Saw this in another forum. Bidding has already ended. One unopened box of Cheerios vintage year 2000. These had the 2000 D penny in them. But some had the 2000-P SAC$1 "Cheerios" Dollar. What runs maybe $5,000 now?

Bid ended at $361.88

One of the questions was asked if he had tried to determine what is in the box. (Xray, metal detector, etc. ) His response was he has not made any attempt since he bought it. Next question should have been "Are you the original person who purchased it? " . If not and he bought it from some one else it could have been checked. Or the way the answer is he could have checked it before buying it.

I don't understand why anyone would save a box of cereal for 7+ years.

Can't say much on that part. I don't know how many times I've been asked "You paid how much for that coin?" Collectors are strange. And I know one personally.

I'm saving up for the Lucky Charms box with an actual pot of gold in it.

like fine wine my friend, like bug ridden, rotting, stale fine wine.

To each their own! I have a perfectly fine box of 43's sitting on my office shelf, complete with Richard Petty's smiling face and machine printed signature. I'm at least the thrid owner (it was a gift from a friend who bought it at the flea market, so there may have been more owners). All I can say is that as long as the box is unopened, I have to believe those little bites of 4s and 3s are as fresh as the day they were made. Genuine Brilliant Uncirculated, Mint in Box!

I must admit, with all of the preservatives, I wouldn't be surprised if you were correct.

It would only take me a few seconds with my detector to figure out what coin(s) were in that box.

Too bad I didn't own one back in Jan. 2001.

You know, this is the first I've heard of the 2000-P SAC "Cheerios" Dollar.... Guess my head has been buried for too long.

Genuine, modern pattern coin! I admit, I ate several boxes of Cherrios in 2000, but I only scored genuine, everyday pennies. Imagine the surprise when those who held on to the dollars discovered what they really were. I'm sure a number were spent and still others sit in kitchen junk drawers or jewelry boxes of non-collectors.

Relativly few of the 5500 minted have surfaced.

Why take a chance on an unopened box when you can get a cheerios sac from Heritage.............only $12,650.

http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?S...;hdnSearch=true

I'm taking out that home equity line of credit right now.

Dumb Q: Were there regular Sacs minted in 2000? How can we distinguish the two?

Try this website: Cherrios 1999 pattern reverse

Way cool. I wish I had been in the country then.