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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dennis5151, post: 8477009, member: 90596&quot;]Interesting.&nbsp; Your observation secured a well-deserved recognition and fame in the world of numismatics.</p><p><br /></p><p>I emailed the US Mint concerning the promotion.&nbsp; Specifically, I asked how many coins were normally made in a test run on a prototype die.&nbsp; They replied there are no records.</p><p><br /></p><p>I read the fine print on the side of the box.&nbsp; 5,500 is the stated number.&nbsp; I read a person could mail in a request for a &quot;game piece&quot;.&nbsp; If the promoters expected a lot of entries, the 5500 number makes sense.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regardless of what occurred, one fact stands out, there are relative few graded Cheerios Dollars with the 1999 prototype tails.&nbsp; Even fewer graded non-prototype tail.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is no way to tell how many have been cross slabbed between graders. I know of three.</p><p><br /></p><p>I subscribe to the theory a lot of circulated items were sent overseas or are now sitting in bins at the US mint to be melted.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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