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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheFinn, post: 3253151, member: 90102&quot;]THE NON-PATTERN REVERSE OF 2000</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.smalldollars.com/$images/non-pat1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>NON-PATTERN CHEERIOS DOLLAR</b></p><p><img src="http://www.smalldollars.com/$images/non-pat4.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><b>ENLARGED REVERSE PHOTO CLEARLY SHOWING LACK OF</b></p><p><b>DETAIL IN THE TAIL FEATHERS</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.smalldollars.com/$images/non-pat2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><b>NON-PATTERN CHEERIOS DOLLAR</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A previously known, but unacknowledged, Cheerios Dollar <u>without</u> the &quot;pattern&quot; reverse was given more credibility when a second one was certified by NGC in April 2008. The first piece, in a PCI holder (below), was known as early as 2005. However, due to the problems that PCI was having, no one took it seriously at the time. Fast forward to April 2008 when a collector, who wishes to remain anonymous, owned not one, but two Cheerios Dollars in their original Cheerios packaging. The owner states, <i>&quot;I got one of the two coins out of a box of Cheerios and bought the other one at a flea market back in 2001-2002 and they have been sitting in my dresser drawer ever since until I found out what they might be worth.&quot;</i> Deciding to capitalize on them, he sent both to <a href="http://ngccoin.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ngccoin.com/" rel="nofollow">NGC</a> for authentication and grading. Upon their return he was surprised to find that one was not labeled as a &quot;Pattern&quot; as the other one was. Checking the reverse he found that it did in fact not exhibit the <a href="http://www.smalldollars.com/$images/sac$tf1.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.smalldollars.com/$images/sac$tf1.jpg" rel="nofollow">detailed tail feathers</a> as the &quot;pattern&quot; piece did. Concerned if a &quot;non-pattern&quot; Cheerios Dollar was possible or was previously known to exist, the collector contacted this web site. We in turn contacted accomplished numismatist Tom DeLorey, who was instrumental in the original discovery of the Cheerios &quot;Pattern&quot; Dollar. Being as surprised as we were, Mr. DeLorey contacted NGC to verify the piece. In response NGC said, <i>&quot;The report that you received is entirely factual. NGC did receive a Cheerios dollar in original packaging and the coin was not the pattern reverse. This was confirmed by Rick Montgomery and Dave Camire. Dave Camire, in fact, opened the packaging.&quot;</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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