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05/14/2013 The good folks at DisneyPostCards.com just sent a most welcome email talking about the 1970 Disneyland Resort Pan Art Postcard. You know, the one that features the earliest known Disneyland related elongated coin! Well, I checked out their Disney Post Cards web site and thought you would want too also. Be careful, I think it would be easy to catch the Disney postcard collecting bug.... if you haven't already. :-)
05/11/2013 Our "Just the Facts", abridged, travel-sized version of the entire ParkPennies Disneyland Resort pressed penny guide, is linked on this left side of this page. The file has been here for years, but was even harder to find than it is now. :-) As you may know, the "Just the Facts" guide is a single Excel file, easily modifiable for personal, non-commercial use, and covers all Disneyland Resort Guide elongated coins from 1987 to 2013 as updated. Because the guide has no pictures and very brief descriptions, it's great for quick reference, want lists, trade lists, notes, etc. And, because it's an Excel file, it can be converted into Word docs, labels, indexes, etc. Enjoy!
As always, if you wish to republish any ParkPennies content / properties or use them in a way not already granted by the generous ParkPennies.com Terms of Use, just email Boomer usually we enthusiastically grant permissions.
05/04/2013 We've updated the Duffy Pressed Penny Guide with six new coins.
5/04/2013 Our thanks to the well known collectors John and Nancy that shared with us that the machines that have been behind construction walls at the exit to the Lincoln exhibit / Main Street Opera, are now accessible. The ParkPennies Penny Press Locations page has been updated.
5/03/2013 NEW CAST MEMBER ISSUED ELONGATED COINS! ParkPennies has received most welcome news of a Cast Member Event that was held at the Disneyland Resort on May 1, 2013 for the 30th Anniversary of The Disney VoluntEars charity.... The VoluntEars penny press machine was there and in honor of the event, the VoluntEars pressed penny set features a new backstamp! So far, we have only preliminary information. But, we do have a picture of the new backstamp and have updated the Disneyland Cast Member and Special Events elongated coin guide.

New Celebrating 30 years of Magic Backstamp

5/02/2013 Kuniaki Hiraki wrote to share news of the newest Coins of the Month at Tokyo Disneyland!
Kuniaki writes...
Hello
2013 May monthly medals were released.
(Guide numbers TDL1354, 1355 & TDS1329)
TDL Penny Arcade ----------- Carp streamer Morty & Ferdy
TDL Tomorrowland Terrace ---- General's helmet Chip 'n Dale
TDS Galleria Disney ---------- Cleo
On May 5, we say the Boy's Festival. It is a day in hope of the growth of the boy in Japan.
Like the carp which climbs the waterfall, we pray for cheerful growth of the boy.
The General's helmet is a symbol to grow up into success in life and as a strong man.
Thank you
Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
You may view all the coins currently onstage including traditional guide numbers, on Kuniaki's Current medals list.
ParkPennies.com Guides cover All Tokyo Disneyland Resort pressed pennies over the first 15 years of issue.
5/01/2013 A very busy day! Lots happening at Disneyland! First a New pressed dime set in ToonTown, Disneyland USA!
Our thanks to Mike R. who spotted the machine as it was being installed around 1:30PM. The ParkPennies Penny Press Locations and The Disneyland elongated coin guides have already been updated. The dime press is currently making well spaced, fully rolled, flat dimes (!) with "Disneyland Park" banners on the front and a "MICKEY's ToonTown, Disneyland® Park" backstamp! I was also impressed by how well this Eurolink style penny press has been set up to press such small coins.

DL0547, DL0548, and DL0549
ToonTown Pressed Dime Set

5/01/2013 With our thanks to Paul P. THREE penny press machines were reported back at the StarArcade in Tomorrowland...
Boomer thinks this may be the start of a new collectable series... The Tron penny press, the Wreck It Ralph penny press and the Space Mountain 35th Anniversary nickel presses are back and pressing tokens now! Yes, the new "StarArcade Disneyland Park" inscribed tokens that are dispensed for 25 cents each at the StarArcade and are used in the various coin-op pin ball and video machines, can now also be used and pressed in the StarArcade coin press machines! Each of the three coin press machines placed onstage May 1st, 2013, at the recently remodeled StarArcade, accept these cool tokens exclusively. Yes, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln need have no fear of being pinched at the StarArcade any longer. :-) Two tokens pay for the press and a third token is pressed into a large, thick, heavy, brass-colored souvenir! As collectors have observed in other Disney parks around the world, pressed tokens can avoid challenges like we have here in the USA, like future changes in coinage and today's zinc cents. Because the tokens are even a bit larger than a quarter, they offer a larger surface with the potential for more visible and detailed images than currently offered at the Disneyland USA or WDW Resorts. This conversion to tokens also means less cost to the collector for a souvenir of this size. At 75 cents each including the token to be pressed, the cost is even less than the $1.00 it used to cost to press a quarter. (Four quarters total, three for the press plus one kept by the collector.) Yet, the profit to the machine owner is nearly the same because a pressed token is kept by the collector, instead of a pressed quarter... a needed bit of relief for coin press machine owners that haven't seen a significant price increase in these little treasures since 1987 when pressed pennies were introduced for 50 cents each or 1996 when pressed quarters were introduced for a $1.00 each. (The Tokyo Disneyland Resort and Hong Kong Disneyland have used planchets (copper disks) for years. ) Yikes! There I go wondering on and on again! :-)
So, you ask... what do the new pressed token souvenirs look like??!!! Not that you can really tell given my poor quality pictures... They look much better in person. The solid, heavy, thick, brass-gold-tone tokens are really nice. They are currently pressed with the smaller cent and nickel dies shown, but, have the potential for very large, detailed quarter+ sized images. Boomer ParkPennies

At last, pressed tokens for Disney collectors in the USA A New Collector Series? (Game tokens are pressed in place of coins and also used for machine payment)

