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MatterNhorn... Matterhorn!

Many ParkPennies readers have asked for more information about Disneyland "error coins". As long time collectors know, error coins are few and far between. That makes them all the more fun to collect and write about. They usually are worth much more than non-error coins also.

The MatterNhorn coin was first at the park on a very crazy day for yours truly. (Do you sometimes think that the new penny presses wait until you are going to be gone for a couple of weeks before they make their appearances? I do!  ) So I stopped at Disneyland on the way to the airport just to check on new machines one more time before I left on Friday, July 2, 2004. Luck was with me. The DL0236 "MatterNhorn" coin had just been put on-stage! I pressed a few and was at 30,000 feet before I even thought there might be an error in the spelling! You know, in some lands they do spell "Matternhorn" with two "n’s"... just not in Disney - land.

By the afternoon of Sunday, July 4, 2004 the coin was off-stage and retired. It was replaced by the DL0250 "Matterhorn" coin on Wednesday, July 28, 2004. Also, late in July of 2004, a prototype coin was reported, the DN0046. Although never onstage, this coin could easily be mistaken for the DL0236 or DL0250. (To help in identification, click for a close up comparison of the DL0236, DL0250 and DN0046 Matternhorn / Matterhorn coins.)

Even given the DL0236's short stay on-stage, several lucky ParkPennies.com readers read about this new machine here in plenty of time to press a set or ask a friend to press one for them. And at least one set of these coins was sold on eBay shortly after the set was taken off stage. The winning auction bid was about $25.00 for the DL0235, DL0236, DL0237 set. Given the interest that followed the discovery, in my opinion, a set offered for sale today may very well bring a higher price if offered. As longtime collectors will attest, best to "get while the gettin’ is good".    You just never know how long a pressed coin will be available.

You may also want to read about the "Disneyland Tower of Terror" Pressed Penny Error coins or the "The Chip N Dale" Pressed Penny Error Coin.

From the ParkPennies Disney Resort Hotels and

Pressed Penny Guide No. DL0236 Zoom or Compare in Window #1   2   3 (Vertical pressed penny or elongated coin image) DISNEYLAND ® , Misspelled MATTERNHORN on banner, castle pennant below, abominable snowman waist up standing behind banner, © DISNEY. Replaced by corrected spelling "Matterhorn" DL0250. First on-stage 7/2/04 in the Penny Arcade, Main Street, button "B". Replaced Bambi, DL0052 This error coin was removed for spelling correction July 4th PM. (The European spelling of Matternhorn rather than the Disney spelling was used by mistake.)

Pressed Penny Guide No. DL0250 Zoom or Compare in Window #1   2   3 (Vertical image) DISNEYLAND ® , Corrected spelling of MATTERHORN on banner, castle pennant below; abominable snowman waist up, standing behind banner, (c) Disney. First on-stage 7/28/04 in the Penny Arcade, Main Street, button "B". Replaced MatterNhorn, DL0236.

Prototype Elongated Coin Guide No. DN0046 Zoom or Compare in Window # 1   2   3 (Vertical prototype elongated coin image) DISNEYLAND ® , Corrected spelling of MATTERHORN on banner, castle pennant below, abominable snowman waist up, standing behind banner, (c) Disney. Snowman's left hand has a "dripping claw" and other small differences that differentiate this coin / die from the DL0250. Circa 7/2004 View very large image of the DN0046 in a new window.

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