Comparison of the Toy Story or
"Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters" Pressed Pennies
First set, March 18, 2005: DL0271, DL0272, DL0273 -
Second set, March 24, 2005: DL0280, DL0281, DL0282
Third set, October 24, 2008: DL0436, DL0437, DL0438 -
Forth set, November 26, 2008: DL0439, DL0437*, DL0440
*Only two dies were replaced on 11/26/08 the DL0437 was a carry-over. Crazy yet? :-) |

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Disney Little Green Man (LGM), Alien
Pressed Penny
No.
DL0271
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( Disney Little Green Man (LGM), Alien Vertical pressed penny or elongated Disney coin image) DISNEYLAND ® PARK BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS, Little Green Man (LGM), Alien, © DISNEY / PIXAR, wire border. No "e" for Eurolink. Same coin die as the DL0280 and DL0436. Easily identified by the backstamp. View our Toy Story pressed penny comparison page for close up images and more details.
Reverse: BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS (Type I)
First on-stage March 18, 2005 (Removed for repair / backstamp replacement 3/20/05) at The Little Green Men Store Command (Formerly the Premier Shop) button "A".
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Disney Little Green Man (LGM), Alien
Pressed Penny
No.
DL0280
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( Disney Little Green Man (LGM), Alien Vertical pressed penny or elongated Disney coin image) DISNEYLAND ® PARK BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS, Little Green Man (LGM), Alien, © DISNEY / PIXAR, wire border. No "e" for Eurolink. Same die as the DL0271 and DL0436. Easily identified by the backstamp. View our Toy Story pressed penny comparison page for close up images and more details.
Reverse: BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS (Type II)
First on-stage and operational late March 24, 2005 at The Little Green Men Store Command (Formerly the Premier Shop) button "A".
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Disney Little Green Man (LGM), Alien
Pressed Penny
No.
DL0436
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( Disney Little Green Man (LGM), Alien Vertical smashed penny or elongated coin image) DISNEYLAND ® PARK BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS, Little Green Man (LGM), Alien, © DISNEY / PIXAR, wire border. No "e" for Eurolink. Same die as the DL0271 and DL0280. Easily identified by the backstamp. View our Toy Story pressed penny comparison page for close up images and more details.
Reverse: BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS, DISNEYLAND ® RESORT. (Type III)
First on-stage 10/24/08 retired around 11/24/08. Located at The Little Green Men Store Command (Formerly the Premier Shop) button "A".
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Disney Little Green Man (LGM), Alien
Pressed Penny
No.
DL0439
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( Disney Little Green Man (LGM), Alien Vertical smashed penny or elongated coin image) DISNEYLAND ® PARK BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS, Little Green Man (LGM), Alien, © DISNEY / PIXAR, wire border. No "e" for Eurolink. Similar to the DL0271 / DL0280 and DL0436 dies. Easily mistaken for the DL0436. View our Toy Story pressed penny comparison page for close up images and more details.
Reverse: BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS, DISNEYLAND ® RESORT. (Type III)
First on-stage 11/26/08. Located at The Little Green Men Store Command (Formerly the Premier Shop) button "A".
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Disney BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS
Pressed Penny No.
DL0272
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( Disney BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS Vertical pressed penny or elongated Disney coin image) DISNEYLAND ® PARK BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS, Buzz Lightyear, © DISNEY / PIXAR, wire border. No "e" for Eurolink. Same coin die as the DL0281 and similar to the DL0437. Easily identified by the backstamp. View our Toy Story pressed penny comparison page for close up images and more details.
Reverse: BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS (Type I)
First on-stage March 18, 2005 (Removed for repair / backstamp replacement 3/20/05) at The Little Green Men Store Command (Formerly the Premier Shop) button "B".
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Disney BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS
Pressed Penny No.
DL0281
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First on-stage and operational late March 24, 2005 at The Little Green Men Store Command (Formerly the Premier Shop) button "B".
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Disney BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS
Pressed Penny No.
