDave]

I got one of those cheerios cents…
Worth a penny, but if I get it certified… $150?
Crazy

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

I got one of those cheerios cents…
Worth a penny, but if I get it certified… $150?
Crazy

Those cert guys know how to make a living, eh?

 

[dognose]

I sort of recall those cheerio cents. But I dont understand how you can distinguish them from others outside of the cheerio packaging.

 

[l.cutler]

I sort of recall those cheerio cents. But I dont understand how you can distinguish them from others outside of the cheerio packaging.

I don't think you can. I believe the only way the grading companies will slab them as such is if you send it to them in the original packaging.

 

[unclemac]

yes that is correct, original packaging. I can think of better ways to spend money...