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11/23/07 Wow! The Christmas Season is here already! Even though ParkPennies.com income and budget are $0.00, we're going to do something special this year! It surely won't be any competition for Oprah's cars and fancy freezers. But, we want to say thank you for visiting and linking to ParkPennies. Even though our budget is "modest", we think it's something you'll like. 
More details soon.
11/21/07 Happy Thanksgiving!
11/21/07 Seasonal Nickels have been released as late as mid December in the past. Don't give up hope.
11/19/07 Folks, we are working on it, but so far we got nothin'!
If you're surfing the 'net to fill in those lonesome hours at the office or because you'd like to read a bit about Disney Parks, this might be a good day to peruse the MiceAge Web Site. If you haven't visited the site recently, you may be interested in their articles about the future plans for California Adventure. They also have the excellent Mouse Chat discussion board. Tell 'um Boomer sent ya.
(Do check back here often. We hope to have some penny press news before long.)
If you have another Disney related discussion board or web site in mind that you'd like us to review for mention here, just let us know.
11/17/07 Many machine reports have been received recently. They are very important and appreciated. Without them, we could not confirm when / if a new machine has arrived. However, recently they have shared the theme "no new seasonal nickel machine found". As soon as the next change in machine status is reported / confirmed we will post the news on this page first. Until then, rest assured we are listening, searching, snooping, spying and interrogating every day.
Best of the Season and happy collecting.
11/17/07 The last report received by ParkPennies.com suggested a technical problem with the seasonal nickel machine.
11/16/07 The park was crowded, the weather excellent, but no new nickel machine. 
11/15/07 We've added the latest 26 Magical Coins to the Hong Kong Disneyland Magical Coin Press Machine Guides. The images are mostly "stick images" done without the three dimensional "Disney" quality hand engraving we know from the past. Given the many options available to a customer like Disney, and the engraving talent available to their suppliers, I am at a loss to know why images like these are in the Disneyland Resorts, especially given Disney's heritage. On the plus side, it is nice to see new coins especially those with popular themes like Nightmare Before Christmas, Pin Trading and Pirates to name a few. I also have a new found appreciation for the hand-engraved coins of the past that some collectors now call "vintage".
No seasonal nickel machine arrival reports to post so far.
11/14/07 A few visitors, including MouseEars have given arrival dates for the Seasonal Nickels. All arrival times are Sunday or sooner. We have the park covered by friends, fellow collectors and ParkPennies.com operatives every day though next week and will report back as soon as we know for sure the coins are on-stage. Not that anyone is anxious. 
11/13/07 No new machine to report... yet. Details Wednesday.
11/12/07 Beautiful day at the park! Christmas decorations most everywhere! The Main Street Christmas Tree is up, snow on the castle roof, good friends and a fun day. But, no new penny machines.
11/10/07 
11/09/07 Boomer reports no new machines today. However, a couple of older machines that are no longer on-stage have been moved to retired status. (Monsters Inc. and The Beauty and the Beast penny sets.) Before you write us... Agreed, the princess machine in Fantasyland has been off-stage for a long time. However, Cast Members in the area still believe the machine will return. A Cast Member at the Main Street Penny Arcade as well as a cornered, frightened Repair Tech that broke under the stress of guest interrogation, confessed the Monsters Inc. and Beauty and the Beast machines probably would not return. Machine location pages have been updated.
11/08/07 Avid collectors, Jon, Mike and Brent report, as of last night, no Seasonal nickels found. A recent MouseEars anony-mouse report targets machine arrival more than a week away. I hope it's sooner, my pacing is starting to wear a hole in the office carpet!
11/07/07 No new machine to report. 
11/06/07 Nope. Nada. None. No new machines to report today. Reports from MouseEars, Lou, Boomer and one anony-mouse visitor are all in agreement. Our thanks for all your reports. As noted on the Seasonal Nickel page, the set has been commonly placed on-stage in November, often in the the second week of the month. However, the date has been as late as December 12. Hope it's soon. Folks are gettin' antsy and Boomer is pacing!
