Are Wheaties worth anything?

Are Wheaties worth anything?

The Value Of Wheat Pennies 1930’s wheaties and earlier are worth 10 cents to 30 cents, depending on the grade. Almost all of the 1940’s and 50’s wheat pennies are worth 4 cents to 10 cents, depending on the grade of the coins. Here’s more about the 1955 double die penny.

Are vintage cereal boxes worth anything?

Even empty cereal boxes can be very valuable, says collectibles expert Tony Hyman. The hottest boxes are from the 1960s and 1970s, although the most prized were made a little earlier. One of the most valuable boxes from a collector’s standpoint is a PEP cereal box from the early 1960s, now worth $2,000.

What is the most expensive cereal box?

Most Valuable Cereal Box: $2,550 When you just can’t commit to one cereal for the whole week, Kellogg’s and General Mills offer variety packs where you can choose a different cereal every day. What you can’t find anymore is the Post Ten pack. One surviving pack from 1961 fetched $2,550 on eBay.

How often does Wheaties box change?

“Brand managers switch every 18 months to 24 months, but somebody there has said, ‘You don’t screw around with this,’” Lempert said. Wheaties was created by accident 100 years ago: A clinician spilled some bran gruel (think Oliver Twist) on a hot stove, where it baked into crispy flakes.

Who was the first black person on Wheaties box?

Editor’s Note, July 27, 2021: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that four-time track and field gold medalist Jesse Owens was the first Black athlete to appear on the Wheaties box in 1936, when, in fact, it was catcher for the Brooklyn Dodgers Roy Campanella in 1952.

Who was the first black person on the Wheaties box?

Who was on the Wheaties box in 1970?

Before Michael Jordan, Mary Lou Retton and Bruce Jenner, there was Bob Richards, the first athlete to be featured on the front of a Wheaties cereal box. Much has changed since Richards, a two-time Olympic pole vaulting champion, was Mr. Wheaties.