The nine new pressed tokens, pressed on unchanged Tron DL0499 DL0500 and DL0501, Space Mountain 35th Anniversary DL0528 DL0529 and DL0530, and Wreck It Ralph DL0531 DL0532 and DL0533 coin dies and backstamps, will retain their original guide numbers with a "T" suffix acknowledging the new token variation. The ParkPennies Penny Press Locations page and The Disneyland elongated coin guides are already updated. Happy Collecting! Boomer and the folks at ParkPennies.com.
4/29/2013 Our thanks to Jimmy in Hong Kong for sharing news of a 2011 set of pressed pennies that are back onstage. Jimmy's update has been added to the 2013 Hong Kong Disneyland Pressed Penny Guide.
4/29/2013 Kuniaki Hiraki wrote to share news of even more 30th Anniversary Tokyo Disneyland Pressed Pennies!
Kuniaki writes...
Hello,
New six medals were released.
TDR 30th Anniversary "Happiness is Here" medals were released on April 20, 2013 at TDL Penny Arcade.
"Happiness is Here" is day time Parade at TDL.
Mickey, Goofy, Elephant (Abu), Tinker Bell, The Queen of Hearts, Penguin (Mary Poppins)
guide no. TDL1348-TDL1353
Thank you
Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
You may view all the coins currently onstage including traditional guide numbers, on Kuniaki's Current medals list.
ParkPennies.com Guides cover All Tokyo Disneyland Resort pressed pennies over the first 15 years of issue.
04/24/2013 The Princess quarter press is back onstage after a short absence. It appears that the Disneyland Arcade Folks demonstrated their in park talent by correcting the original Jasmin coin die to read Jasmine. And the machine is pressing beautifully! Luckily, many readers here and via "Liking" ParkPennies FaceBook page, pressed this set when first reported and have the now scarce "Jasmin" pressed quarter. Our thanks for the most welcome reports and updates you share here with fellow collectors that help make these early reports possible. Spot a new elongated coin at The Disneyland Resort? Share the news with fellow collectors here, you will get named credit for your find, and keep Boomer on his toes! :-)
The Disneyland elongated coin guide and the ParkPennies Penny Press Locations page have been updated. Happy collecting, Boomer and the folks at ParkPennies.com... See you at the Park! :-)
04/19/2013 Reports, research, and a little detective work have established that the latest Princess elongated quarter set features some slight variations. We have noted the Disneyland elongated coin guide as follows: " Temporary note: When first placed onstage, the DL0544 "B" button was the only coin in the original onstage set exhibiting a post original engraving coin grip enhancement. However, samples of coins pressed post 4/7/2013 from buttons "A" the DL0543 and "C" the DL0545 also show signs of post original engraving coin grip modifications that must have been done between 4/3/2013 and 4/7/2013. Once this coin press machine returns to stage and a set of current samples can be examined, our guide entries for this set will be updated. Most likely, the DL0543 and DL0545, which were modified after their placement onstage, will have "a" variations, e.g. DL0543a and DL0545a, much as the DL0531-533 / DL0531a-533a set. Advanced collectors may wish to attribute this slight variation in coins they have already acquired and / or provide appropriate accommodation for the future addition of these variations in their collections." Boomer sez "They made the little notches bigger." :-)
04/14/2013 Like to surf some Disney elongated coin auctions? Currently there are more than 200 separate Disney elongated coin auctions linked to ParkPennies.com by fellow visitors. Boomer has picked up a nice coin or two by checking that list often, especially for Buy it Now items. If you'd like to link your auctions to ParkPennies.com it's free, here's how. Happy collecting from the folks at ParkPennies.
04/12/2013 I just was out of town for a few days and LOTS happened! Latest rumor is that the Princess quarter press machine is offstage to correct the Jasmin-e die. We hope to have an update / conformation soon.
Yes, our thanks again to Kuniaki Hiraki who has reported 42 more new coins at The Tokyo Disneyland Resort:
Kuniaki writes...
Hello
42 medals were released on April 11, 2013 at TDR
TDR 30th Anniversary medals(40 medals)
TDL Penny Arcade (TDL1343,1344)
TDL Tomorrowland Terrace (TDL1345-1347)
TDS Figaro's Clothiers (TDS1310-1312)
TDS Nautilus Gifts (TDS1313-1315)
TDS Il Postino Stationery (TDS1316-1318)
TDS Expedition Photo Archives (TDS1319-1321)
TDS Agrabah Marketplace (TDS1322-1324)
TDS Mermaid Treasure (TDS1325-1327)
TDS Villa Donald Home Shop (TDS1328)
Tokyo DisneySEA Hotel Miracosta (TDR310-313)
Disney Ambassador Hotel (TDR314-316)
Tokyo Disneyland Hotel (TDR317-319)
Disney Resort Line (TDR320-327)
TDS Il Postino Stationery
Medal design were changed (2 medals)
TDR 30th Anniversary Collection Book & Mini file

Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
You may view all the coins currently onstage including traditional guide numbers, on Kuniaki's Current medals list.
ParkPennies.com Guides cover All Tokyo Disneyland Resort pressed pennies over the first 15 years of issue.
04/08/2013 Our thanks to Randy K. for his contributions / updates to the ParkPennies.com Penny Press Locations page today.
04/07/2013 Our thanks to Eddie for being the first to report that our old friend, the Tinker Bell pressed quarter machine, that has long been inaccessible because of construction, is again available at the Main Street Train Station. Our thanks to Mike R. for reporting that the new Princess quarter machine was apparently serviced and returned to the Small Word Toy Shop today. And is working great.
04/03/2013 A big thank you to Greg J. who reported a Buzz Lightyear backstamp variation which was not acknowledged in our guides. We have noted that variation with credit to Greg.
04/03/2013 The latest Walt Disney Imagineering pressed penny style pin sets, "Rivers of America" and "Lilo and Stitch", were added to the ParkPennies.com WDI Pressed Penny Pins Guide page.
04/03/2013 NEW PRINCESS QUARTER SET! Just placed onstage Tuesday, April 2nd, at the Small World Toy Shop located in Fantasyland at the Disneyland Resort. (More details and coin pictures have been added to the Disneyland elongated coin guide.) We were impressed with the three dimensional detail of the engraving, the artwork size, and that the machine presses them perfectly flat. Also each coin is inscribed with "Disneyland Park", the character's name, and a logo "FantasyLand Disneyland Park" backstamp that covers the coin reverse. As has been the trend with new Disneyland Resort quarter press machines, these very collectable Disneyland souvenirs are priced at $1.25 including the quarter that is pressed. This new princess pressed quarter set replaces the DL0425, DL0426, DL0427 Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty pressed quarter set, which is now retired. Our thanks to all fellow Disney collectors that visit our humble web site, shared it with friends or "Like" our FaceBook page :-) Happy Collecting from the folks at ParkPennies.

4/2/2013 Princess Quarter Press Marquee
DL0543, DL544, & DL0545

04/02/2013 Our thanks to Mike P. and Robyn who recently asked about the latest WDI pressed penny pin set which was released March 26th. We hope to have scans of these really neat Paradise Pier and Adventure Land themed pins added to the WDI Pressed Penny Pin page later this week.
04/01/2013 Yes, our thanks again to Kuniaki Hiraki who has reported even more new coins at The Tokyo Disneyland Resort:
Kuniaki writes...
Hello
2013 April monthly medals were released.
(Guide numbers TDL1332, TDL1333, TDS1309)
TDL Penny Arcade -----------Donald
TDL Tomorrowland Terrace ----Daisy
TDS Galleria Disney ---------- Figaro
Three medals designs were changed at each of three TDL shops:
TDL Golden Galleon (TDL1334, TDL1335, TDL1336)
Peter Pan, Captain Hook, Mr.Smee
TDL Gag Factory/ Toontown Five & Dime (TDL1337,1338,1339)
Mickey, Pluto, Goofy & Max
TDL Pooh Corner (TDL1340, TDL1341, TDL1342)
Poor, Tigger, Kanga & Roo
Also several medals for the TDR 30th Anniversary will be released on April 11.
Thank you
Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
You may view all the coins currently onstage including traditional guide numbers, on Kuniaki's Current medals list.
ParkPennies.com Guides cover All Tokyo Disneyland Resort pressed pennies over the first 15 years of issue.
03/20/2013 Our thanks again to Kuniaki Hiraki who has reported these new coins at The Tokyo Disneyland Resort:
Kuniaki writes...
Hello;
Spring Voyage medals were released on March 18, 2013
TDS Aunt Peg's Village Store ----- 3 medals
Duffy
Shellie May
Duffy & Shellie May