11/05/07 Boomer reports that the seasonal nickel machine was not on-stage today, but, he'll check again Tuesday.
11/04/07 Beautiful day at the park! I was able to say hi to advanced collectors Aprille and Chuck, but no sign of the seasonal nickel machine yet. Maybe soon?
11/03/07 Lots of rumors about the release of Seasonal Elongated Nickels at Disneyland, USA. (Here is a page with just the Seasonal Elongated Nickel thumbnail images.) Looks like the tradition will continue on for the 13th year! We hope to have word about their arrival soon. If you spot them first, you can share the news with other readers here.
11/03/07 New Tokyo Disneyland Christmas Medals and COM's! (Three-dimensional, nicely hand-engraved coins!) Read about them on the Tokyo Disneyland Pressed Penny Medals News page.
11/01/07 Several new Magical Coins reported at Hong Kong Disneyland! See the marquees on the Hong Kong Disneyland News Page.
11/01/07 Over 130 visitor auctions are currently running on eBay! Do check them out, there are some neat coins offered from the latest NBC set to a steel cent "Quality Inn across from Disneyland" from back in the 1980's.
10/31/07 The 2007 Nightmare Before Christmas quarter set arrives! MouseEars is first to report the new machine! While Boomer was on the way to the park, MouseEars had already sent in his new machine report. Guess Boomer is going to have to get up a little earlier in the morning! Pictures and guides to follow...
UPDATE: We have added the new NBC set to the Disneyland Pressed Penny Guides and the Nightmare Before Christmas Halloween Quarters Page with pictures and descriptions. The new coins are: DL0419, DL0420 and DL0421 + Back Stamp (As in our guides, click "Frames Yes" at the top of the page to hold these pictures in frames or CTRL click to open them in a new tab. Default is a new window.)
As you can see, this year, the Nightmare Before Christmas coins feature only line art figures instead of the three dimensional hand engraved (in-graved?) images of the past. However, the coins are all dated 2007 and also have dated back stamps. I know they will be a big hit with many ParkPennies.com readers. 
NOTE: Some of the engraving on these coins, most noticeably the smaller lettering is not legible. However, given close examination, one can assume or divine if you will, that they all are inscribed "Tim Burton's" and "C Disney" ("C Touchstone" was dropped this year). I have read your emails and I agree, the current quality of engraving is not what it has been in the past. I do not know why, the Tokyo Disneyland coins seem better than ever. Personally, I'm going to place one of the coins face down so the cool back stamp shows... maybe more than one. 
0/31/07 We didn't know what Boomer should wear for Halloween. We couldn't decide if Boomer is scarier as a rotting living dead zombie or if Boomer is scarier as... Boomer. Well, whatever he decides, you'll probably be able to spot him at the park today.
Happy collecting and Happy Halloween.
10/30/07 Our special thanks to the ParkPennies.com readers that submitted park reports over the past few days. Rumors have been heard, but, no new machines have been reported since Ratatouille. Maybe soon?
10/26/07 Cool Visitor Auctions, updated Disneyland Guides, Hong Kong Disneyland News and Penny Press Machine Location pages all await you!
10/25/07 Ratatouille is at Goofy's Kitchen, in the Disneyland Hotel! (Now, be honest, aren't you glad I didn't make any of those Mouse, Rat, Goofy's Kitchen jokes?) Here they are and reported first by MouseEars, a top anony-mouse contributor to ParkPennies.com.
10/25/07 A valued anony-mouse reporter, now code named "MouseEars" here at ParkPennies.com, wrote to assure readers there are current plans for a Nightmare Before Christmas set, Seasonal nickels set and maybe a Year of a Million Dreams coin too! MouseEars also reported the arrival of a Ratatouille set today! Of course, ParkPennies.com never posts anony-mouse coin reports without first confirming them. So, you really aren't reading this?! Seriously, Boomer has a unusually high level of confidence in this anonymous report and is on his way to the park. When he returns, he hopes to have Ratatouille coins to scan and a machine location report or a really good story why he left his desk and went to the park!
