Bob Johnson Retirement
Elongated Pressed Penny Coins
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Bob Johnson Disneyland Diver Pressed Penny

Pressed Penny with image of Mr. Bob Johnson
and the Disneyland Castle. One of the three pressed
coins vended at Mr. Johnson's Retirement Party.

Pressed Penny with image of Mr. Bob Johnson
underwater. This is the image on the reverse of the
coins vended at Mr. Johnson's Retirement Party.

"Bob Johnson Retirement Celebration. After 40 years,
Bob is going to take one last dive into retirement.
October 26, 2011 at 6:00 a.m. West Rehearsal Hall"

Bob Johnson's Disneyland Retirement
Diver 1, 40 Years of Magic!

Bob Johnson, above the water, stopping for a picture near the Disneyland Submarine Voyage Attraction.
What a cool profession!

Mr. Johnson was the first Disneyland Cast Member in history to be honored by three different elongated coins at his retirement. Each coin memorializes a part of his life at Disneyland. One coin offers his image with a background of Disneyland Resort, one features Diver Goofy the mascot of his diving specialty, and one features Electro Mechanical Mickey Mouse representing his family's contributions to Disneyland attractions. Each coin reverse has a special retirement reverse "Bob Johnson" in SCUBA gear, "40 Years of Magic". All three coins were vended at his retirement party via a single three play penny press that was on-site for use by all attendees. These coins are surely some of the harder sets to find. As of this update, a full three months after the event, this author has not seen a single coin from this set offered publicly via auction, sale, or trade and very few in the hands of collectors. Possibly because attendees only pressed coins that they wished to keep as remembrances of the day.

Note: Mr. Johnson's unique profession has been the subject of newspaper articles for many years. Please read more about Mr. Johnson, and his very interesting life at Disneyland via newspaper articles and interviews available from libraries and the internet. Here, at ParkPennies.com, we are all about his cool retirement elongated coins. :-)

We hope attendees of Mr. Johnson's retirement party will continue to contact ParkPennies.com with their very welcome contributions to this page in honor of Mr. Johnson's "40 years of Magic" at the Disneyland Resort.

Bob Johnson, 40 Years of Magic
Retirement Party Elongated Coins

Diver Goofy Bob Johonson retirement coin

CM0039 Retired Vertical pressed penny image DIVER 1, BOB JOHNSON, ANIMATION DIVER, 40 YEARS OF SERVICE, , Diver Goofy in diving gear, DISNEYLAND PARK, © DISNEY, wire border. Vended via a three play penny press available to the guests of Mr. Johnson's retirement party on October 26th, 2011. Diver Goofy is a character mascot often seen on newsletters and other correspondence for the divers at Disneyland. As with the Bill Hogarth and Jack Steiner retirement pressed coins, the Bob Johnson pressed coins were also selectively distributed on dimes, nickels, quarters and

Bob Johnson Retirement Prototype Pressed Coin

tokens in very limited quantities. See also the Bob Johnson prototype pressed coin. Reverse: "BOB JOHNSON, DISNEYLAND, 40 YEARS OF MAGIC" with an etched image of a diver in the center of the reverse above "40 years of magic". CM0039 Diver Goofy, Bob Johnson Retirement View pressed penny image in frame or window # 1 2 3

Electro Mechanical Mickey Bob Johnson retirement coin

CM0040 Retired Vertical pressed penny image ELECTRO , Image of Mickey with hard hat and construction / engineering gear, MECHANICAL, © DISNEY, classic dot or bead border. Vended via a three play penny press available to the guests of Mr. Johnson's retirement party on October 26th, 2011. This obverse image of Mickey is a favorite of the Electro Mechanical Technicians at the park and has been used on several different elongated coins. As with the Bill Hogarth and Jack Steiner retirement pressed coins, the Bob Johnson pressed coins were also selectively distributed on dimes, nickels, quarters and tokens in very limited quantities. Reverse: "BOB JOHNSON, DISNEYLAND, 40 YEARS OF MAGIC" with an etched image of a diver in the center of the reverse above "40 years of magic". CM0040 Maintenance Mickey, Bob Johnson Retirement View pressed penny image in frame or window # 1 2 3

CM0041 Retired Horizontal pressed penny image Engraved image of Mr. Bob Johnson with castle and mountain image in the background, no border. Vended via a three play penny press available to the guests of Mr. Johnson's retirement party on October 26th, 2011.
As with the Bill Hogarth and Jack Steiner retirement pressed coins, the Bob Johnson pressed coins were also selectively distributed on dimes, nickels, quarters and tokens in very limited quantities. Reverse: "BOB JOHNSON, DISNEYLAND, 40 YEARS OF MAGIC" with an etched image of a diver in the center of the reverse above "40 years of magic". CM0041 Mr. Bob Johnson, Bob Johnson Retirement View pressed penny image in frame or window # 1 2 3

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CM0039-41r Retired Bob Johnson 40 Years of Magic Reverse elongated coin reverse. Detail view of the CM0039-41 Bob Johnson retirement pressed penny set reverse. Reads: "BOB JOHNSON, DISNEYLAND, 40 YEARS OF MAGIC" with an etched image of a diver in the center of the reverse above "40 years of magic". This is a representative image of this style backstamp or reverse. However, each coin type in this set will have a slightly different reverse image as each coin type has a separate and slightly unique reverse engraving. Larger pressed penny image in frame or window # 1 2 3