TDS Villa Donald Home Shop ---- 1 medal
Mickey & Duffy

Tokyo DisneySEA Hotel miracosta --- 2 medals
Mickey & Duffy
Minnie & Shelly May

3 medal design were changed at Disney Ambassador Hotel
Mickey
Mickey
Minnie

Thank you
Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
Several new Duffy and Sally Mae coins will be added to our Duffy the Disney Bear pressed penny page as soon as we have coins to scan.
You may view all the coins currently onstage including traditional guide numbers, on Kuniaki's Current medals list.
ParkPennies.com Guides cover All Tokyo Disneyland Resort pressed pennies over the first 15 years of issue.
03/12/2013 Ralph B. reports that all the Knott's Berry Farm Snoopy/Charlie Brown machines are new. I know there are more than a few Knott's collectors that read this page... our thanks to Ralph B. for his report.
03/05/2013 Looks like it may rain in sunny California... maybe good day to surf Disney elongated coin auctions? Currently there are more than 250 separate Disney elongated coin auctions linked to ParkPennies.com by fellow visitors. Boomer has picked up a nice coin or two by checking that list often, especially for Buy it Now items. If you'd like to link your auctions to ParkPennies.com it's free, here's how. Happy collecting from the folks at ParkPennies.
03/02/2013 Our thanks again to Kuniaki Hiraki who has reported these new coins at The Tokyo Disneyland Resort:
Kuniaki writes...
Hello
2013 March monthly medals were released.
(guide number TDL1330.1331 TDS1304)
TDL Penny Arcade -----------Girls' Festival Mickey
TDL Tomorrowland Terrace ----Girls' Festival Minnie
TDS Galleria Disney ---------- Daisy
Girls' Festival:
In Japan, we call it the Hina-Maturi.
Hina means a small bird usually, but in this case young girl child.
Maturi is the meaning of the festival.
Hina-Maturi will take place on March 3 in the ancient tradition in Japan.
It is an event to pray for the healthy growth of the young girl.
Thank you
Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
You may view all the coins currently onstage including traditional guide numbers, on Kuniaki's Current medals list.
ParkPennies.com Guides cover All Tokyo Disneyland Resort pressed pennies over the first 15 years of issue.
03/02/2013 NEW 2013 pressed penny set! Details in the Disneyland Pressed Penny guide and on the Disneyland Pressed Penny Machine Locations page. This coin set features a very small 20 13 that replaces four dots at the bottom of coins' borders and a special Main Street USA 2013 backstamp. Still only 51 cents each! UPDATE: This machine has recently been reported by several readers as "out of order". As long time collectors have observed, sometimes a machine is repaired during the day or overnight. Other times repairs require the machine to be taken off-stage. We often hear collectors familiar with WDW, complement the quality of the work done by the Disneyland Arcade Tech people. I too am confident that the Disneyland Arcade Team will continue to do what is needed to keep our treasured penny presses running. But sadly, ParkPennies usually has no way of knowing when any particular machine is being serviced or when it might return.

DL0540, DL0541 and DL0542
The Disneyland Park 2013 pressed penny set

03/01/2013 Possible 2013 penny press set reported onstage. Update to follow.
02/19/2013 Recently John W. wrote to share a bit of very interesting information given to him by a Cast Member while John was pressing coins at the StarArcade, Disneyland USA... According to the Cast Member, some Disneyland penny press machines are being tested for conversion to press tokens(!) If token pressing "penny" machines prove as suitable for park placement at Disneyland as they have at some other Disney Resorts, it could be a great opportunity for both penny and token collectors. Boomer can't wait! :-)
(Related: Some background thoughts about the necessity and popularity of Disney token presses is mentioned in our 11/29/2012 post. Examples of 1,000's of Disneyland pressed tokens from Disney machines already in service:TDL The Tokyo Disneyland Resort and HKDL Hong Kong Disneyland Resort )
02/13/2013 Just released, a NEW set of Walt Disney Imagineering pressed penny PINS! Yes, people do also collect pins. :-)
02/06/2013 Our thanks to Mike R. who reported the return of the Wreck It Ralph penny press machine at the StarArcade, Tomorrowland. It appears the machine was offstage for maintenance that included enlarging of the coin grip notches. These die modifications will make the returning coins guide numbers DL0531a, DL0532a and DL0533a. The original, DL0531, DL0532 and DL0533 coins, with the smaller grips, are now retired as they can no longer be pressed.
02/02/2013 Our thanks again to Kuniaki Hiraki who has reported these new coins at The Tokyo Disneyland Resort:
Kuniaki writes...
Hello
2013 February monthly medals:
(guide numbers TDL1320.1321 TDS1303)
TDL Penny Arcade -----------Mickey
TDL Tomorrowland Terrace ----&Minnie
TDS Galleria Disney ---------- Donald
Medal design changed at TDL Plaza Restaurant:
(guide numbers TDL1322,1323,1324,1325)
Mater
Peas-in-a Pod
Mike
Boo
TDL Pan Galactic Pizza Port
(guide numbers TDL1326,1327,1328,1329)
Stitch
Angel
Jessie
Bullseye
Thank you
Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
You may view all the coins currently onstage including traditional guide numbers, on Kuniaki's Current medals list.
ParkPennies.com Guides cover All Tokyo Disneyland Resort pressed pennies over the first 15 years of issue.
01/27/2013 Our thanks to Thelma C. for reporting a new set of Magical coins at Hong Kong Disneyland!
01/25/2013 Our thanks again to Kuniaki Hiraki who has reported these new coins at The Tokyo Disneyland Resort:
Kuniaki writes...
Hello
Valentine Nights medal was released on Jan. 25, 2013 at TDS Il Postino Stationery
TDS1302 Mickey & Minnie
Thank you
Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
You can view all the coins currently onstage including traditional guide numbers, on Kuniaki's Current medals list.
ParkPennies.com Guides cover All Tokyo Disneyland Resort pressed pennies over the first 15 years of issue.
01/19/2013 Our thanks to Dick S. for catching some long overlooked coin description errors and emailing us so the errors could be corrected for all of us using the guides. You might also want to view his amazing collection of cash coins via The Richard Edward Staeffler Memorial reference guides.
01/15/2013 On 7/17/12, we posted: It's official. The Ray Dillard collection of elongated coins will be auctioned by Stacks & Bowers Galleries. As many advanced collectors will tell you, this is The Collection of Elongated Coins. TEC NEWS made the news public in the July-September Issue. The latest word is that the collection will be auctioned at the Baltimore Whitman Show in November of 2012. Ray tells us that coins will be auctioned in lots and there may be an illustrated catalog. The auction items will also be available for viewing at Ray's "Dillard Enterprises" booth at the ANA World's Fair of Money in Philadelphia, August 8-9-10, 2012. We'll post updates here and provide a link to the auction as soon as available. Both Ray and his collection of 1893-1978 pre-vended era elongated coins are legendary in the world of elongated coin collecting. This will be an excellent opportunity to own a bit of elongated coin history.
Now a second installment of Ray Dillard's legendary coins are being auctioned. (Lots 10600-10614) Don't delay, internet bidding is already open, the auction will go live and close 1/22/2012.
01/08/2013 Our thanks to Chuck N. and Nancy W. for spotting a backstamp image transposition in a recent guide update. You know, there is only one person in the world that thinks Boomer doesn't make a mistake now and then. (It's Boomer! ;-) So, when you spot a typo, please do please let us know it's a great help.
01/08/2013 The Disneyland Pressed Penny Locations Page has been updated and is current as of today. Do keep in mind that we don't note a machine's absence unless we feel it will be offstage for a week or more. Repairs, jams, etc. usually are corrected quickly. Machines in areas that are closed for refurbishment are sometimes moved to an adjacent area within a few days. Such moves are usually updated in the Disneyland Pressed Penny Locations Page as the news arrives. (Your most welcome reports really help us to keep the location page up to date.)
01/07/2013 The Disneyland and California Adventure Seasonal Nickel sets are now offstage and most likely retired. If you are an avid reader of this page, you had about three weeks to press a set of these traditional Christmas pressed coins.The Disneyland Resort has moved on from the 2012/13 Christmas and New Year Celebration. If you missed them, eBay usually has some for sale if you don't wait too long. View the entire very cool Disneyland Seasonal Pressed Nickels collection page.
01/07/2013 Our thanks again to Kuniaki Hiraki who has reported these new coins at The Tokyo Disneyland Resort:
Kuniaki writes...
Hello
Disney Sweet Love 2013 medals were released on Jan. 06, 2013.
TDL Penny Arcade -----------Mickey & Minnie, Pluto & Fifi (guide number TDL1315-1316)
TDL Tomorrowland Terrace ----Mickey, Minnie, Mickey&Minnie (guide number TDL1317-1319)and
Disney Sweet Love 2013 Mini file was released. (Pictures of three more new styles are on Kuniaki's Web Site.)
This time only in TDL, there was not TDS.
I hope new medal may appear on Jan. 14 Because Sweet Duffy event will begin on January 14 in TDS
Thank you,
Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
You can view all the coins currently onstage including traditional guide numbers, on Kuniaki's Current medals list.
ParkPennies.com Guides cover All Tokyo Disneyland Resort pressed pennies over the first 15 years of issue.
01/01/2013 Our thanks again to Kuniaki Hiraki who has reported these new coins at The Tokyo Disneyland Resort:
Kuniaki writes...
A Happy new year.
Hello
The medal making machine revived completely.
Eighteen medals were released on Jan 01, 2013 at TDL, TDS, & Hotel
2013 January monthly medals were released:
TDL Penny Arcade -----------Snake
TDL Tomorrowland Terrace ----Mickey&Minnie Dharma
TDS Galleria Disney ---------- Mickey&Minnie
Snake is one of the zodiac, this year will be year of the Snake.
Dharma is the name of God controlling law and order of the space, justice in Buddhism.

