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10 Disney Dollars
| Issuer | The Walt Disney Company |
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| Year | 2008 |
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| Size | 160 x 70 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Mickey Mouse's face within an oval frame with a banner reading '21st Century Mickey'; Tinker Bell figures at left and right with guilloche corner numerals. The facsimile signature of 'Scrooge McDuck, Treasurer' appears at lower left, with anniversary dates '1928–2008' and denomination panel at base. |
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| Obverse lettering | DISNEY DOLLARS 10 DISNEY DOLLARS TEN DISNEY DOLLARS TEN MICKEY MOUSE EIGHTIETH ANNIVERSARY 2008 1928 Scrooge McDuck TREASURER 21ST CENTURY MICKEY MAY BE REDEEMED ONLY AT DISNEYLAND RESORT, WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORT AND THE DISNEY STORE (USA & PUERTO RICO) DISNEY DOLLARS MAY BE SPENT OR COLLECTED AND SAVED AS SOUVENIRS AND ARE REDEEMABLE ANY TIME BEFORE OR AFTER ANY PERIOD OF INACTIVITY 2008 COLLECTOR SERIES |
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Disney Dollars were a private scrip currency issued by The Walt Disney Company beginning in 1987, accepted at face value across Disney theme parks, hotels, and retail locations. They were deliberately sized and printed on cotton-blend paper to approximate the feel of U.S. Federal Reserve Notes — a deliberate design choice intended to reinforce their spending legitimacy within the parks rather than read as a novelty coupon.
The 2008 series coincides with late-period Disney Dollar production; the program was quietly discontinued in May 2016. Unspent notes remain technically redeemable at Disney properties, which has kept many from reaching the secondary market in quantity — an unusual situation for a private scrip issue of this age.