Our thanks again to "MouseEars" for sharing their very timely new coin reports with ParkPennies.com.
10/23/07 The Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea Guides have been updated with the latest Tokyo Disneyland Coins of the Month and COM Thumbnails. (My favorite TDL coins!)
If you like ParkPennies.com, please share the site via your very welcome blog and web site links. They make our day.
10/22/07 No new coins on stage since the Pirates set... yet.
10/19/07 This is the historic time frame for the arrival of the Nightmare Before Christmas quarters and we are only a few weeks away from the usual arrival of the seasonal nickels! Add to that more rumors of a Ratatouille pressed penny set and we could see some cool new coins soon!? You know we'll be looking when we are at the park and we'll be at the park often! Do let us know if you spot them first. Have a great weekend and Happy Collecting!
10/18/07 CORRECTION / CLEARIFICATION of my fumble worded 10/15/07 post. The DL0001 and DL0002 are of course, key coins in the Disneyland on-stage collection and worthy of mention. However, my post should have read "...appears to be an early / progressive example...". The coin appears to be early, possibly progressive. If progressive, it not as extreme an example as we have pictured here. A closer look may be justified by collectors looking for an early example of a DL0001. It isn't often I use too few words! Many thanks to ParkPennies visitor and avid collector, Rus, for catching my fumble. 
10/15/07 Some interesting visitor auctions are linked to ParkPennies.com this week! Do take a look. They include a DL0001 and DL0002 pair that look to be very early rolls. The DL0001 appears to be an early progressive example of the modified on-stage grip. Also, a Millennium Mickey from Tokyo Disneyland is up for auction. A controversial coin to say the least. You might find it controversial too? It wasn't on-stage long. Happy collecting.
10/15/07 No new coins to report. But, it could be the lull before the storm? So, great chance to shine up those pennies, scavenge those quarters and of course, check ParkPennies.com often!
10/10/07 The Disneyland Pressed Penny Guide has been updated to include the new Pirate Set, Pirate Skeleton at the Helm, pressed penny number DL0416, Pirate Skull and Cross Swords Logo, pressed penny number DL0147, and Pirate Princess Logo, pressed penny number DL0418. This new, well themed penny press is located next to the Haunted Mansion coffin quarter press in the alcove next to the new location of Le Bat en Rouge Shope in New Orleans Square. We will update the penny press machine location pages soon.
Our thanks to you for your visits and for sharing our humble hobby pages with friends via emails, blog and web site links. They make our day! Happy collecting, Boomer and the ParkPennies.com folks.
10/09/07 ARrrrrrah! Thar be PIRATES!!!!!!!!
At long last! The Pirates' pressed penny set ParkPennies.com readers have anxiously anticipated!
Although we can't help but think that these coins would have greatly benefited from the hand engraving skills of Jimmy Vargas, our first impression is very favorable. The dot borders, Disneyland Resort banners, and back stamps are very nice in this collector's opinion and we think the set will be a big hit. The cabinet is themed very nicely, the coins are rolling full and near perfectly flat! So, do take a look at them in person and let us know your thoughts!
If you press them while they are still on-stage you can have all three coins for a mere $1.53 or on eBay for $1.53 plus a pirate's ransom! (I joke!?)
Our thanks to the anony-mouse mystery messenger that brought this new set to our attention.
Although these are early, small, poor quality pictures, soon we will have much larger, poor quality pictures!. (The Disneyland Pressed Penny Guides will be updated this week with close up images, descriptions, and guide numbers.) So please check back and Happy collecting.
Pirates Pressed Penny Set!
First On-Stage 10/08/07
In New Orleans Square
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10/09/07 An interesting, but, unconfirmable anony-mouse message received early today by ParkPennies.com has sent an ecstatic Boomer along with an anxious fellow ParkPennies.com co-conspirator to the usually unexplored depths of The Disneyland Resort, Anaheim. Report to follow upon their (our) return.
