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New Member
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I have 4 of the 2000 Cheerios promotion pennys(wish I had a Sacagawea).I don't know how to tell if they have the Wide AM variety without opening them,or do they all have the Wide AM,and if thats so then theirs 10,000,000 Wide AM variety out there?  anyone know of a way to tell?  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I got one the other day on e-bay, when I get it I'll take a looksee. And  to the forum. Edited by rockdude
12/29/2008 7:39 pm
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New Member
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I know what the Wide AM's look like,I have one  it's only the common 2000 I just wanted to know if you could tell if the Cheerios penny are without opening it. If you don't mind rockdude what did you pay for it? |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't mind saying it was 5.00 with free shipping. Although Cheerios Pennies are generally nothing special, a small percentage have been found to have come from dies meant for Proof pennies, and they have the " Wide AM" reverse die type. At least that's what About coins said. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The 2000 Cheerios cents are not known to be the Wide AM variety. You would be wasting $4.99 if you opened it. |
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United States
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So, rockdude, you just bought it to see if it's an unc Wide AM? I have one myself, but the problem is...I don't want to open it. I would assume that some are Wide AM and some aren't. I don't see how there could be so many 2000 wide AMs found in circulation without there being one in the first ten million. I also don't think that they would all be wide AMs. Just my opinion. I guess what we need to know is has anyone ever found one. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I bought it because I don't have one. But I bid on another one and got it for .99. So I might open it or not.
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United States
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You would be wasting 98 cents then!..LOL.. I dont think there is a way to tell a Wide AM from the Obv. The only way is to open it. It would be on your part to do that Rockdude. I wouldnt open it! Since there were 442,400,000 Cents struck from that Mint and the Cheerios is from the 1st 10,000,000 with COAs. Chances are there isn't one from Cheerios! Edited by Kloccwork419
12/30/2008 2:06 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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To the best of my knowledge there has never been a Wide AM found in a Cheerios package. Also the Wide AM's were found later in the year which makes it unlikely that one of the first 10 million would also have the Wide AM unless there was more than one die. |
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I am 99.99% certain that the Cheerios coins were all minted on the same day to two day stretch, and enough have been opened to see every different die pair possible. None of them are wide AMs.
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New Member
United States
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guess I won't open them.
thanks for the info guys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I wonder if Cheerios are doing the 2009 Lincoln cents? Does anyone know? |
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New Member
United States
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not that I know of,the last time it was to help raise awareness about the then-new Sacagaweas.
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New Member
United States
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No, not all of them have the Wide AM. I have seen MANY NGC examples which say "Cheerios promotion/Close AM", so, no, not all have the Wide AM. I have a number of Cheerios cents as well! Welcome to the forum! |
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Yes, and the close-AM is the common one....which ALL of them are.
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Posted 12/29/2008 8:04 pm
