Collecting Disney pressed pennies is a fun family event. Pressed Pennies are not just a souvenir but something to do when you’re at any of the Disney parks or hotels. You can find pressed penny machines all over the parks and finding them is just part of the excitement. Then collecting them, knowing which ones you have and still need, is the other part.

They only cost 51 cents – the penny to be pressed, stretched or elongated and 50 cents to have it done. You can purchase a holder for the pennies as you start to collect enough of them to display and keep them organized. The cost for the collection books are about $10 – $15 currently.

One of the things that makes collecting squashed pennies so much fun is that you can never finish collecting them all. Disney changes the types of pennies offered in the machines and changes out machines too. Most machines offer three types of pennies within the same theme. For example, near a Buzz Lightyear attraction, you most likely will find a machine that offers pressed pennies that featur Buzz, the attraction itself and Zurg.

I suggest just getting one penny from one machine. This makes the search for new pennies surprising each time. You never know what you’ll find at the next machine. If you plan on another trip next year in or the years to come, bring along that display book and try to find some more pennies to fill it up.

Don’t forget to use older pennies without zinc. Preferable pennies before the year 1982. This way you won’t have any silver shining through after the process of pressing. If you want a shine, use some silver cleaner on the pennies before you press them.  This is something the family can do before your trip.

Of course there’s always something exciting to do at Disney, but adding a fun family event like collecting Disney pressed pennies makes you look forward to your trip even more.