Who knows about (REALLY) old pins?

[WDWAurora]

I have an Epcot/Future World pin that was given out in the parks in the mid 80s. It has SE with a monorail diagonally across it. It does not have the pin back modern pins do, but has one of those that folds down and locks into place with a clasp. Anyone seen this or know anything about it? I'm not looking to trade it or anything, I just want to know about it's value, etc.

TIA!

 

[JamesD]

Is this your pin? Pin 1226: Future World
Couldn't begin to tell you if it's valuable. It's old but not limited and it was given out as a gift well before Disney pin collecting became popular. There are probably not many of them in people's collections. It probably has more sentimental value than anything else.

 

[WDWAurora]

That's it! We asked while we were down last week, but nobody could tell me any sites to try to find it. I saw it on a website probably 6 months or so ago selling for $30, but I'm honestly not going to sell it...I have two, and I want to keep them, for the coolness factor more than anything...I think my grandparents got them on a trip I wasn't on...I don't remember getting one and can't find one...but I have one of theirs and my cousin's...so I just wanted to know more about it, and if anybody else had one, etc. Thanks for your help!

 

[flyinglizard]

The pin in question was sold at the park in 1985-86 for sure. It may have been sold earlier AND later, but I can only verify those dates. I cannot verify that this was part of the Gift Giver promo.

It originally came on a blue plastic hang card with gold writing; "WALT DISNEY Character Jewelry TAIWAN", the price was $3.00 and the SKU is 0186-19161

This was one of the first pins to be sold at WDW so I would think collectors would place value on that alone. $30.00 seems like a reasonable value to me. A collector of EPCOT souvies may want to pay more than that. I'm sure very few survived.

Some of the very early Figment pins from the same period can command $100 or more...

 

[WDWAurora]

Hmm That's interesting info, thanks a lot. They thought it had been given away, but maybe they bought it for a souvenir. Thanks again for the great information!