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Cheerios Box Promoting Sacagawea Golden Dollar is Sold

Why are some Cheerios cereal boxes from 2000 worth so much money? They could contain valuable coins. Reflecting on inflation numbers can be interesting and many times surprising. As an example, one dollar in 1915 has the same buying power as $20.69 today.

More recently, a dollar in 2000 has the same buying power as $1.21 today. Given that, could you… would you… believe a 2000 box of Cheerios® is now worth a few hundred bucks?

There’s obviously more than inflation in play here. This particular Cheerios box may… just may… have a Sacagawea golden dollar worth ten grand.

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