Disney Dollars

 

 

 

 

Disney Dollars were first released to the public on May 5, 1987. The bills came in $1.00 and $5.00 denominations from 1987 to 1989 but in 1990 they added the $10.00 bill to the list. The bills are redeemable for goods or services at Disney theme parks, Disney Cruise Ships, Disney's Castaway Cay port of call and Disney stores, unless indications to the contrary are printed on the individual bills. They can also simply be exchanged back to U.S. currency. They are collected by Disney memorabilia fans. Special editions were sometimes sold to Disney Cast Members as a form of incentive.

Disney dollars were originally issued in A Series dollars and D Series dollars. The former series were created for Disneyland in Anaheim California (hence the A), and the latter D series for Walt Disney World in Florida. Beginning in 2005 they also issued T Series dollars for The Disney stores.

In 2005 only, Disneyland (A) and Walt Disney World (D) each released $50 bills that were designed by Disney artist Charles Boyer for Disneyland's 50th Anniversary Celebration. The bills designed by Boyer were marked as B Series. Charles Boyer personally signed a select number of these bills; if you have one that he has signed be sure to treat it with care; they're highly sought-after by collectors!

Disney Dollars were created with anti-counterfeiting features such as micro-printing, and hard to scan/copy reflective ink and imprinting or embossing on the front and back of the bill. In addition the bills are printed with serial numbers and letters which are unique to each bill.

New Disney dollars were produced every year since 1987 except 1992, 2004, 2006, 2010 and 2012 but alas, Disney stopped selling Disney Dollars on May 16, 2016. Those wonderful little sheets of spendable Pixie Dust were replaced by plastic gift cards . . . DANG!!     Where's the magic in that?

You can still buy Disney Dollars, but not from Disney; they are not issuing new bills. There is, however, an active market where Disneyana Collectors can buy and sell old specimens. Check out a few online shopping sites, like e-Bay or Amazon to see how valuable Disney Dollars have become.
 
You can I still spend Disney Dollars but I certainly don’t recommend it! I’m quite sure they would still be accepted at Guest Services . . . but don’t forget, they are worth a lot more than ‘face value’ to collectors.

Here are pictures of my collection:


1987

1987 $1 Bill A Series - Face 1987 $1 Bill A Series - Obverse

1988

1988 $1 Bill D Series - Face 1988 $1 Bill D Series - Obverse

1989

1989 $1 Bill D Series - Face 1989 $1 Bill D Series - Obverse

1990
1990 $1 Bill D Series - Face 1990 $1 Bill D Series - Obverse
1990 $5 Bill D Series - Face 1990 $5 Bill D Series - Obverse
1990 $10 Bill D Series - Face 1990 $10 Bill D Series - Obverse

1991

1991 $1 Bill A Series - Face

1991 $1 Bill A Series - Obverse


1993
1993 $1 Bill D Series - Face 1993 $1 Bill D Series - Obverse

1994
1994 $1 Bill A Series - Face 1994 $1 Bill A Series - Obverse

1996
1996 $1 Bill A Series - Face 1996 $1 Bill A Series - Obverse

1997
1997 $1 Bill D Series - Face 1997 $1 Bill D Series - Obverse

1998
1998 $1 Bill D Series - Face 1998 $1 Bill D Series - Obverse

1999
1999 $1 Bill A Series - Face 1999 $1 Bill A Series - Obverse
1999 $1 Bill D Series - Face 1999 $1 Bill D Series - Obverse

2000
2000 $1 Bill A Series - Face 2000 $1 Bill A Series - Obverse
2000 $5 Bill A Series - Face 2000 $5 Bill A Series - Obverse

2001
2001 $1 Bill A Series - Face 2001 $1 Bill A Series - Obverse
2001 $5 Bill A Series - Face 2001 $5 Bill A Series - Obverse
2001 $1o Bill A Series - Face 2001 $10 Bill A Series - Obverse

2002
2002 $1 Bill A Series - Face 2002 $1 Bill A Series - Obverse
2002 $5 Bill A Series - Face 2002 $5 Bill A Series - Obverse
2002 $10 Bill A Series - Face 2002 $10 Bill A Series - Obverse

2003
2003 $1 Bill D Series - Face 2003 $1 Bill D Series - Obverse
2003 $5 Bill A Series - Face 2003 $5 Bill A Series - Obverse
2003 $10 Bill A Series - Face 2003 $10 Bill A Series - Obverse

2005
2005 $1 Bill A Series - Face 2005 $1 Bill A Series - Obverse
2005 $1 Bill D Series - Face 2005 $1 Bill D Series - Obverse
2005 $1 Bill T Series - Face 2005 $1 Bill T Series - Obverse
2005 $1 Bill T Series - Face 2005 $1 Bill T Series - Obverse
2005 $5 Bill A Series - Face 2005 $5 Bill A Series - Obverse
2005 $5 Bill T Series - Face 2005 $5 Bill T Series - Obverse
2005 $10 Bill A Series - Face 2005 $10 Bill A Series - Obverse

2007
2007 $1 Bill D Series - Face 2007 $1 Bill D Series - Obverse
2007 $1 Bill E Series - Black Pearl - Face 2007 $1 Bill E Series - Black Pearl - Obverse
2007 $1 Bill E Series - Flying Dutchman - Face 2007 $1 Bill E Series - Flying Dutchman - Obverse
2007 $1 Bill F Series - Black Pearl - Face 2007 $1 Bill F Series - Black Pearl - Obverse
2007 $1 Bill F Series - Empress - Face 2007 $1 Bill F Series - Empress - Obverse
2007 $1 Bill F Series - Flying Dutchman - Face 2007 $1 Bill F Series - Flying Dutchman - Obverse
2007 $5 Bill D Series - Face 2007 $5 Bill D Series - Obverse
2007 $10 Bill T Series - Face 2007 $10 Bill T Series - Obverse

2008
2008 $1 Bill D Series - Face 2008 $1 Bill D Series - Obverse
2008 $5 Bill D Series - Face 2008 $5 Bill D Series - Obverse
2008 $10 Bill D Series - Face 2008 $10 Bill D Series - Obverse
2008 $1 Bill A Series - Face 2008 $1 Bill A Series - Obverse
2008 $5 Bill A Series - Face 2008 $5 Bill A Series - Obverse
2008 $10 Bill A Series - Face 2008 $10 Bill A Series - Obverse

2009
2009 $1 Bill D Series - Face 2009 $1 Bill D Series - Obverse
2009 $5 Bill D Series - Face 2009 $5 Bill D Series - Obverse
2009 $10 Bill T Series - Face 2009 $10 Bill T Series - Obverse

2011
2011 $1 Bill F Series - Face 2011 $1 Bill F Series - Obverse

2013

Villains and Heroes Series

2013 $1 Bill - Peter Pan - Face 2013 $1 Bill - Peter Pan - Obverse
2013 $1 Bill - Sleeping Beauty - Face 2013 $1 Bill - Sleeping Beauty - Obverse
2013 $1 Bill - 101 Dalmatians - Face

2013 $1 Bill - 101 Dalmatians - Obverse

(no longer sold due to spelling error)

2013 $1 Bill - The Little Mermaid - Face 2013 $1 Bill - The Little Mermaid - Obverse

2014

Mountain Series

2014 $1 Bill D Series - Splash Mountain - Face 2014 $1 Bill D Series - Splash Mountain - Obverse
2014 $5 Bill D Series - Big Thunder Mountain - Face 2014 $5 Bill D Series - Big Thunder Mountain - Obverse
2014 $10 Bill D Series - Space Mountain - Face 2014 $10 Bill D Series - Space Mountain - Obverse