possible cheerios dollar?

I found this 2000 p gold dollar coin metal detecting. Could it be a cheerios dollar? Any help would be appreciated.

 

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http://coins.about.com/od/coinsglossaryc/g/cheerios_dollar.htm

 

Not an expert, but I *believe* that to be a "Cheerios Dollar", the coin has to have enhanced tail feathers. I do not see that on your coin.

Reference: http://www.smalldollars.com/dollar/page20c.html

 

I don't think it is, either.

Chris

 

Nope. Not the Pattern Coin Reverse.

 

I don't see it, but bigger pictures would do no harm.

 

Interestingly enough, I guess it is possible to have come directly from a Cheerios box but not be a "Cheerios dollar"...

http://www.pcgs.com/News/Cheerios-Sacagawea-Dollar-Found-Without-Enhanced-Tail-Feathers-Design

"PCGS experts recently opened a sealed Cheerios package only to find out that the dollar contained in the package was of a normal, Reverse of 2000 die type. The package appeared to be authentic and showed no evidence of tampering. A similar experience has been reported by another grading service. Thus, one may no longer assume that all the dollars in the Cheerios packages are of the rare, Reverse of 1999."​

"PCGS only applies the 'Cheerios' designation to Sacagawea dollars with the Reverse of 1999. PCGS bears no responsibility for the die type of dollars submitted in unopened Cheerios packages, nor is PCGS obligated to designate any dollar as a 'Cheerios' dollar simply because it came out of a sealed Cheerios package."​

 

the odds are so slim though.

 

It is my understanding that a lot of them were the normal design.

Chris

 

Odd, I heard that only a select few were.

 

Interesting

 

What is interesting?

 

I guess the best person to ask would be Tom DeLorey, aka CaptHenway on the NGC forums.

Chris

 

It's not a hard variety to spot really. If only the OP had better pictures.

 

The OP's photo is not hard to identify as a "Reverse of 2000" variety. You can tell by the two wide tail feathers.

Chris

 

I agree. It's still very small though.

 

It would have been worse if the coin was still in the Cheerios packaging. Then, it is unlikely that a photo like the OP's could reveal the polishing along her shoulder.

Chris

 

Worse yet... if it was still in the box ;-)

 

There were ALOT
more
regular issues than patterns

 

not what I meant, I meant more regular issues IN the cheerios packaging.