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1 Disney Dollar
| Issuer | The Walt Disney Company |
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| Year | 1997 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of Sorcerer Mickey Mouse in full costume, flanked by Tinkerbell figures on each side; Mickey ears seal at left. Signed in the role of Treasurer by the Scrooge McDuck character. Underprint in guilloche pattern with denomination ONE repeated in the border. |
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| Reverse description | Cinderella Castle at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom as central vignette, with Cinderella's Pumpkin Carriage bearing the numeral 25; background filled with Mickey Mouse head wave-pattern underprint and the text "It's Time To Remember The Magic". Official 25th Anniversary of Walt Disney World logo with Sorcerer Mickey, Goofy, the Genie, and young Simba; Tinkerbell vignettes on each side. |
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Disney Dollars were issued by The Walt Disney Company beginning in 1987 and accepted at face value across Disney theme parks, hotels, and retail outlets — functioning as a privately issued scrip redeemable against U.S. dollars. The program was deliberately modeled on Federal Reserve note aesthetics, close enough in visual register to feel like real currency, which occasionally drew regulatory scrutiny over the years.
The 1997 series was printed on cotton-blend paper by Crane & Co., the same supplier used for U.S. Federal Reserve notes. Disney discontinued the program entirely in May 2016, at which point unredeemed notes retained face value but ceased circulating — a detail that quietly shifted collector demand upward almost immediately.