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Pillar of the Community
United States
663 Posts |
I found this at a thrift shop last week. The lady there said someone told her this came out of a cereal box. Appears to be Cherrio cent. It was in a box with other Wheat cent and foreign coins.    |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's a nice shiny cent, it can't be Cameo because it is a regular strike Cent not a Proof.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2824 Posts |
I believe the Cheerio cent I opened was a Close AM probably best left as is. Plus the 2000 Wide AM is more common anyway. Edited by OcalaFlorida
12/30/2023 1:14 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
74095 Posts |
Pretty cool find.  Errers and Varietys.
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Moderator
 United States
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This is a CAM cent - and CAM was the normal strike for this year. WAM's can be found on the {P} cent often enough, and was normal for the Proof 'S' minted coins. |
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United States
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Just because it's in a plastic wrap, does that make this a Cheerios cent?
Correct me please if I'm wrong - but is it not true that a Cheerios cent is exactly the same as every other billions of 2000 (P) minted cents?
If so, what makes this special?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Correct me please if I'm wrong - but is it not true that a Cheerios cent is exactly the same as every other billions of 2000 (P) minted cents?
I have one somewhere. I think it says "One of the first 100 million minted". Very rare  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1489 Posts |
The Cheerios dollars and cents were in specially marked packaging, but many were torn open and spent. There were 10 million cereal boxes in the promotion; all but 5,500 were Lincoln cents.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1489 Posts |
For the record, here's the front side of the original 2000 Cheerios cent packaging:  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
A hyped rarity and silly purchase, just comical.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
6244 Posts |
Acordind by data 10.000.000 cents was introduced in boxes for promotion. Was normal strike with no special design. The Cherious Dollar is more look for, because from 5.500 coins only few has an specific design variety, Quote:collector Tom DeLorey discovered that some of these 5,500 Sacagawea dollars had a special detailed design on the reverse of the coin. Those coins was over prices in the begin. Many are know (more then 1000 pieces) and the over price come from fake mis-informations on specially U-Toube. The PCGS for example certify 128 coins in hight grade and was more priced then coins varieties which only one or two are know. The Cherious set cent and dollard and the simple cent I put in one box with interesting tockens and coins. As a collector under 100 coins know those coins are just funny collectable. I am not an e-bay scammer and please do not blame me. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1489 Posts |
@coinfrog — I didn't pay a penny for my Cheerios cents—they came straight from the box!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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But you paid an insane price for the cereal! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1489 Posts |
Got me there, @coinfrog — but cheaper than it would be today, that's for sure.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1489 Posts |
For the record, here is the original "reverse" of the Cheerios cent packaging:  |
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Posted 12/30/2023 1:13 pm
