Unopened cheerios dollar and cent in package

I would like to know the current going price for an Unopened cheerios dollar and cent in the original packaging. I know the price has gone down since it was found that some do not have the detailed feathers. Any Ideas cause I was planing to send it to PCGS. But I am unsure of what to put down as declared value(for the post office and the pcgs forms) or do they not care if you overestimate(pcgs not the post office,I know they care).

 

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mark the price based on what you think its value is. spock has spoken if in doubt post pics here and we will guide you

 

Since Spock is only King of a "Small Portion of the World" LOL...got ya buddy!
I would say to do the following!

#1. Get the book to determine the variety, if it is the valuable coin then I would insure it at it's replacement cost!

#2 If you do not know the replacement cost then Aim High!

#3. Ship it Certified return receipt only!

#4. I am not a "King like Spock", but just a mere common man, so 2% fee (for charity) would work for me...LOL


Good luck!!


RickieB

 

Jose,

The odds are very high that you may have one of the highly sought after 2000-P "Pattern" Sacagawea Dollars! Since it is still sealed in the original packaging and it may retain more value if it stays in the original packaging, you cannot examine the Reverse to see if it has the detailed tail feathers on the Eagle. However, with a good Gem Loupe, you should be able to determine if it has the Obverse Die Markers for the rare Pattern Dollar. Go to the website at the link provided below** and see if the coin has the Obverse Die Markers on it. If so, then you have hit the jackpot and will need to get it certified and graded. You will need to take detailed pictures of the coin in it's original packaging...to include a close-up of the Obverse Die Markers to be used in case you have to file a claim with the Post Office if it is lost or stolen. Ship the coin to PCGS via Express/Registered or Priority/Registered Mail and place the highest amount of Insurance on it that is available, since the coin could be valued anywhere from $10,000 to $25,000 depending on the grade. Higher Insurance protection is available through some of the package delivery services such as FedEx and UPS but I am not sure that PCGS will accept shipments sent through any of these. If you plan to sell the coin, then you might want to arrange to have it shipped directly to one of the big Auction Houses such as Heritage or Bowers & Merena and if it is certified and graded by PCGS on the Expedite (Rush) Service, then it might be able to go up for auction at the Florida Fun Show but it will be tight since the Fun Show is scheduled for January 8-11, 2009. Good luck!

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


Frank

 

Now Frank has given you excellent advice!! I would do just as he says!
Nice going Frank...I have read this before but could not remember all the details.

Regards,

RickieB

 

have you been making merry agian?

 

when will you start sending me old boxes of cheerios -sealed 15 grand here i come

 

LOL..well I have a few boxes of Wheaties when Tiger Woods won his first Grand Slam...along with an autographed Nike ball.....will that work?


RickieB

 

I have a 2000 Lincoln Cent in its original wrapping that I pulled from a Cheerios box back in the day. It's a wonder I've kept it all of these years...probably not worth anything lol

 

Rickie,

I sure hope for Jose, that he in fact has one of the rare Pattern Dollars! I am pretty sure that the odds are very high that he does! I have read up quite a bit on these and if my memory serves me correctly, his chances are high since he has the two coin Dollar and Cent set. The coins were placed in the Cheerios 2000 Millennium Boxes as individual 2000-P Lincoln Cents, individual 2000-P Sacagawea Dollars and as two coin sets containing both. I believe that so far, very few of the individually packaged 2000-P Sacagawea Dollars have been found to be the rare Pattern Dollars. However, most if not all of the Dollars contained in the two coin sets, have been found to be the rare Pattern Dollars. Even if Jose's coin it is not the rare Pattern Dollar, not all is lost! It seems that these Dollars in their' original (individual) packaging have brought some fairly high prices as well and the one's in their' original packaging in the two coin set with the Cent have brought even higher prices since the two coin sets were very limited.

I sure hope that Jose will provide some pictures of the coin and the set to us here on Coin Talk! Also, if it is one of the rare Pattern Dollars and goes up for auction, I hope that he will provide us links to the auction so we can see what the coin realizes at auction!


Frank

 

I have personally handled 8 of these sets and one of them was NOT the rare variety so not ALL of the cent and dolar combinations are the good one, that said the good ones all did have the obverse die marker. the one that did not had some copper spots on the obvers that made it so that I could not determine which variety it was before submission to PCGS.

MS67's tend to go for $6-10,000 and 68's for $20-35k.

 

Cave Troll,

Thanks for the information! It is great to have someone post that has actually handled some of these rare coins! I am glad that I used "most if not all" in my statement as I did not have enough information to back up the "all" claim.

Did you purchase or own the sets or just handle them for the owners?


Frank

 

Frank,

Each of them belonged to consignors to us. Unfortunately I haven't owned any of my own. All but one of the coins came to me in their original holders and the one was already certified by NGC. It has been my preference to use PCGS for these coins since they fall under the modern coin umbrella and PCGS has a strong upperhand in that particular market.

 

In reference to insurance, this is a good thread about a lost insured coin. Lots of preventive information.

http://www.cointalk.com/forum/t42929/?highlight=lost+package

Jim

 

Thanks for all the information. I only have some images from my scanner. Going to borrow a camera to get some better images.

 

I personally know very little about these coins, I'm interested to hear what they have to say about those, Nice pics by the way!

 

I did see a Cheerios Cent yesterday at a show for $10.00. The dollar is the money one though, Seems like the last one I saw at auction went for around 34 grand. Yes THIRTY FOUR THOUSAND

 

I have been looking for one of these all year. I was in sticker shock when I saw how high these have been going. Maybe CaveTroll or Frank can clarify this but can you still have the Cherrios designation because it was sent in the original packaging even though it does not have the detailed reverse or does it need to have the detailed reverse to get that designation.

 

This is a pic of the rare pattern you could probably use a loupe to determine if you have this variety Good luck
Jazzcoins Joe

 

jaceravone,

Yes, you can have the coin certified and graded as a 2000-P "Cheerios" Sacagawea Dollar! The coin must be sent to PCGS or NGC in it's original packaging as it came out of the Cheerios box. The holder will noted with the Cheerios designation without "Pattern" which is used for the high dollar Pattern specimens.

Note: There was also a 2000-P "Goodacre Presentation Piece" Sacagawea Dollar minted in the same year but I am pretty certain that these were never placed in the special holder and placed in any Cheerios boxes.


Frank