The DN0001 "Mickey Mouse Rays Prototype"	The DN0002 "Straw Hat Mickey"	The DN0014 "Fantasmic!"
The DN0019 "Penny Art Mickey"	The DN0021 "Penny Art Minnie"	The DN0020 "Penny Art 40th"
The DN0024 "UBOC Prototype" The DN0025 "UBOC Prototype" The DN0026 "UBOC Prototype" The DN0027 "UBOC Prototype" Straw Hat Mickey Mouse image courtesy of The N. Wooten Collection All other images courtesy of A. & R. Hoff Above are some of my favorite, rarely seen, "prototype" or "pattern" coins, representing some of the most valuable coins from the Disneyland Resorts. Starting at the top row from left to right, The DN0001, "Mickey Mouse Rays", machine made by Centek Inc. Next, the very well known DN0002, "Straw Hat Mickey" or "Nifty Nineties Mickey", machine made by The Cimeter Group. The DN0014, "Fantasmic!", machine by Eurolink Inc. completes the top row. The second row offers the DN0019, DN0020 and DN0021 "Penny Art Nickels" machine also by Eurolink Inc. Third and forth row DN0024, DN0025, DN0026 and DN0027 Union Bank of California set. (ParkPennies Reference Guide details for these coins may be viewed at the bottom of this page.) Many Disneyana fans will see these coins as familiar in design to coins seen more often. However, side by side elongated coin comparisons reveal each is slightly different to their close cousins. For example, as you can see, the DN0001 looks a lot like a DL0001 also like a DL0005 or DL0007. yet it is has a grip bar to the right rather than the left and has an outlined image of Mickey Mouse etc. The DN0019-21 coins look much like other nickels yet their images (devices) are much smaller or "penny sized" and The Union Bank of California prototype set by itself, looks much like the on-stage Union Bank of California set. If of interest, you may view a close up comparison.

Scarce Elongated Coins Can Keep the Hobby Challenging!

On this page, we have gathered a few of the legendary Disneyland elongated coins. Many collectors feel they are among the scarcest and / or most valuable of all Disney elongated coins. We hope new as well as long time collectors will enjoy viewing coins that are found only in a very few of the top Disney "pressed penny" collections.

The elongated coins pictured above are ten of the most talked about and sought after examples of Disney pressed coins known to us. Many of them were not discovered by "The Collecting World" or listed in our collection guides until years after they were first pressed. Since discovery, most all of these coins have proven themselves to be exceedingly hard to find and their market values generally confirm their scarcity. (We prefer to use the word scarce rather than rare when the total number of coins pressed is unknown.) Selling prices for some of these coins have exceeded a thousand dollars, with at least one exceeding three thousand dollars. For for a selection of other, less costly, easier to find Disneyland elongated coin collection sets, please visit the ParkPennies Collecting Ideas Index.

The images offered represent the shared efforts of many collectors over more than 20 years of Disneyland elongated coin hunting. Some of the contributing collectors are noted in the coin descriptions and or the Acknowledgements Page. We are indebted to the fellow collectors that have contributed their "discoveries" to this reference guide and invite anyone with a coin not already listed to contact us.

The folks here at ParkPennies, as you may know, have collected Disney elongated coins since about 1988 and participated in or negotiated in the pressed penny market since around 1993, when the internet first starting bringing collectors together in ever increasing numbers. Over the years, we have observed and participated in on-line auctions, private sales and kept price histories of sales we felt were significant. Because of this experience, occasionally, we are asked by coin dealers or collectors for auction value estimates or Disney elongated coin collection evaluations. These activities and observations are the basis of this article and the opinions stated. We hope you will enjoy our efforts and share this web site with other collectors and Disney fans.

Many Disneyland® coins look alike and the small differences in these coins can also make for very different values. As long time collectors have noticed, sometimes coins that look much alike can have sale or auction prices thousands of dollars different. I can see the jaws of new collectors dropping as they read that "thousands of dollars different".   But, don’t be discouraged. Trading and sales of spare coins can help keep the cost of a collection affordable. Not to mention, as in most all collectibles, knowing the small differences that make the difference between ordinary and extra ordinary is a big advantage when you buy, sale or trade.

For your convenience in attributing similar coins, this web site offers the extensive ParkPennies.com Disneyland elongated coin guides, linked at the top of most pages, and a page of elongated coin variations with links to expanded detail pages. Together, they can help in identifying the small differences of similar Disneyland coins. Also, per your requests, we have added a frame option at the top right corner of most pages. With that option, three stationary, size-adjustible, adjacent windows or "frames" will hold three coins of your choice side by side for more accurate evaluation. You may click a coin in the first window, go to another catalog, click another coin in window two etc. Compare them side by side, print them or save their images to your desktop.

Related: ParkPennies.com article about The Cimeter Group, The Straw Hat Mickey Mouse prototype and The Mickey Mouse Rays prototype elongated coins.