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This Disney coin
was pressed from a prototype die designed for use in a machine type that
preceded the first installed Disneyland penny presses. Per the best information available to us at the time of this report: Examples
are known in only a few collections as of 2007. Die status is reported as open.
Still extremely scarce as of 2008. Related: Our scarce or rare Disneyland pressed pennies and elongated coins page. |
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MICKEY MOUSE , Mickey Mouse in a 1890’s style suit, standing, full length, full
face, head cocked to one side, tipping his straw hat with his left hand,
beaded border. ©1986 THE WALT DISNEY CO. DISNEYLAND® (Scan courtesy of the N. Wooten
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This Disney coin
is often called the "Straw Hat Mickey" or "Nifty Nineties Mickey".
Mickey Mouse is in 1890’s summer clothing, as in the 1941 Disney short, The Nifty Nineties. Interviews by Robert Hoff of key people close to this prototype
suggest that Vance Fowler may have been commissioned by Disney to provide
this coin. However, the coin was never on-stage. The artwork is well executed and done in high relief. Per the best information available to us at the time of this report: Approximately 12 are believed to exist. Reported held by only a few collectors as of 2007. Die status was reported as open.
Still extremely scarce as of 2008. Related: Our scarce or rare Disneyland pressed pennies and elongated coins page. |
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MICKEY 60 YEARS, lines above and below 60 Years, Mickey Mouse standing.
grip arcs over 5 dots in the dot border. DISNEYLAND |
In addition to the length of the gripper slot, which could be the result of "cleaning", there are other differences between this coin and the three dot version, the DL0003 No evidence has been found that this coin was ever
on-stage.
In 2008, denominational variations of this coin were sold via internet auction. There are very few known examples of the DN0004. Die status is still unknown. |
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DISNEYLAND® with heavy "D" BEAR COUNTRY, small bear holding double outlined guitar, ©DISNEY,
dot border, clean sharp grip slot. See also DL0002, DL0006 and our comparison page. |
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small differences make this a hard coin to spot. Key is the double outlined guitar which is mostly solid on the DL0006. Due to
the few known examples of DN0005 and the lack of on
stage documentation, we believe this coin was never on-stage. Die status is unknown. |
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(Horizontal prototype elongated coin image) Mickey Mouse with pistol; flat ears, outlined hat and lettering, FRONTIER LAND ©DISNEY Disneyland®
3 dot gripper slot, dot border. See also DL0010 |
On both DN0006 and DL0010 Mickey’s hat is outlined and completely open at the top. On DN0006 Mickey’s right ear is slightly outlined, grip arcs over 3 dots, curl on top of "Frontier" does not touch a dot. Border dots are smaller than on
DL0010 and second dot from the right is out of alignment with the other
border dots. On DL0010 Mickey’s right ear is totally flat, grip arcs over 5 dots, curl on top of "Frontier" touches a dot, border dots are larger than on DN0006 and second dot from the right is in alignment with the other border dots. Due to the scarcity of
DN0006 available and lack of on-stage documentation we believed
this coin was never on-stage.
Very hard to find. Die status unknown. |
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PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, outlined bearded pirate wearing tri-corner hat,
long coat and boots, holding a sword in his right hand and a pistol in his
left hand, standing, full length, wide stance, PIRATES between
pistol and sword, OF left, THE right, CARIBBEAN between and below boots,
©DISNEY DISNEYLAND ®, dot border. NO "e" |
Cluttered artwork has been suggested as the reason
this coin was never on-stage. Per the best information available to us at the time of this report:
About twenty-five or fewer cents were known in the hands of collectors. Non-native coin examples are known.
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(Horizontal prototype elongated coin image) FANTASMIC! in open letters and underlined by a lightening bolt. Stars arc
over an outlined Sorcerer Mickey Mouse standing arms outstretched in lower
right. Disneyland © Enchanted Brooms from Fantasia
dancing (appear to be flames) from left to right near a wire border.. Surely one of the most coveted Disneyland elongated coins. |
Probably one of the most popular and sought after
Never-Neverland coins. Fantasmic! premiered (soft opening) in the Fall of 1991. Official start date of the show was Spring (March) 1992. Note that this coin has Disneyland © rather than the usual ©DISNEY. Cast Member interviews by R. Hoff and other strong evidence support the opinion that this coin was offered from a single die machine and never on-stage. Per the best information available to us at the time of this report: Fewer than 15 cents are estimated to exist, some non-native coin examples have been reported. Die status is unknown. Related: Our scarce or rare Disneyland pressed pennies and elongated coins page. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SNOW WHITE, head and shoulders, full face, "e" for Eurolink replaces the dot nearest the center of the gripper slot, DISNEYLAND (no ©Disney) dot border. See DL0039 |
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three of the nine Snow White themed coins lack "©DISNEY". No evidence has been found
to support an on-stage appearance of this set. Anecdotal evidence leads to the
conclusion that test rolls were made, however, the lack of "©DISNEY" was noted and the dies
returned to Eurolink to be corrected. Fewer than 25 of each are believed to
exist. Die status unknown. |
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(Horizontal prototype elongated coin image) Wicked Witch, head and shoulders, profile facing right, "e" for Eurolink replaces the dot nearest the center of the gripper slot, DISNEYLAND (no
© Disney) dot border. See DL0040 |
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BASHFUL, full length, standing to left, hands behind back, "e" for Eurolink replaces the dot nearest the center of the gripper slot,
DISNEYLAND (no © Disney) dot border. See DL0041 |
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Cast Member interviews and related research by R. Hoff support the
conclusion that these dies were engraved as penny-size in error. They were meant for use in the
Disneyland nickel machine.