10/09/07 Bigfoot sightings, two. New Disneyland elongated, pressed, flattened, crushed, squashed, rolled, mashed, smashed, stamped, squished, smushed, memory, keepsake, stretched and pinched penny souvenir coin sightings... total, zero!
10/04/07 
10/01/07 Our first images of the Tokyo Disneyland Resort October Coins of the Month are up. Our thanks to Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan.
09/29/07 13 new additions to the Tokyo Disneyland Resort Guides we also updated the Tokyo Disneyland Coins of the Month. (These are the previously reported coins that were issued this month.)
09/26/07 Quote from the Hee Haw TV series... "Now, we're not ones to go 'round spreadin' rumors, Why, really we're just not the gossipy kind, No, you'll never hear one of us repeating gossip, So you'd better be sure and listen close the first time!"
Are you listening close? Well... there could be two new sets of pressed pennies on their way to the Disneyland Resort!
Now, we need not mention to long time readers that we normally wait for non anony-mouse conformations from multiple sources before posting. However, there have been so many of you asking for a Pirates set (!) over the past couple of years, we had to share this rumor. Story goes that a Pirates of the Caribbean set and a Ratatouille set are planned! Based on reports, gossip and research, we're thinking it is more than 50% probable and the machines could be here by the end of October. So do check back if / when / as we hear more we'll post it here. Thanks to all the folks that have kindly emailed us lately and happy collecting.
09/21/07 At 2:15 today, it took us a half hour wait just to exit the Downtown Disney parking lot! Looked like the cars in line were waiting to board a submarine ride or something! It's this reporter's opinion that the park is really short staffed. However, the important stuff was all good. The weather was great and the penny press machines we tried today were adjusted to perfection! It couldn't have been a better day, unless, maybe we had spotted a new coin on stage. 
If you're the first to find a new coin, here is how to share the find.. the ParkPennies.com comment form.
09/20/07 Two more space alien sightings reported, but, still no new coins!
09/19/07 No new coins to report. Rumors, but, no confirmed sightings. Guess that puts new Disneyland coins right up there with Big Foot and space aliens! But, do check back, ParkPennies.com staff and other unnamed covert operatives are constantly searching for Big Foot, space aliens and... new Disneyland pressed pennies! If you spot a new machine or coin, share the news with other ParkPennies.com readers here.
If you are surfing at work, during long commercial breaks on TV or at your leisure, do check out the visitor auctions. If you're surfing ParkPennies.com while "driving", please get your eyes back on the road!
09/14/07 NEW Tokyo Disneyland medals!
2007.09.12
Halloween 2007 & Haunted Mansion Holiday Nightmare were leased
·TDL Penny Arcade - 1 Haunted Mansion Holiday Nightmare
·TDL Starcade - 2 Halloween 2007
·TDL Poor Corner - 2 Halloween 2007
·TDL Home Store - 1 Haunted Mansion Holiday Nightmare & 1 Halloween
2007
2007.August. ??
·Palm & Fountain Terrace Hotel
Two new Design were released.
Thank you,
Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
Here's pictures of the new coins courtesy of Kuniaki:
Halloween, Tokyo Medals 9-12-07 and
New Palm and Fountain Terrace Hotels Medals.
09/11/07 Not everyone has had a chance to press one of the new Main Street nickels. Matter of fact, I haven't even seen one on eBay yet. So, thought I'd feature the coin here especially for visitors that are far from the park.
You know we love pressed nickels and the original Main Street USA DL0251 nickel was also the first Disney elongated coin to have a back stamp. So, we couldn't overlook the latest Main Street nickel revision.
Generally, my impressions are much like those of some ParkPennies readers. As you can see below, the art work is basically unchanged, Minnie and Mickey, Main Street USA, no border... However, unlike the coin it replaced, the DL0415 has only "line art" engraving.
