After all, million dollar coins are a common occurrence at coin auctions in the 2020s, and to get noticed today, a coin needs to hammer for at least 4+ million. There are no reports of collectors finding these in circulation. Civil War dated gold coins include the 1 Gold Dollar, 2.50 Quarter Eagle, 3 Gold Piece, 5 Half Eagle, 10 Eagle, and 20 Double Eagle. It’s likely that Heritage’s recent sale of a PCGS AU53 1875 Liberty Head eagle will go largely unnoticed by non-specialists. Many collectors who purchased the original coins in ICG holders eventually submitted them to be graded and encapsulated into PCGS or NGC holders. He had all of them crossed-over into PCGS encapsulated holders and release them into the market through a variety of coin dealers. In 2010, Kentucky coin dealer Jeff Garrett, owner of Mid-American Rare Coin Gallery in Lexington purchased the remaining 2,000 coins. She immediately offered 3,000 of the coins for sale at $200 each. However, ICG did not grade the coins, but the encapsulation did preserve their provenance as one of the original 5,000 pieces presented to Goodacre. She had all 5,000 coins encapsulated and certified by Independent Coin Grading Company (ICG).

The United States Mint struck them on burnished planchets that gave them a proof-like or 'Specimen' appearance. The dollars provided to her were different from the coins that were minted for regular circulation. Goodacre requested that her fee be delivered in Sacagawea dollars to her studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Glenna Goodacre's artistic rendering of Sacagawea won the $5,000 commission awarded by the United States Mint. Look for sharp and crisp details in the eagle's tail feathers to identify this rare variety.Ģ000-P Goodacre Presentation Specimens in ICG and PCGS Holders However, it wasn't until 2005 that coin collector Pat Braddick noticed the difference between a regularly issued Sacagawea dollar and the ones placed in Cheerios' boxes. They advertised a 'treasure hunt' and that one in every 2000 boxes of Cheerios would contain the new Sacajawea dollar. General Mills then packaged these dollars in specially marked boxes of Cheerios. This prototype reverse varied slightly from the production coin die used to make the rest of the dollars in 2000. However, the mint used a prototype reverse to produce these dollars. As a result, the United States Mint produced 5,500 Sacagawea dollars in August or September 1999.Īlthough the dollars were minted in 1999, they were dated with a 2000-P obverse.

Level 3: A tough issue overall and a very scarce to rare one in higher. Level 2: Easy to locate in lower grades, somewhat tough in Gem and higher. One of the companies was General Mills, Inc., the Minneapolis, Minnesota manufacturer of breakfast cereals and other food products. Level 1: Easy to locate in nearly any grade. To market the coins and encourage the public to use them, they partnered with several commercial businesses to promote the use of the new coins. In 1999, the United States Mint began to produce the Sacagawea dollars.

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