The DL0076/DL0225, DL0058/DL0058a and DL0060/DL0060a
Disneyland Pressed or Elongated Nickels

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. The picture above and the guide sections below should speak for the differences between these coins. Nickels are my favorite Disney elongated coins and they are only available at Disneyland. When you match that up with a special, hard to find set like the DL0058a, DL0060a and DL0225... Well, gotta write a page!

If you have an interest, some rambling about this set follows with the hope that others will avoid the mistake made by these two "unknown collectors".

As advanced collectors know, the machine was on stage for years with the original DL0058, DL0076, and DL0060 set of nickels. Then it seems age took it's toll. To improve the reliability of the nickel press, the grippers were redone. At the same time, additional, more significant changes were made to the aging, engraved DL0076 die image.

When the machine returned, the marquee and coins appeared the same and the machine was rolling a bit short. A collector and his daughter, who will remain anonymous so as not to embarrass myself or my daughter, saw the short rolls from what appeared to be an old, "everyone has that set machine". They quickly advised the cashier who was kind enough to mark the machine out of order and call in a repair request. The collectors returned to the park a few times over the next three or four days only to find the machine marked "out of order" or still pressing short. Then, while placing the coins in our, I mean "their" trades box, it was noted that the coins had changed. A trip to the park the next morning noted the machine was off-stage, presumably for repair or adjustment. That die set never returned. A poll of fellow collectors at the time found that the machine had been seen, but, ignored as it appeared to offer the original set of coins.

All three coins are very hard to find, but, it is probable that park guests pressed these coins over those few days and to this day do not know the coins they pressed are a very limited issue. Checking auctions, garage sales and small casual collections of coins pressed at the time could uncover one of these little treasures.

(Vertical image) Mickey Mouse in tux with top hat and cane, full length, facing right, © DISNEY, "e" for Eurolink Design Corporation replaces the dot nearest the center of the gripper slot, DISNEYLAND Full size image.
See also the very scarce "Penny Art" version, DN0019, the hard to find DL0058a, and the Nickel comparison page.

First on-stage March 1995 at The Main Street Penny Arcade, button "A". Exchanged annually during Holiday Season with "Seasonal Nickels".

As DL0058, except for a larger, higher, gripper.
See also the Nickel comparison page.

First on-stage February 12, 2004 at The Main Street Penny Arcade, button "A". This is the same die as DL0058 but the gripper was reworked and enlarged. Removed from stage February 16, 2004.

Detail comparison of the nickel-sized DL0058 / DL0058A and the scarce "Penny Art" or penny-sized DN0019.

(Vertical image) Minnie Mouse with purse, full length, facing left, © DISNEY, "e" for Eurolink Design Corporation replaces the dot nearest the center of the gripper slot, DISNEYLAND Full size image.
See also the very scarce "Penny Art" DN0021, the hard to find DL0060a, and the Nickel comparison page.

First on-stage March 1995 at The Main Street Penny Arcade, button "C". Exchanged annually during Holiday Season with "Seasonal Nickels". See also DN0021.

As DL0060, except for a larger, higher, gripper.
See also the Nickel comparison page.

First on-stage February 12, 2004 at The Main Street Penny Arcade, button "C". This is the same die as DL0060 but the gripper was reworked and enlarged. Removed from stage February 16, 2004.

Detail comparison of the nickel-sized DL0060 / DL0060A and the scarce "Penny Art" or penny-sized DN0021.

(Horizontal image) MICKEY MOUSE, Mickey Mouse head with rays, © DISNEY, "e" for Eurolink Design Corporation replaces the dot nearest the center of the gripper slot, DISNEYLAND ® Standard Grip EARS CONVEX.
See also the very scarce DL0225 and the Nickel comparison page.

First on-stage January 1996 at The Main Street Penny Arcade, button "B". Exchanged annually during Holiday Season with "Seasonal Nickels" Replaced DL0059. Replaced by DL0225.

(Horizontal image) MICKEY MOUSE, Mickey Mouse head with rays, © DISNEY, DISNEYLAND ® Large Grip EARS CONCAVE
See also the DL0076 and the Nickel comparison page.

First on-stage February 12, 2004 at The Main Street Penny Arcade, button "B". Off stage February 16, 2004. This is the same artwork as DL0076, but with outlined, concave ears. Of the four days this die was available the machine was out of services for the best part of two of those days.