2013 series were released with six pieces at TDL Penny Arcade, six pieces at the TDL Tomorrowland Terrace and three pieces at the Tokyo DisneyLand Hotel.

Thank you
Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
You can view all the coins currently onstage including traditional guide numbers, on Kuniaki's Current medals list.
12/23/2012 For visitors that would like to see all past and current Disneyland "Christmas" nickels, we've updated our guide page of all Disneyland Seasonal Pressed Nickels.
12/20/2012 2012 Disney California Adventure Seasonal Nickel Sets are onstage! Details, location etc. on the Disneyland penny press machine locations & checklist. We'll update the guides soon. Our thanks to John and Nancy W. for reporting this very welcome find!
12/18/2012 We are working with Twitter to secure the release of our trademark name, "ParkPennies" for our use. It was registered and is currently being held by a lowly name squatter. (An all too common problem) Their intent is of concern to us. Please be aware that tweeting "@ParkPennies" or "#ParkPennies" or "#Parkpenny" or "@ParkPenny" will be directed to them, not ParkPennies. If this person's reputation is such that he doesn't feel comfortable using his own name, we feel he and our hobby would be better served if he were to improve his reputation rather than misleading people by using our trademark, name, or look-alikes of them. Or... maybe he could just use the name Cok"a"-Cola instead of ours? :-)
12/18/2012 We often receive welcome emails from readers. The most common inquiries are about new machines and their locations. Also, we are often asked if a particular machine, currently offstage, will return. To help answer these questions we have a vintage Magic Eight Ball Fortune Teller :-) and a very current Disneyland penny press machine locations & checklist. The List is a one page PDF file so you can view it online, via SmartPhone at the park, (See also SmartPhone Apps) or you can print The List and take it along with you to the park. The List includes every machine onstage at the Disneyland Resort and additional Disney themed machines located near the resort. The List is also noted with "Missing" tags for coins that were placed onstage and then were possibly taken offstage for seasonal rotation, refurbishment, or new theming over extended periods of time and may return some day. (Usually no changes are made to The List for machines that are expected to return in less than one week.)
When evidence shows, with a reasonable degree of certainty, that a coin die has been retired, it is removed from the Disneyland penny press machine locations & checklist and noted as "retired" in the Disneyland Pressed Penny Guides.
The List is free for all and supported by fellow readers and ParkPennies.com operatives who kindly report new penny presses.
12/16/2012 Late evening update... The Seasonal nickel set is onstage and working great! Our thanks to Ron K. who was the first to spot this new machine. Details are on the Disneyland penny press machine locations & checklist. We should also have coin images, descriptions, and guide numbers added to the Disneyland Pressed Penny Guide soon.

2012 Seasonal Nickel Press Set Marquee 12/14/2012

12/16/2012 The Disneyland Seasonal Nickel machine is not currently onstage. Although reported as being briefly onstage, it is currently being serviced offstage. We hope that it will return Monday or Tuesday? Stay tuned for updates. No reports of a possible Disney California Adventure machine as of today.
12/11/2012 The ParkPennies.com Disneyland Pressed Penny Coin Guide has been updated with the latest Wreck It Ralph pressed penny set.
12/10/12 Our thanks to The Peck family of Anaheim for reporting.... A NEW PENNY PRESS SET! It's a Wreck It Ralph themed three play penny press located near the Wreck It Ralph Event inside the StarArcade, TomorrowLand, Disneyland USA. This set has great back stamps and the machine is rolling perfectly. Boomer spent the day at the park and he met some really nice pressed penny collectors at the new machine. But, he is really tired now, you can tell because he is talking about himself in third person... %-) So the scans and guide numbers will most likely be done by late Tuesday. For now, our Disneyland penny press machine locations & checklist is already updated with the guide numbers, machine location, and brief descriptions. More wonderful souvenirs and at only 50 cents each plus the penny you watch being pressed. Happy collecting!
12/04/12 NEW WDI Pressed Penny Pin Set! This makes a total of 25 Disneyland pins made in the style of pressed pennies. Yes, people collect pins too. :-)
12/03/12 Our thanks again to Kuniaki Hiraki who has reported these new coins at The Tokyo Disneyland Resort:
Kuniaki writes...
December Monthly medals for 2012:
TDL12101 TDL Penny Arcade---Tramp
TDL12102 TDL Tomorrowland Terrace---Lady
TDS1244 TDS Galleria Disney---Marie
Monthly medal and the medal of Christmas of TDL are located in the Penny Arcade.
Thank you
Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
You can view all the coins currently onstage including traditional guide numbers, on Kuniaki's Current medals list.
11/29/12 If you regularly read ParkPennies.com, and we hope you do :-), you'll remember our various posts about "The Future of the US Cent" (Center frame with related links near the bottom of that page.) The long running battle to change the composition of "pocket change" and / or ultimately put an end to it, is continuing with the current hearings entitled “The Future of Money: Dollars and Sense”. We'll post some highlights after this round of hearings have completed. However, based on the direction of past hearings, it seems probable that we will see a major change in the composition of at least pennies and nickels before too long. When we add the motivation from current budget challenges and fiat currency issues, it may be only a matter of time until "pressable" circulating coins become scarce, even without the enactment of another law against destruction of our current US coinage.
But, no worries. Planchets are already used in place of pennies by "penny press" machines in Japan, "Magical Coin" machines in Hong Kong, and often US Cents are fed as planchets from hoppers inside Canadian penny presses. So, "token presses" and ways to convert older penny presses to "token presses" are already available. These machines and conversion kits are even made by some US manufacturers. And pressing planchets can provide a higher profit to the machine owner without an increase in the cost to the customer. So, collecting our treasured souvenirs need not come to an end. :-)
Are you currently sorting copper cents from circulation? If so, you are not alone. Old copper cents, last minted in 1982, are being taken out of circulation at a noticeable pace by lots of people. Folks are speculating on the future price of copper and I hear tell a few pressed penny collectors are setting them aside for future use. ;-) Fellow old timers may be reminded when we could even sort silver dimes, quarters, half-dollars, and dollars from our pocket change... Now, what was I thinking all those years when I spent a *silver* quarter (Current value $6.08) for a single gallon of gas!??
11/25/12 Are you checking to see if news of a 2012 Seasonal Nickel Set has been posted? Yep. We can read minds! :-) But, we still can't say when the nickels might arrive this year. The Seasonal Pressed Nickel Sets over the past 17 years have been placed onstage every year and over a wide range of times. So, we will hold out hope for a 2012 set at least until the end of the year. Do check back often we will post any updates as soon as they are available.
11/21/12 Our thanks again to Kuniaki Hiraki who has reported these new coins at The Tokyo Disneyland Resort:
Kuniaki writes...
By November 18, all souvenir medallions that were unavailable November 2, were available with the exception of Tomorrowland Terrace.
Monthly medals and the medal of Christmas of TDL are gathered by the penny arcade.
TDS Romeo watch & jewelry closed on November 18, The medal of Christmas 2012 was moved to Nautilus gift.
Christmas new medals were released at Hotel Miracosta on Nov. 18, 2012 which are originally planned release on Nov.07
TDR300 Mickey & Minnie
TDR301 Donald & Daisy
Thank you,
Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
You can view all the coins currently onstage including traditional guide numbers,\ on Kuniaki's Current medals list.
11/21/12 The Hong Kong Disneyland pressed penny guide has been updated with the latest Halloween coin scans. Our thanks to Mike, Thelma, Michelle, and Dee for their help in reporting the new coins, sending a marquee image, and making the coin scans possible.
We are now only need a HKDL HKDL1222, HKDL1223, HKDL1224 Stitch marquee picture to finalize the guide numbers. If you have one, please contact Boomer.
11/15/12 A well known elongated cent, The Pike from Mr. Ray Dillard's legendary collection, sold today via the Stacks and Bowers Auction for $3,750.00 ($4.406.00 including buyer's premium of 17.5%). Although we know of Disney themed elongated coins which have individually sold for more than $3,000.00, we believe this sale has set a new record price for the public sale of a single elongated coin. If you have additional information, please let us know.

