This special promotion saw the inclusion of a 2000-dated Lincoln cent affixed on a special multicolored card. Maybe you’ll recall many years ago, at the start of the new millennium, when the popular breakfast cereal manufacturer General Mills was offering 2000-dated Lincoln pennies and Sacagawea dollars in boxes of Cheerios. Have you ever heard of the 2000 Cheerios dollar coin? If you buy thru these links, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.