Information about mint: Rarities Mint

Rarities Mint was a manufacturer of coins for the Disney company as well as for Warner Bros. The company evolved out of a boiler room operation that was involved in precious metal futures. In 1987 it signed its contract with the Disney Company to strike collector coins featuring the Disney characters.

The company was best known for creating an inflated market in the release of the coin sets in the Disney series Rarities Mint Collectible Coin of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The company required a minimum purchase that was often overwhelming to the dealers. In its later years, the company had difficulty as a result of the Disney series, and about 1995 the owner Ian Simpson, dissolved the company.