The Pike Elongated Coin
Recently auctioned for $4.406.00 including buyer's premium.

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10/04/12 Kuniaki Hiraki Just launched chronological guide pages on his web site in a format much like the 1996-2011 ParkPennies guides. These new guide pages will make it very easy for collectors to view new coins and match them with their guide numbers. You can see these new guides by opening this page and clicking on the links in the lower left corner. Again, our thanks to Kuniaki for his most welcome contributions to this wonderful hobby.
10/04/12 Our thanks to Kuniaki Hiraki has reported new coins at The Tokyo Disneyland Resort.
Kuniaki writes...
2012 October monthly medals were released on Oct. 01, 2012
TDL1291 Penny Arcade ---- Snow White
TDL1292 Tomorrowland Terrace ---- Witch
TDS1240 Galleria Disney ---- Minnie

Thank you
Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
09/23/12 Thank you for visiting today! :-) We have a few recent updates that might be of interest. Boomer [Finally!] updated the Complete Excel Pressed Penny Guide spreadsheet. This file has brief descriptions of every Disneyland elongated coin ever onstage with guide numbers, a column for notes, checkboxes for have / need... You may download it to your desktop, easily customized and/or converted it to many other formats including Word etc., and make labels, pocket lists, trade lists, reference pages... (For your personal use per the ParkPennies.com Terms of Use.) We also have a web page style version of this brief, but complete listing of all Disneyland elongated coins. Permanent links to these files are located on the Pressed Penny Machine Locations page. Enjoy and please let us what you'd like us to add like features, format... or if you spot any errors(!)
Happy Collecting from Boomer and the folks at ParkPennies.com
09/21/12 More new Hong Kong Disneyland Magical Coins reported! We hope to have coin scans of a new Grizzly Gulch set soon. Our thanks to Mike P. and Hui Michelle for their report.
09/20/12 I noticed a new Tokyo Disneyland Duffy Pressed Penny Calendar for 2013 on eBay. The Duffy pressed penny collection page has been updated with this latest Duffy addition. Just after I posted this update, I received an email from Kuniaki Hiraki who reports:
Hello
New medallion collection book was released on Sep. 15, 2012 at TDR.
Guide no. TCB0T
Thank you
Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
You may view this new penny collection book and others at his very informative web site .
09/19/12 New Hong Kong Disneyland Magical Coins reported! We hope to have coin scans soon. Also reported is an anticipated Princess Set. Our thanks to Mike P., Hui Michelle, and Thelma C. for their reports.

Guide Numbers HKDL1225, 1226, and 1227
Penny press machine marquee picture
Picture courtesy of Mike P. , Hui Michelle, & Thelma C.

09/19/12 If you haven't visited our courtesy Pressed Pennies links / resources web site, why not take a look today? PressedPennies.com doesn't offer anything for sale, but, it does offer links to penny press manufacturers, cool pressed penny web sites, pressed penny supplies... and you can submit additional links that you feel would be of interest to fellow elongated coin collectors, for free. Just click collectors' resources @ www.PressedPennies.com. We are especially hoping to add your recommendations to the list of custom elongated coin die engravers.
09/18/12 Looks like there may be a bit of a lull in the storm of new pressed penny sets while we anticipate the traditional Nightmare Before Christmas pressed quarter sets and Seasonal Nickels sets. They are some of my personal favorites; I can't wait to see what the next few months will bring. Long time readers [and the ParkPennies staff ] know that sometimes waiting only a week to press a new set of coins is waiting too long. Best to check this page often for updates... Like you really need another reason to visit the "Happiest Place On Earth"?
09/12/12 It appears the last of the replacement penny press machines for the New Disney California Adventure arrived today! If you'd like to see all the new machines / elongated coins that have been placed onstage since the rededication of DCA, this link will take you to the New DCA pressed pennies guide page... Now, where was I...? Oh, yes! The new penny press machine is themed for the very popular Soarin' Over California attraction which is just across the pathway from the Fly N Buy Gift Shop, home to this new set of pressed pennies. Boomer thought you might like to see the new coins, he even remembered to take a picture of the machine marquee today! You can see the marquee and the new pressed pennies in the DCA pressed penny guide. But, for now, I just have to show you the really cool backstamp that is on each of these new coins!

And this is only the back of the coin!
See all the pressed penny coins in this set.