I was surprised to see it. Many collectors thought the older style, two-dimensional "line art" had been phased out some years ago with state of the art professionally hand engraved three dimensional "Disney Quality" dies. Today, collectors take high quality engraving for granted at Disney Resorts like Tokyo Disneyland in Japan and Hong Kong Disneyland in China. Matter of fact, Tokyo Disneyland has already introduced more than a hundred new high-quality, hand engraved, 3-D designs just this year. But, I digress....
When the Disney pressed coins below are compared side by side, even my old eyes can identify the coin on the bottom as Jaq, the coin at the top left as Mickey and Minnie. And the new Main Street USA nickel, top right, as... a Picasso? Hey, I'm trying to be positive here!
Seriously, we don't know why recently issued Disneyland, USA coins have often lost detail, borders and now engraving quality over the past year or so. However, some Rumors have been heard. One writer suggested borderless elongated coins are in preparation for future penny press conversions to planchets (Metal disks as used in Japan and Hong Kong). They sited possible changes in US coinage, laws, and the increased revenues from planchets. Another rumor suggested that Disneyland is making some of their own dies by machine and that's why some coins like the Main Street nickel are less detailed and borderless?
If you can correct, clarify or confirm these rumors, we're all ears! Thanks to all that have sent emails, we do read them all. Even the one that claimed the new nickel looks like Pooh!? Happy collecting...
The New Main Street Nickel

2004 Engraving
Nicely hand engraved...
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2007 Engraving
Just placed on-stage
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An example of engraving done for Tokyo Disneyland.
To see more, please view our Tokyo Disneyland Guides.
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09/06/07 Currently there are about 125 visitor auctions linked. Do check them out, could be something you're looking for or even something you can't pass up.
Also, it's getting to be that time of year... seasonal nickels and haunted mansion holiday quarters are probably just around the corner. You could be the first to report them! Wow! Instant fame!! Just be the first to let us know via the ParkPennies.com text message, email or contact form.
09/04/07 We all took the morning off and headed to the Anaheim park. Lots of fun stuff to do, crowds were moderate, weather good in the morning. But, no new machines or returning machines to report. Some machines have moved about since our Penny Press Machine Location pages were last updated. Probably will update them soon. The TDL News page has a new update or two.
09/04/07 DisneySea's 6th Anniversary medal was just released! Picture courtesy of Kuniaki.
09/01/07 See the three new, Tokyo Disneyland Resort September, 2007 Coins of the Month! Again, thanks Kuniaki!
Monthly medals were released on September. 01 at Tokyo Disneyland Resort.
TDL Penny Arcade, Camera Center - Alice
TDL Starcade - Baby Tramp
TDS Galleria Disney - Shiriki Utundu
Thank you
08/29/07 We've been keeping busy with a few touch ups here on the web site. A fish could ride a bicycle better than Boomer can program a web site, but, given you are here, we probably don't need to mention that. Stay tuned for some news. We are all ears here and the season is near for Nightmare Before Christmas elongated quarters and the seasonal nickel set!
08/19/07 We didn't post pictures of this set when it first arrived on-stage, but, we are getting caught up with the backlog of new coin entries in the guides, so we have a little time to do some fun stuff. 
Two of the coins, as you may remember, served some time at the Grand Californian and were taken off-stage when the 2007 Chip N Dale coin arrived. Their new home is at the Main Street Penny Arcade in Disneyland and they have similar, but, new back stamps in their new machine. The gem of this set, in my humble opinion, is the Lucky Penny. I can't remember ever seeing a lucky penny at any Disney park before, so it looks like a first. Given the popularity of Lucky Penny style elongated coins, I'm betting this coin will be very popular with visitors. (Not a hard bet to make if you've had to wait in line to press one.) Here's a close-up of the coin....

08/16/07 15 new coins were added to the Tokyo Disneyland Guides, 12 were added to the latest section of the Tokyo Disneyland Guide and three new medals were added to the latest section of the Tokyo DisneySea Guide. For those readers that have been asking... we have also updated the Tokyo Disneyland Coins of the Month pages. Have a great weekend. Happy collecting!
