any coin collectors here?
got some circulation grade... what looks like... pocahantas gold colored dollars minted in 2000.
I assume they are gold wash?
any collectors value or should I toss them in the toll booths?
I assume they are gold wash?
any collectors value or should I toss them in the toll booths?
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Spend them 0 -
I have a ton of them. My Dad kept them in a jar.
I spend them where I can. Some places will refuse to take them because they don't know what they are. I also leave them as tips in restaurants.0 -
Uh, that would be Sacajawea, not Pocahontas. No gold at all. None. Zip. Circulated, worth $1. I use them for tips (along with enuff other money not to be a Cheap Charlie) 0 -
TIP MONEY. 0 -
garden state pky toll money going thru n.j.
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We call that color "tarnish"; it is oxidation.
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I found Buffalo Nickel the other day. Only the second one I'd seen in circulation since 1969. 0 -
no, these are bright gold. 0 -
Those have a Copper/Zinc/Manganese/Nickel finish. They start out very bright gold colored and then tarnish to a dull gold color.
Nobody likes them.
Get rid of them any way that is convenient for you.0 -
In 2000, a group of these were minted and placed in Cherios boxes as a special gift. This group of coins used a different die on the reverse. The difference between these coins and the regular general circulation coins is found in the eagles's tail feathers.
The coins found in the Cherios boxes can be worth a few thousand dollars.....0 -
Start looking........ 
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and the difference in the feather is....? 0 -
Still worth a buck. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by wpage
Still worth a buck.
Only to the people that don't know better. For those of us that do know, they're worth between $5,000-$25,000[:0][:0]
But I'll give you $5 for each one you come up with.[:D]
Cheerios Dollar
Why Is This Sacajawea Dollar Worth Thousands of Dollars?
The Cheerios Dollar
A Cheerios Dollar is a Sacagawea Dollar bearing the date 2000 that was inserted into a Cheerios cereal box in early 2000 as part of a U.S. Mint promotion to raise awareness about the new Golden Dollar. A total of 10 million boxes of Cheerios were involved in the promotion, all of which included a newly-struck 2000 Lincoln Cent. A lucky 5,500 boxes also included a Sacagawea Dollar, which was later discovered to have been struck from a different set of master dies than the normal Sacagawea Dollars.
These rare coins, which quickly gained the moniker Cheerios Dollars, are considered to be pattern coins by most collectors. They can be distinguished from normal Sacagawea Dollars by the enhanced eagle tail-feathers on the reverse. Very few specimens have come to light, perhaps no more than 60 or 70 total, and they are quite valuable, selling for $5,000 to $25,000 depending on grade0 -
well....nuts. no cheerios.
guys, thank you. I knew these would need some special insight. dad wouldn't have had them in a special container unless he thought there was a worth to them.
too bad. mom would have liked to have found a good one. it wasn't meant to be.
guess they go in the toll next week.
again, thanks.0
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