09/12/12 Kuniaki Hiraki has reported new coins at The Tokyo Disneyland Resort
Kuniaki writes in part...
New medal of the Minnie at Penny Arcade
and two pieces of medals appeared in Hotel Miracosta.
TDL1290---Penny Arcade Minnie
TDR298----Hotel Miracosta Mickey & Minnie
TDR299----Hotel Miracosta Chip & Dale
In addition, three pieces of designs were changed in Disney Ambassador Hotel.
Not a new design, the medal which appeared in 2009 revived.
The number is TDR144 - - TDR146.
Thank you
Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
09/11/12 Collectors that follow this site or our ParkPennies FaceBook page often, had a brief window of time to press the CA0180, CA0181, and CA0182 Toy Story (Midway Mania) coins before the coin grips were modified. This modification is a small change to most casual collectors. However, advanced collectors will remember the DL0329/DL0329a Nightmare Before Christmas quarter and probably want to snap up a set of the early small grip Toy Story elongated coins while they are still available in the secondary markets. You can read a bit more about the CA0180a, CA0181a, CA0182a set in our DCA pressed penny guide.

Example of small grip vs. large/thick grip CA0180/a, 181/a, 182/a set. An easy way to identify old / new gripper bars is that the new gripper bars (bottom) are often touching the top of the "D" or the dots in the border where the old gripper bars (top) do not.

09/08/12 Our thanks to both Brittany and Cathy for each reporting a NEW Buzz Lightyear / Toy Story / Midway Mania themed penny press machine at Side Show Shirts... within minutes of each other! This new-est pressed penny set features the extra cool Paradise Pier backstamps too! You can check them out here: DCA pressed penny guides: Toy Story penny press set.
Is it just my imagination or have there been LOTS of new penny presses placed in DCA lately? :-) Our Disneyland penny press machine locations & checklist has the latest machines and locations. Don't be shy about checking it often as new machines are placed throughout the park. If you spot a pressed penny not yet listed, please report it, anony-mousely if you wish.
09/07/12 Kuniaki Hiraki has reported new coins at The Tokyo Disneyland Resort
Kuniaki writes...

Halloween 2012 medals were released on Sep. 07, 2012
TDL Penny Arcade
Mickey (tdl1286)
TDL Tomorrowland Terrace
Invitation(TDL1287)
Minnie(TDL1288)
Mickey(TDL1289)
TDS Romeo's Watches & Jewelry
Mickey(TDS1239)
Thank you
Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
For images, locations, and guide numbers for these new coins, please visit Kuniaki Hiraki's excellent web site.
09/04/12 Our thanks to a long time visitor and occasional anony-mouse super spy tipster for this most welcome report.
Yes. There is ANOTHER NEW PENNY PRESS in Disney California Adventure! These new elongated coins feature Duffy and Mickey (picture) . [9/6/12 edit: With really cool Paradise Pier backstamps! :-)]

Can you believe it? Finally, Duffy the Disney Bear pressed pennies for the Disneyland Resort! Boomer is trying to keep up with all the new coins... we'll be a bit late. But, we hope to have guides updated with pictures soon. For now, please refer to our Disneyland penny press machine locations & checklist. It already has the locations, a brief description, and guide numbers; all you need to find and press this really nice elongated coin set. We think there are still a few more penny press machines on the way. So, please do check back often for updates. Happy collecting from Boomer and the folks at ParkPennies.com.
09/04/12 Kuniaki Hiraki has reported new coins at The Tokyo Disneyland Resort including a neat 11th Anniversary Coin:
Kuniaki writes...

2012 Sep. monthly medals were released on Sep. 01, 2012.
TDL1284 TDL Penny Arcade -----------Pongo
TDL1285 TDL Tomorrowland Terrace ----Perdita
TDS1237 TDS Galleria Disney ---------- Jafar
TDS 11th Anniversary medal was released on Sep. 04, 2012
TDS1238 TDS Romeo's Watches & Jewelry
Halloween 2012 medals will release Sep. 07, 2012
Thank you
Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
Kuniaki's web site also has a current medals list to match images of current coins with guide numbers.
09/02/12 The Disneyland Resort is really rolling out the penny press machines! The Disney California Adventure Hollywood Tower Hotel set was placed onstage today. Thought you'd want to know ASAP if you're headed to the park for the latest sets. The ParkPennies.com Disneyland penny press machine locations & checklist includes the Hollywood Tower set, guide numbers, descriptions and location. We'll have the guides updated, including pictures, soon.
09/02/12 Our thanks to Cari W. and Tom V. for spotting a description error.
09/01/12 Our thanks for the reports from Lou S. and Ricky K. about the NEW Cars themed penny press at the Los Feliz Five & Dime, Buena Vista Street, Disney California Adventure. There is also a NEW Space Mountain 35th Anniversary nickel press at the Stararcade in Tomorrowland... The free ParkPennies Disneyland penny press machine locations & checklist is also up to date with locations and guide numbers. Do print a copy of the locations & checklist to take along to the park with you or use it online via your internet enabled phone while you are at the park.
09/01/12 Our sincere thanks for your links, Likes, and recommendations of ParkPennies.com! Your very welcome efforts brought more than 1,500,000 hits... yes, more than one million five hundred thousand hits (!) from more than 35,000 visitors to ParkPennies.com in July alone. That is an increase of more than 50% over just the past few years! As you know, ParkPennies is a free, non-commercial web site. But to us, visits by fellow collectors like that are the best pay in the world and just plain priceless! Thank you for visiting and referring your friends to ParkPennies. Happy Collecting from Boomer and the folks at ParkPennies!
08/30/12 Given our 8/29/12 post, we should have guessed that today's post would be... NEW MACHINE IN DCA! Yes, the penny press machine at The Studio Store (previously known as Rizzo's Gift Shop) near the Muppets' attraction in Hollywood Land, Disney California Adventure, is back with a new set of coins. They are Animal, Kermit, and Fozzie. The images are good and the coins have the excellent "Disney California Adventure Hollywood Land" logo. Although the images do not appear to be unique to DCA and do not feature a DCA banner, the borders do have a Disney California Adventure "D". Our thanks to Mike R. for his lighting fast discovery and report!
It may take a day or two for Boomer to get the guide updated with pictures etc. But, we have already updated our Disneyland penny press machine map with the presser locations, coin guide numbers etc. Happy collecting, and thank you for "like-ing" our page on Facebook.
08/29/12 We haven't posted recently because there just hasn't been any new machines onstage this last week. However, we do expect to see more of the missing DCA machines return before too long and the Nightmare Before Christmas pressed quarters and the Seasonal Nickel set machines should be onstage by year end. So stay tuned! :-) While you're here, why not try a picture search? Just follow this pressed penny picture search link and when the picture page opens, click on the picture of your choice to open the related page. -Lots of fun penny related items to explore.
08/23/12 The well known collector, Chuck N., just alerted us to a new Duffy pressed penny calendar he spotted on Kuniaki Hiraki's Tokyo Disneyland web site.
08/16/12 Our thanks again to Ricky K. who just reported two more new machines in DCA! And again, these are very impressive penny press machines offering elongated coins worthy of the new Disney California Adventure. Matter of fact, I think many readers, once they see these elongated coins and the penny press machines that vend them in person, will say DCA has set a new quality standard. The "new era" penny press machine cabinets feature heavy solid woods and veneers styled to match their elaborate surroundings. The coins feature fresh, non-generic three dimensional images, fine detailing, over the top location-specific backstamps... And still only 51 cents. In my humble opinion, the Disneyland Resort has its penny press magic back.
Our best on the net Disneyland penny press machine map is already updated with the new numbers, locations, and descriptions. We've also updated the Disney California Adventure pressed penny guides with images. But wait, there's more! You can click the FaceBook "like" button above for our FB notifications of new machines too. :-) Happy collecting!
08/09/12 With the help of Mike P., we added three more HKDL coins. Not sure of the machine order, but, thought you'd all want to know the coins are in the park. Do let us know if you have a marquee picture or can confirm the machine order for HKDL1222, HKDL1223 and HKDL1224 just contact Boomer at ParkPennies.com. Visit or bookmark our Hong Kong Disneyland coin news page.
08/09/12 Bet you're here to get the latest Disneyland penny press news? :-) Here it is... Another new penny press machine set was placed onstage at the Off The Page Gift Shop in Disney California Adventure's Hollywood Land! As with other recently placed pressed pennies, these are excellent! You may view pictures of these coins with guide numbers in the ParkPennies Disney California Adventure pressed penny guides.
08/04/12 TWO MORE new machines at Disney California Adventure! Reported by Nancy and John W. and Boomer. See these new coins with locations in the Disney California Adventure pressed penny guide. By the way, the penny press machines are again, top of the line as are these new coins.

