2000-P SAC$1 Cheerios Prototype Reverse MS(PCGS#411990)

November 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

8476

Grade

MS68

Price

5,280

Lot Description

Blazing satin surfaces are bright, fresh, and free of even the most trivial blemishes. Outstanding! What is a Cheerios dollar? Early in 2000, General Mills, makers of Cheerios breakfast cereal, partnered with the U.S. Mint to place new Sacagawea dollars in boxes of their cereal to heighten the nation's awareness of the new coin. Some 10 million boxes of Cheerios were involved, with a newly minted Lincoln cent in every box. Another 5,500 boxes also contained a 2000-dated Sacagawea dollar. These coins were later discovered to be from a slightly different reverse die than the regular circulation strikes, with the eagle's tail feathers on the reverse enhanced in their detail. While at least 5,500 of the pieces were struck for the promotion, realtively few Cheerios dollars have surfaced in numismatic circles. Many of the coins were probably spent or may be laying in change jars held by people without numismatic knowledge. Twenty-five years later, Cheerios dollars remain popular and rare, as only a few score pieces are known today. Only one has been graded finer by NGC.