07/30/07 Ok, I just can't control myself any longer.. either! When will Disneyland USA have a coin of the month? Take a look at these cool Tokyo Disneyland coin of the month medals... (Click to enlarge the image.)
07/29/07 Good news to report! Chuck N., the well known Disneyland elongated coin collector, just returned from DLRP. He spent several days searching the Disneyland Resort, Paris, adjacent Disney Village and hotels looking for elongated coins. His report confirms that the Sequoia Lodge Hotel machines, which pressed United States cents are gone. However, the two four-play Rain Forest Cafe hand crank machines are still on site. Chuck also agreed to shared the pictures below with ParkPennies.com readers. Based on the pictures and report, we have corrected the DLRP elongated coin guide numbers to reflect the machine "crank" coin order.
Disneyland Resort Paris Penny Press Machines
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Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan
06/04/07 Here is a picture of the new Hong Kong Disneyland marquee featuring the new pirate coin, courtesy of MarkMark2.
FORMAT CHANGE-------- ARCHIVE FROM THIS DATE ON INCLUDES ALL PARKS. NEWS ARCHIEVED
FROM THE MAIN NEWS PAGE
FORMAT CHANGE-------- ARCHIVE FROM THIS DATE ON INCLUDES ALL PARKS. NEWS ARCHIEVED
FROM THE MAIN NEWS PAGE
FORMAT CHANGE-------- ARCHIVE FROM THIS DATE ON INCLUDES ALL PARKS. NEWS ARCHIEVED
FROM THE MAIN NEWS PAGE
08/19/07 We didn't post pictures of this set when it first arrived on-stage, but, we are getting caught up with the backlog of new coin entries in the guides, so we have a little time to do some fun stuff. 
Two of the coins, as you may remember, served some time at the Grand Californian and were taken off-stage when the 2007 Chip N Dale coin arrived. Their new home is at the Main Street Penny Arcade in Disneyland and they have similar, but, new back stamps in their new machine. The gem of this set, in my humble opinion, is the Lucky Penny. I can't remember ever seeing a lucky penny at any Disney park before, so it looks like a first. Given the popularity of Lucky Penny style elongated coins, I'm betting this coin will be very popular with visitors. (Not a hard bet to make if you've had to wait in line to press one.) Here's a close-up of the coin....

08/16/07 15 new coins were added to the Tokyo Disneyland Guides, 12 were added to the latest section of the Tokyo Disneyland Guide and three new medals were added to the latest section of the Tokyo DisneySea Guide. For those readers that have been asking... we have also updated the Tokyo Disneyland Coins of the Month pages. Have a great weekend. Happy collecting!
08/07/07 Mark B., contacted ParkPennies to report that the three-play machine at the Main Street Penny Arcade which featured three images of Dopey, has moved to the Princess Fantasy Faire area back by the ToonTown Train Station. The ParkPennies.com penny press machine location pages have been updated.
08/03/07 Kuniaki Hiraki in Tokyo Japan, our eyes and ears at the Tokyo Disneyland Resort, reported the release of three August TDL Medals, Coins of the Month. More information on the Tokyo Disneyland Medals News Page.
08/01/07 Updates to the Disneyland Resort Paris News Page, the DLRP Guide and lots of auctions! Over 130 linked auctions as of today! A lot Tokyo Disneyland coins even a single lot of 38 TDL's, a set of coins from The Disneyland Resort Paris, Disney Village, Rainforest Cafe , a DS0006 nickel some WDW elongated coins plus lots of current and retired Disneyland Resort elongated coins! Several of them, hard to find coins readers have been asking about. Do take a look at them all .
07/30/07 Ok, I just can't control myself any longer.. either! When will Disneyland USA have a coin of the month? Take a look at these cool Tokyo Disneyland coin of the month medals... (Click to enlarge the image.)
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