2000 1C "Cheerios" Cent, RD MS(PCGS#515762)

November 2017 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

3441

等级

MS64RD

价格

43,756

详细说明

2000-P Sacagawea "Cheerios" Dollar, FS-902, Boldly Detailed Tail Feathers, and 2000 Lincoln "Cheerios" Cent. (PCGS). Both coins are individually graded and encapsulated by PCGS, as follows: "Cheerios" dollar, MS-68; and "Cheerios" cent, MS-64 RD. Each piece is as made apart from a few faint carbon spots on the cent. The dollar exhibits virtually pristine satin surfaces. Also included in this lot is the original holder/Certificate of Authenticity, as jointly issued by Cheerios and the United States Mint. The box on the back of the Certificate, below the signature of Mint Director Philip N. Diehl, is blank without a NAME, EVENT or DATE filled in. Apart from having been opened to remove the coins, the holder/Certificate combination is in Very Fine condition with a horizontal fold down the middle. This popular variety of the first year Sacagawea dollar is affectionately known as the "Cheerios" dollar, and it is most readily identifiable by the pronounced enhancement evident to the detail of the eagle's tail feathers. These pieces were distributed by the Mint in boxes of Cheerios cereal as part of a promotional program with General Mills to advertise the new "golden" dollar coin. Each distribution also included an accompanying 2000 Lincoln cent, as here. Only 5,500 examples of this variety were distributed, and many of these "Cheerios" dollars were obtained by non-numismatists who eventually spent the coins or otherwise mishandled them. This fact explains the rarity of not only high grade examples, but also those that are still accompanied by the original holder/Certificate combination. The Boldly Detailed Tail Feathers variety was short lived, the Mint smoothing out the eagle's tail feathers before commencing large scale Sacagawea dollar production later in 2000. (Total: 2 coins, 1 holder/certificate) PCGS Population for the "Cheerios" Dollar: 39; 0 finer.