DL0437
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( Disney BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS Vertical smashed penny or elongated coin image) DISNEYLAND ® PARK BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS, Buzz Lightyear, © DISNEY / PIXAR, wire border. No "e" for Eurolink. Same die as the DL0495, very similar to the DL0272 and DL0281 dies. Easily identified by the type IV backstamp. First on-stage October 24th, 2008. View our Toy Story pressed penny comparison page for close up images and more details.
Reverse: BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS, DISNEYLAND ® RESORT. (Type IV)
First on-stage October 24th, 2008 at The Little Green Men Store Command (Formerly the Premier Shop) button "B".
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Disney BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS
Pressed Penny No.
DL0495
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( Disney BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS Vertical smashed penny or elongated coin image) DISNEYLAND ® PARK BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS, Buzz Lightyear, © DISNEY / PIXAR, wire border. No "e" for Eurolink. Same obverse die as the DL0437, very similar to the DL0272 and DL0281 dies. Easily identified by the type III backstamp. (The previous Type IV backstamp changed to Type III on May 4th, 2011, and now conforms to the other coins in this three coin set.) First on-stage May 4th, 2011, replaced the DL0437 due to backstamp change. View our Toy Story pressed penny comparison page for close up images and more details.
Reverse: BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS, DISNEYLAND ® RESORT. (Type III)
First on-stage May 4th, 2011, at The Little Green Men Store Command (Formerly the Premier Shop) button "B".
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Disney ASTRO BLASTERS Zurg
Pressed Penny
No.
DL0273
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( Disney ASTRO BLASTERS Zurg Vertical pressed penny or elongated Disney coin image) DISNEYLAND ® PARK BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS, Zurg, © DISNEY / PIXAR, wire border. No "e" for Eurolink. Same coin die as the DL0282 and DL0438. Easily identified by the backstamp. View our Toy Story pressed penny comparison page for close up images and more details.
Reverse: BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS (Type I)
First on-stage March 18, 2005 (Removed for repair / backstamp replacement 3/20/05) at The Little Green Men Store Command (Formerly the Premier Shop) button "C".
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Disney ASTRO BLASTERS Zurg
Pressed Penny
No.
DL0282
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( Disney ASTRO BLASTERS Zurg Vertical pressed penny or elongated Disney coin image) DISNEYLAND ® PARK BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS, Zurg, © DISNEY / PIXAR, wire border. No "e" for Eurolink. Same die as the DL0273 and DL0438. Easily identified by the backstamp. View our Toy Story pressed penny comparison page for close up images and more details.
Reverse: BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS (Type II)
First on-stage and operational late March 24, 2005 at The Little Green Men Store Command (Formerly the Premier Shop) button "C".
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Disney ASTRO BLASTERS Zurg
Pressed Penny
No.
DL0438
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( Disney ASTRO BLASTERS Zurg Vertical smashed penny or elongated coin image) DISNEYLAND ® PARK BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS, Zurg, © DISNEY / PIXAR, wire border. No "e" for Eurolink. Same die as the DL0273 and DL0282. Easily identified by the backstamp. View our Toy Story pressed penny comparison page for close up images and more details.
Reverse: BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS, DISNEYLAND ® RESORT. (Type III)
First on-stage 10/24/08 retired around 11/24/08. Located at The Little Green Men Store Command (Formerly the Premier Shop) button "C".
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Disney ASTRO BLASTERS Zurg
Pressed Penny
No.
DL0440
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( Disney ASTRO BLASTERS Zurg Vertical smashed penny or elongated coin image) DISNEYLAND ® PARK BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS, Zurg, © DISNEY / PIXAR, wire border. No "e" for Eurolink. Similar to the DL0273 / DL0282 and DL0438 dies. Easily mistaken for the DL0438. View our Toy Story pressed penny comparison page for close up images and more details.
Reverse: BUZZ LIGHTYEAR ASTRO BLASTERS, DISNEYLAND ® RESORT. (Type III)
First on-stage 11/26/08. Located at The Little Green Men Store Command (Formerly the Premier Shop) button "C".
