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<p>[QUOTE="willieboyd2, post: 1953259, member: 4910"]I visited the Disney Family Museum at the Presidio of San Francisco recently.</p><p>This museum is dedicated to the life of film animator and producer Walt Disney (1901-1966).</p><p><br /></p><p>The museum has exhibits on his early life, service in France, animation work, Mickey Mouse,</p><p>World War II company work, and the development of the Disneyland theme park.</p><p><br /></p><p>The museum had a couple of coin related items.</p><p><br /></p><p>Walt Disney wanted to get into World War I but was too young for the Army.</p><p>He joined the Red Cross ambulance service and arrived in France after the war ended.</p><p>He accumulated a collection of small items, mostly coins, which he carried in a cloth bag.</p><p>The bag was still in his possession when he died in 1966.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_disneymuseum_valetcoins.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Disney collection of small items</p><p><br /></p><p>The coins include ones from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Great Britain, Tunisia,</p><p>US Philippines, French Indo-China, along with uniform buttons and German Notgeld tokens.</p><p><br /></p><p>Walt Disney received a lot of awards for his cartoons and films, here is one medal from the</p><p>Venice Film Festival for a cartoon:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_disneymuseum_venicelion.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Venice International Film Festival "Golden Lion" awarded in 1936 for <i>Who Killed Cck Robin?</i></p><p>This is a large gold medal around 3" (7.5cm) in diameter.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Disney company produced the feature film "Treasure Island" in 1950.</p><p>It was filmed in Great Britain in cooperation with a British film company.</p><p>The story was about pirates and treasure, and "pieces of eight" were mentioned frequently.</p><p><br /></p><p>Somebody gave Walt Disney a real Spanish "piece of eight" silver coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_disneymuseum_pieceofeight.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Spain silver cob 8 reales "piece of eight" 1685</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="willieboyd2, post: 1953259, member: 4910"]I visited the Disney Family Museum at the Presidio of San Francisco recently. This museum is dedicated to the life of film animator and producer Walt Disney (1901-1966). The museum has exhibits on his early life, service in France, animation work, Mickey Mouse, World War II company work, and the development of the Disneyland theme park. The museum had a couple of coin related items. Walt Disney wanted to get into World War I but was too young for the Army. He joined the Red Cross ambulance service and arrived in France after the war ended. He accumulated a collection of small items, mostly coins, which he carried in a cloth bag. The bag was still in his possession when he died in 1966. [IMG]http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_disneymuseum_valetcoins.jpg[/IMG] Disney collection of small items The coins include ones from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Great Britain, Tunisia, US Philippines, French Indo-China, along with uniform buttons and German Notgeld tokens. Walt Disney received a lot of awards for his cartoons and films, here is one medal from the Venice Film Festival for a cartoon: [IMG]http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_disneymuseum_venicelion.jpg[/IMG] Venice International Film Festival "Golden Lion" awarded in 1936 for [I]Who Killed Cck Robin?[/I] This is a large gold medal around 3" (7.5cm) in diameter. The Disney company produced the feature film "Treasure Island" in 1950. It was filmed in Great Britain in cooperation with a British film company. The story was about pirates and treasure, and "pieces of eight" were mentioned frequently. Somebody gave Walt Disney a real Spanish "piece of eight" silver coin: [IMG]http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_disneymuseum_pieceofeight.jpg[/IMG] Spain silver cob 8 reales "piece of eight" 1685 :)[/QUOTE]
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