Does anyone know the approx. value of a 2000-p cheerios millennium cent still in the origional blister pack? I've seen some prices for graded ones, but I was trying to figure out the raw value. The ebay history price on these is all over the place. Thanks
Your quote "The ebay history price on these is all over the place" pretty much sums it up! These have ranged anywhere from $3 to $5 while others have ranged from $10 to $20 for the raw specimens still in their' original holder with COA. I believe that if you are going to sell such coins on eBay, then you need a high feedback rating, provide really good pictures and description of the coin, only charge the actual shipping costs and have a good Return Policy but that still does not guarantee that the coin will bring a high premium. Since most if not all of the 2000-P "Cheerios Millennium" Lincoln Cents have been found to be of the "Wide AM" Variety, then hype this up in your auction if your coin is in fact a "Wide AM" Variety. Frank
I'm actually not looking to sell, but to buy. I just thought it would be something nice to add to my fledgling collection of lincoln cents. I've been looking for a couple of weeks, and just could not get a grip on the price. I'm not looking to make any real money off these coins, just my incesent need to try and get a complete collection. Something like this, while not really rare, seems like a good thing to have in a collection. I'm just looking for values because I have had some pretty spectacular failures of late (like spending $0.50 each for some common BU lincoln cents) and don't want to make any more mistakes. My wife gives me all sorts of crap when I do this ("Wow, $0.50 for a $0.05 coin. You do know you are supposed to try and increase the value of your collection...") David
David: You should see my wife's reaction when I put away a silver quarter. I tell her, hey it is worth (for example) 8 times face or $2. So I made $1.75. Her reply: You didn't make $1.75, we lost a quarter, 'cause you aren't going to sell it. I gave up trying to win an argument, so now I don't tell her what I spend on coins.
bqcoins, you beat me to it. I show my wife web pages like apmex or mjpm, and yet she still describes my habit of searching through halves for silver as Expensive.
In all honesty - ask her why ? And then ask her where that is written. The correct attitude is that you is that you collect coins because you like them - not because you expect to make a profit. Why ? Because you won't.
Man! Sounds like you guys have it rough with the wives! Mine doesn't flinch when I tell her what I'm planning to buy or bought. Probably cuz she's heard it for so many years that it's starting to make sense to her and she knows it's part of our retirement funds. True story here. Was going to a shop on a Saturday some time ago and asked her "what should I buy?". She said a 1912 nickel. I did just as told. Came home with a solid G4 1912-S Liberty Nickel at greysheet ask. Guess that's why I keep her in my "collection".
Huh? NONE of the Cheerios cents are Wide AM coins, they are all close AM. The Cheerios cents were struck in late 1999 and the wide AM cents did not appear until mid to late 2000. Treashunt, your wife is right. If you don't sell the silver quarter you have not "made" anything, you have lost a quarter. Until you sell it it is just theoretical profit. (Just like if your wife buys an expensive pair of shoes because they were "on sale". The money she "saved" is all theoretical. Or if you bought a stock for $100 and it goes to $200. You haven't made that $100 till you sell it. If you had the tax man would be there wanting you to pay taxes on that paper profit. And if it then drops to $150 you have not "lost" $50 although a lot of people act that way.)
Man, that is exactly what I hear, too. Whenever I go to a show, I tell her I spent $40 every time. Clearly, I spend a lot more than that usually... Oh, well, when this collection lets us retire early, she'll be singin' a different tune for sure.
My wife has gotten better about it over the last 10 years, now when she finds a silver dime or quarter in circ she gives them to me instead of just spending them
I could be wrong but I am sure that I saw something on some 2000-P "Cheerios" Cents being found with the "Wide AM" Proof Reverse! I believe that it is quite possible that the Philadelphia Mint continued to use a 1999 "Wide AM" Proof Cent Reverse Die for minting some of the 2000-P Lincoln Cents after the minting of the 1999-P Cents was completed. This would be fairly probable if the Die or Dies was/were still usable and especially considering the Die failures incurred during the 1998 and 1999 production runs! I will see if I can again locate the information and post it here. Frank
Is NGC the only grader that lists the cent as a "Cheerios Promotion" on their holder? I see that NGC has a population report for the cheerios cent but I can't find it at any of the other major graders. I'm sure SGC would do it for me! (HA!) David
" you are spending HOW MUCH on a (quarter, half, dollar cent, nickel)?" <reaches into her purse> "here, take this (quarter, cent, dime, nickel), now you dont have to buy that one"encil: I love taking my wife to antique stores to rummage for coins