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DL0271-273
(TYPE I)
The First
Buzz
Lightyear backstamp
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DL0271 - DL0273 Backstamp. Reads "Buzz Lightyear ASTRO BLASTERS". This is the hard to find "Type I" backstamp. See also the DL0280 -DL0282 "Type II" and the DL0436-438 backstamp coin which adds "DISNEYLAND ® RESORT". View our Toy Story pressed penny comparison page for close up images and more details. |
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DL280-282
(TYPE II)
The Second
Buzz
Lightyear
backstamp
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DL0280 - DL0282 "Type II" Backstamp. Reads "Buzz Lightyear ASTRO BLASTERS". This is the second back for this set of coins. See DL0271 - DL0273 for the "Type I" backstamp and the DL0436-438 backstamp coin which adds "DISNEYLAND ® RESORT". View our Toy Story pressed penny comparison page for close up images and more details. |
DL0436, 38, 39, 40, & 95
(TYPE III)
The Third
Buzz
Lightyear
backstamp
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DL0436, DL0438, DL0439, DL0440 and DL0495 "Type III" Backstamp. Reads "Buzz Lightyear ASTRO BLASTERS, DISNEYLAND ® RESORT". This is the third Buzz Lightyear or Astro Blasters backstamp. It can be found on the DL0436, DL0438, DL0439, DL0440 and DL0495. (The DL0437 backstamp image has artwork differences.) See also the hard to find "Type I" backstamp and the DL0280-DL0282 "Type II" which do not include " DISNEYLAND ® RESORT". View our Toy Story pressed penny comparison page for close up images and more details. |

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DL0437 (TYPE IV)
The Forth
Buzz
Lightyear
backstamp
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DL0437 "Type IV" Backstamp. (Reported by George Colón 8/2010) Reads "Buzz Lightyear ASTRO BLASTERS, DISNEYLAND ® RESORT". This is the forth Buzz Lightyear / Astro Blasters backstamp. It can be found on the DL0437. Compare with the hard to find DL0271-DL0273 "Type I" backstamp and the DL0280-DL0282 "Type II" backstamps which do not include " DISNEYLAND ® RESORT" as well as the DL0436, DL0438, DL0439 and DL0440 Backstamps that have different placement of the top "Buzz Lightyear" banner and other artwork differences. View our Toy Story pressed penny comparison page for close up images and more details. |
NOTE: You may have noticed that because backstamp "dies" and coin dies are different in many ways, they are treated differently here at ParkPennies. Guides confirm that unlike coin dies, backstamp “dies” often share a single design / artwork "type" pressed onto the reverse of many different elongated coins. When these backstamp "dies" are compared to others of the same design "type", often there are slight differences as each is etched or engraved individually. To mix things up even more, it is possible for a set of three nearly identical backstamp "dies" engraved on a back shaft and paired with particular coin dies, to be accidentally or intentionally rotated when the penny press mechanism is serviced or repaired. And even more permutations are introduced if a replacement back shaft is installed with facsimiles of the original backstamp engravings. Lastly, backstamp engravings are also prone to change in appearance over time as they wear, "sink" etc., which can add variations to the same back stamp engravings over time. As you can see, these backstamp characteristics could make for a lot of “different” backstamps of the same design "type".
Therefore, our guide attributions give small design variations or changes less weight when observed in backstamp "dies" vs. obverse coin dies. A good example would be the many 50th Anniversary backstamps. There are as many individual backstamp "dies" or engravings as there are coins in the 50th set, each with slight variances in placement, depth, and texture. Yet all share the same artwork / design, i.e. without intentional differences in design, and are considered one “generic type” for the purposes of listing in this guide.
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Please use this link for an Introduction to the DL Disneyland Park Pressed Pennies Collection and this link for an Introduction to all Disneyland Resort Pressed Pennies Collections.
Editor's note: We are often reminded that the preferred numismatic term is "Elongated Coins". However, as the rebellious, risk taking, devil may care ParkPennies.com contributors that we are, temptation often gets the better of us. As a result, you may see the more casual, fun terms like: pressed pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, smashed pennies, flattened pennies, crushed pennies, squashed pennies, rolled pennies, mashed pennies, smashed pennies, stamped pennies, smashed pennies , smushed pennies, stretched pennies, memory pennies, keepsake pennies, flat pennies, and souvenir medallions to describe these fun penny souvenirs. |
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