As featured in the ParkPennies Disney California Adventure Pressed Penny Guide
The Kingswell Camera Shop Penny Press Machine Marquee	The Big Top Toys Penny Press Machine Marquee

08/03/12 Our thanks again to Kuniaki Hiraki who has reported these new coins at The Tokyo Disneyland Resort:
Kuniaki writes...
2012 August monthly medals were released.
TDL1282 TDL Penny Arcade -----------Simba
TDL1283 TDL Tomorrowland Terrace ----Pumbaa
TDS1235 TDS Galleria Disney ---------- Buzz Lightyear
I made the English version of the page that printed a list of current medals.
Please click the Link of "Print of current medals list" at top page.
Note from Boomer: This Print List has all coins currently onstage at Tokyo Disneyland Resort, with guide numbers. An excellent reference for identifying and numbering your newest Tokyo Disneyland coin acquisions!
Sorry too late report because I went for a business trip from the end of last month,
Thank you
Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
8/02/12 NEW pressed quarter set at Rushin' River Outfitters inside Disney California Adventure! This elongated quarter set is themed based on the movie "UP". These large image quarters have high relief 3-D engraving plus a park and land specific backstamp. See these new "UP" pressed quarters in our DCA pressed coin guide.
7/28/12 TWO NEW PENNY PRESS MACHINES AT DCA! The penny press cabinets are over the top high quality hardwoods themed to the style and period of their locations. The elongated coins are also truly Disney Quality... they could possibly be some of the best designed pressed pennies Disney has ever offered. The coins feature park and location specific designs, 3-D engraving, classic dot borders and park banners on the obverse of most coins. PLUS all coins feature excellent, location specific backstamps "Disney's California Adventure, Buena Vista Street"! We're told the artwork was done by Maria Clapsis of Disney Vinylmation fame. See the coins and details in our DCA Pressed Penny Guides.

As featured in the ParkPennies Disney California Adventure Pressed Penny Guide
The Trolley Treats Candy Shop Set #1 Penny Press Machine Marquee	The Trolley Treats Candy Shop Set #2 I think I recognize the two people in the reflection. :-)

Our Disneyland penny press machine map has been updated too. So, be sure to print a copy before you go to the park or download a PDF for your smartphone when you are there... Happy Collecting!
EXTRA: Buena Vista Cast Members tell Boomer that they expect to see several more machines in DCA... soon!
7/18/12 We know many visitors have been waiting for news of new penny presses at DCA. We are waiting too! Keep checking back, we'll post locations and coin descriptions as soon as we have a confirmed "sighting".
7/17/12 It's official. The Ray Dillard collection of elongated coins will be auctioned by Stacks & Bowers Galleries. As many advanced collectors will tell you, this is The Collection of Elongated Coins. TEC NEWS made the news public in the July-September Issue. The latest word is that the collection will be auctioned at the Baltimore Whitman Show in November of 2012. Ray tells us that coins will be auctioned in lots and there may be an illustrated catalog. The auction items will also be available for viewing at Ray's "Dillard Enterprises" booth at the ANA World's Fair of Money in Philadelphia, August 8-9-10, 2012. We'll post updates here and provide a link to the auction as soon as available. Both Ray and his collection of 1893-1978 pre-vended era elongated coins are legendary in the world of elongated coin collecting. This will be an excellent opportunity to own a bit of elongated coin history.
7/12/12 Our thanks again to Kuniaki Hiraki who has reported 13 more new coins (~44 in total over the past two weeks.) at The Tokyo Disneyland Resort:
Kuniaki writes...

I sent the information of new medal on July 01 and July 05.
Newer medals were released on July 05 and July 09.

Two medal designs were changed at four of disney resort line stations on July 05, 2012 and event linkage medals were released on July 09, 2012.
Summer Festival
TDL Penny Arcade x1 Mickey
TDL Tomorrowland Terrace x3 Minnie, Pluto, Mickey & Minnie
Summer Oasis Splash 2012
TDS Abu's Bazaar x1 Mickey

Unfortunately the medal of the 4th anniversary of the Tokyo Disneyland Hotel does not seem to appear currently.
Thank You
Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
7/10/12 The Fly N Buy penny press is definitely off-stage from DCA, reportedly removed 7/9/12. The Mad T Party penny press, the only press currently in DCA, was moved from Off The Page to Gone Hollywood probably on the same day. Other than the Mad T Party, the expected, anticipated, new DCA penny presses have not arrived. Still, Boomer found the new DCA attractions really neat!
When at the park, the ParkPennies penny press locations list is the one to check for the most resent updates.
7/09/12 With welcome help from Aaron G. the ParkPennies.com Excel Disneyland pressed penny guide has been updated. This light-weight single handy file offers very brief descriptions of the Disneyland elongated coins from all ParkPennies guides. The file can be modified by the user, notes about coins can be added, sections highlighted, new coins manually added and saved in other file formats all for private use. A web page version has also been uploaded. Please refer to the generous ParkPennies Terms of Use for other permitted uses of these files. Permanent links to the file can be found on the Disneyland penny files and locations page.
7/08/12 Boomer reports that when the Haunted Mansion Quarter Press recently returned to stage after a short absence, the ghost backstamps mysteriously switched coins! Details and images just added to the Disneyland elongated coin guide.
7/07/12 Our thanks again to Kuniaki Hiraki who has reported these new coins at The Tokyo Disneyland Resort:
Kuniaki writes...

Toy Story Mania medals were released at:

TDS Romeo's Watches & Jewelry on July 05, 2012
TDS1232 Woody
TDS1233 Mr. Potato Head

Thank you
Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
7/04/12 Our thanks to Kuniaki Hiraki who has reported 29 new coins at The Tokyo Disneyland Resort:
Kuniaki writes...
Many Medals were changed on July 01, 2012.

