A KEY detail about the common Sacagawea dollar coins that were distributed in boxes of Cheerios makes them worth more than $2,000.
Most people are familiar with the gold coins released in 2000.
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When the coins were released, Cheerios, in partnership with the US Mint, included promotional coin sets in cereal boxes.
The sets came with a Sacagawea $1 coin and a Lincoln Memorial penny.
All these years later, the value of these $1 coins has grown to over $2,000.
Coin and currency expert Eric Miller (@thecoinchannel) explained in a TikTok how to identify these special “Cheerios coins.”
At the videoit shows a close-up of one of these coins, which has the mint mark P, meaning it was minted in Philadelphia.
The coins that were in the Cheerios boxes have a fundamental feature on the back of the coin, the eagle’s tail, which differentiates them from the others.
On regular Sacagawea dollars, eagle tails have no detail.
“On the Cheerio bucks, they will have every line in the feathers,” Miller said, zooming in to show the details in the tail feathers.
These versions sell for up to $2,100.
One of Eric’s followers sent him a photo of a certification obtained from the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS), authenticating the coin and giving it an estimated value of just over $1,000.
Unfortunately, the collector cleaned the coin before sending it for grading, which lowered the value.
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Coin collectors are always on the hunt for certain dollar coins.
One of Miller’s followers contacted him about a silver dollar he found in the 1800s.
The coin had a bust and the word “Freedom” surrounded by stars on the front.
“If it’s real, this 1,800 freedom dollar is worth a lot of money,” Miller said.
However, silver dollar replicas are extremely popular and can be found on sites like Temu for less than $10.
“Unfortunately, that’s exactly what it is,” Miller said, comparing the spectator’s fake coin to a real coin.
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In the year 2000, Cheerios included free cents and $1 gold coins in boxes.
The move came when the U.S. Mint spent $53 million promoting the debut of Sacagawea gold dollars in 2000.
The cents were the first 10 million cents minted in the new millennium.
There were only 5,500 Sacagawea dollars placed in 10 million boxes of Cheerios.
One of the Cheerios pennies sold for over $3,000 because it had an extremely high grade of MS68, meaning it was in Mint State with a score of 68 out of 70.
A Sacagawea dollar coin sold at auction for a staggering $11,500, graded MS67.
The fake one appeared to be a brighter silver, while the real one was a deep bronze color.
The stars on the coin also looked very different on the fake coin.
However, anyone who finds a real silver dollar can receive up to $27,600 for it.
Valuable coins are hidden everywhere, waiting to be discovered.
A metal detector enthusiast has found an 1871 gold coin buried in a field after 15 years of searching.
Additionally, a diver found a gold coin worth $98,000 off the coast of Florida.
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