The small penny sized die images left an unacceptable blank space
at the end of the rolled coin. Corrected dies were ordered before the
machine was placed on-stage.
Per the best information available to us at the time of this report: It is
estimated that approximately 7 Mickeys, 10 40th Anniversary and 5 Minnie’s native coin examples are believed to be in the hands of collectors. Examples also are known
to exist on non-native coins.
Die status is unknown. Related: Our scarce or rare Disneyland pressed pennies and elongated coins page. |
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(Vertical prototype elongated coin image) Mickey, full length, in tux with top hat & cane, "e" for Eurolink replaces the dot nearest the center of the gripper slot, DISNEYLAND Penny sized image This is an example of a scarce off-denomination or cent variation of the DN0019. It was pressed by the incorrectly cut DN0019 penny-sized nickel die. See also DN0019, DL0058 and DL0058a. Reported by and image courtesy of The Mark Brown Collection. |
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(Horizontal prototype elongated coin image) 40
YEARS OF ADVENTURES, © Disney, "e" for Eurolink replaces the dot nearest the center of the gripper slot, DISNEYLAND Penny sized image See also DL0059 and DN0020P |
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(Horizontal prototype elongated coin image) 40 YEARS OF ADVENTURES, © Disney, "e" for Eurolink replaces the dot nearest the center of the gripper slot, DISNEYLAND Penny sized image This is an example of a scarce off-denomination or cent variation of the DN0020. It was pressed by the incorrectly cut DN0020 penny-sized nickel die. See also DN0020 and DL0059. Reported by and image courtesy of The Mark Brown Collection. |
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(Vertical prototype elongated coin image) Minnie, full length with purse, "e" for Eurolink replaces the dot nearest the center of the gripper slot, DISNEYLAND Penny sized image. This is an example of a scarce off-denomination or cent variation of the DN0021. It was pressed by the incorrectly cut DN0021 penny-sized nickel die. See also DN0021, DL0060 and DL0060a Reported by and image courtesy of The Mark Brown Collection. |
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HAPPY NEW YEAR 1996, Santa Mickey, © Disney, e; Disneyland® Error date. See also DL0103 for the corrected
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The 1996 New Year date is in error. The coin should have read 1997. Well, it was 1996 and it was New Years.
It can happen. ParkPennies.com interviews with Cast Members closely involved at the time, lead to the conclusion that the die was in the Park, however, it was never on-stage. The few known examples of this coin, the lack of on-stage documentation, as well as known test and miss-roll coins support collector and Cast Member recollections. Die status unknown. |
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Disneyland Castle, Disney's California Adventure Grizzly Peak, Disneyland Resort Monorail, Disneyland RESORT®. The coin is believed to have been engraved exclusively for the Prototype Disneyland Resort Penny Press Collection Book,
Second Edition. Blank back. Coin looks somewhat like the DR0049. |
Reportedly proposed as a follow-up to the well received First Edition Penny Collector Book. Unfortunately, this book and coin are known only as prototypes. Images courtesy of a kind anony-mouse ParkPennies.com visitor. |
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(Horizontal prototype elongated coin image) DISNEYLAND® Weak image of train, UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA banner ribbons are inside lower part of the dot border. The initial E is above the grip slot and the initial P below. (Paradise Engraving) The forth dot to the right of the initial P is larger
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difficult to recognize. Replacements DL0153 -DL0156 reduced the view to
just the locomotive and tender while increasing the image size. Reported
by a well known private collector. Die status has been reported as canceled. Related: Our scarce or rare Disneyland pressed pennies and elongated coins page. |
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DISNEYLAND® Mickey Mouse in front of open elevator door, ©DISNEY, "e" for Eurolink replaces the dot nearest the center of the gripper slot. See also CA0053 Related story. Disneyland Hollywood Tower Hotel error set images and report courtesy of the extensive C. Neal Collection. |
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DISNEYLAND® Tower of Terror "HTH" logo, THE HOLLYWOOD TOWER HOTEL ©DISNEY,
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DISNEYLAND® Bellhop Goofy, facing right, holding over-sized hotel room key
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(Horizontal prototype elongated coin image) DISNEYLAND® image of a sternwheeler steamboat reminiscent of Disneyland's Mark Twain Riverboat, ©DISNEY. NO inscription, no border, no back stamp. For similar coins with the inscription "MARK TWAIN RIVERBOAT" please see the on-stage DL0249. |
Based on early coin examples, the penny press machine placed on-stage outside
Bonanza Outfitters on 7/16/04, vended the DL0249 coin as the button "C" selection from the very start. However, the machine's marquee originally displayed a "DN0034 image" and only later a "DL0249 image" as the button "C" selection. |
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