Monthly medal were released:
TDL Penny Arcade
TDL Tomorrowland Terrace
TDS Galleria Disney

Additional new medals were released:
TDL Penny Arcade
TDL Tomorrowland Terrace
TDL Pirates Treasure
TDL Chiba Traders-Arts and Crafts
TDL Western Wear
TDL Home Store
Disney Ambassador Hotel

Medal design change (Easter & Spring Voyage finished)
TDS Aunt Peg's Village Store
TDS Abu's Bazaar
TDS Romeo's Watches & Jewelry
Tokyo DisneySEA Hotel miracosta
Tokyo Disneyland Hotel

New coin guide numbers added:
TDL1252-1277
TDS1231
TDR288-289

Thank You
Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
For images, locations, and guide numbers for these new coins, please visit Kuniaki Hiraki's excellent web site.
7/02/12 Our thanks to Kuniaki Hiraki for reporting the arrival of 29 new Tokyo Disneyland Resort coins as of July 1! Details to follow. Tokyo Disneyland Pressed Penny Medal Collectors should bookmark our Tokyo Disneyland "pressed penny" news page.
7/01/12 The DCA pressed penny guides have been updated to include the latest pressed penny set from Disney California Adventure's Hollywood Land, the new Mad T Party elongated coins.
6/30/12 Ronald W. and Jennifer separately reported a new Mad T Party pressed penny machine to ParkPennies.com today! Ronald's report was submitted on 6/30/12 at about 10:00 AM, probably within an hour or two of when the machine was placed onstage, and way before Boomer even got back from the park to the ParkPennies.com news desk for the day's update! The new machine is located at Off The Page Gift Shop in Hollywood Land, Disney California Adventure. Thank you Ronald and Jennifer for your reports!
Based on this new elongated coin set, it looks like The Disneyland Resort is well on their way to getting their 1900's pressed penny magic back. The new DCA pressed penny machine set has what many people have been asking for! UNIQUE WELL THEMED ART in this case, based on the Mad T Party which is definitely a DCA theme found only on DCA pressed pennies. GOOD IMAGES AND LAYOUT, these well placed images do lack the legendary Disneyland 3-D hand engraving of the 1990's, but, are nicely detailed and include dot borders featuring a DCA style "D" at the top of each coin. GREAT BACKSTAMPS on this set of coins proclaim the origin of this elongated coin set, "Hollywood Land, Disney California Adventure"! If future coins from DCA are like these, we feel they are going to make for happy guests, busy penny presses, and some really nice framed pressed penny collections.
Yes, Boomer forgot his camera... again today! As you can see, his phone pics of the Machine, Marquee, and Coins aren't that good, not that any of Boomer's pictures are very good. But, we should have the DCA pressed penny guides updated with "better" pictures by around Sunday afternoon, if Boomer remembers his camera this time. :-)
6/25/12 I just spotted the Ron Dominguez two zinc coins and Disneyland Line eBay auction. It's about to close, I hope a reader will grab it if their in the market. [This item was sold by the well known Disney eBay auctioneer, Dizfunfair. ]
6/22/12 Boomer asked "Are the new DCA pressed pennies there yet?" -No. "So, are they there yet?" -NO. "Now?" -NO! "Ahhh..." -NO! At least that's what most all the poor soles who have fallen victim to Boomer's phone calls have said. Matter of fact, a few DCA Cast Members unable or too polite to run and hide from Boomer have said the same thing. Our most resent covert searches of DCA and reports to ParkPennies by fellow collectors are also in agreement. There are reports of lots of new fun attractions, over a billion dollars of plused up really cool stuff... but, alas, no new penny presses... so far.
Off-Topic Tip: If you are an Annual Passholder, don't forget to check out the AP Early Morning Events for both DCA and DL. Here is a link to the special sign up page. Or, if you have a friend that is an Annual Passholder, and you share this information with them, maybe they'll have some extra time at the park to press some pennies for you? :-) Happy collecting, Boomer and the folks at ParkPennies.com
6/19/12 There are no new DCA pressed pennies onstage, yet. But, we do have over 300 eBay auctions of Disney pressed pennies which were linked here by fellow ParkPennies visitors. Lots of Tokyo Disneyland coin auctions, and a few really hard to find Disneyland coins too... Okay, I know it's not news of a new DCA penny press. But, maybe you'll find that needed coin for your collection, while we're all waiting for news of a new DCA penny press! :-)
6/19/12 If you've visited the new Disney California Adventure looking for new Disney California Adventure elongated coins and were disappointed, you're not alone. More than a few ParkPennies visitors, personal friends, and Disneyland Resort guests have shared with us their recent adventures of looking for penny presses in DCA. Bottom line, as of today, there aren't any penny presses in DCA at all. Even the old penny presses have gone missing! As you may have noticed, there are no current penny press machines shown on the ParkPennies penny press locations list, (A PDF file you can download onto your smartphone and use in the park). Now to be fair, we've heard that the Fly N Buy machine in Condor Flats is still onstage, and we've also heard that it is gone, so maybe there is *one* penny press in DCA as of this post, but, even it is not a new penny press.
On the positive side, multiple emails and text messages have assured us that new DCA penny press machines are really, really, really, on the way. So, hang in there! Needless to say, Boomer is going to be lurking around the park just in case a machine does appear and we hope you'll report any new penny press machines you find too. Do be sure to check this page often for updates. ;-)
6/17/12 Douglas O. just sent us a message and shared what a DCA Chamber of Commerce (City Hall) Cast Member told him about DCA pressed penny machines. According to the Cast Member, the penny machines are running late. However, the Cast Member believes the first machine is scheduled to be placed on stage next week with one additional machine placed each following week until all the penny presses are back onstage. Our thanks to Douglas for sharing this excellent update.
6/14/12 Mass communication: "No new DCA penny press machines have been reported... yet." But, you know we'll post the news here as soon as we have a confirmed "sighting". Boomer says "Even if you do not find a new penny press at Cars Land, I hear there are some neat consolation attractions". :-)
As always, if you find a penny press machine not listed on the ParkPennies penny press locations map, claim credit for your find when your name is posted here as the first person to report a new penny press machine at Cars Land .
6/11/12 Our thanks to Jeremy, Lesley, Ella, Wyatt, & Sophie who sent a most welcome message that the new Cars Land attractions are great. But, no new penny press machines to be found as of Monday, June 11th, 2012.
6/10/12 Based on rumors, reports, and yes, Boomer's irrational physic visions, we believe upcoming Disney California Adventure penny press offerings will match the park's impressive expansion. As you'd expect, excitement over the potential of several new DCA penny press machines has generated a lot of very welcome inquiries and reports to ParkPennies. The most recent reports state that probable penny press locations inside shops on Buena Vista Street are nearing the time they will be ready for the placement of penny press machines. And, there are reasons to expect several new elongated coin sets. The recent name change from Disney's California Adventure to Disney California Adventure, changes in the park theme, shop names, and lands all suggest new elongated coins. Plus, several machines have been taken offstage. As you've read here and noticed on the penny press locations map, all machines located in what will be Buena Vista Street, two machines from the Hollywood Back Lot area, and the quarter press at Rushin' River have gone missing... often a sign of upcoming new coins! So, we think there will be ample reason for penny collectors to visit DCA often this month as the penny presses roll out. :-)
Please bookmark and visit this page for updates as they are posted. As always, if you find a penny press machine not listed on the ParkPennies penny press locations map, claim credit for your find when your name is posted here as the first person to report a new penny press machine.
6/05/12 Yes, this news page is now the ParkPennies.com "Main Page", the previous landing page is now part of the Disneyland Elongated Coin History page. Most visitors asked for a faster way to find what they often referred to as "the main page" (Insider News) so, we made it the "main page"! :-) All your links, bookmarks etc. should still work. But, when you type "www.ParkPennies.com" as an internet address, you'll open this page instead of having to click a second link.
6/01/12 Our thanks to Kuniaki Hiraki for sharing the latest TDL coins, images and news the same day the coins were placed onstage in Japan!:
2012 June monthly medals were released.
TDL1250 -- TDL Penny Arcade----------- White Rabbit
TDL1251 -- TDL Tomorrowland Terrace --- Tweedledum & Tweedledee
TDS1230 -- TDS Romeo's Watches & Jewelry-------- Abu
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