501 East Pratt Street, Pier 3
Baltimore, MD , 21202 Phone: 410-576-3800 Website The National Aquarium in Baltimore is a public aquarium located in the Inner Harbor area of Baltimore. It was opened in 1981 and was constructed during Baltimore's urban renewal period. The Aquarium has a collection of 16,500 specimens representing 660 species. Particular attractions include the dolphin display, rooftop rain forest, and central ray pool, and multiple-story shark tank. The National Aquarium in Baltimore is widely considered to be one of the best in the United States, if not the world. Coastal Living named it the #1 Aquarium in the U.S. in 2006.
All designs say "National Aquarium". Pennies from Machines 13 and 15 are mules with "Baltimore, MD / Washington, DC / www.aqua.org" on the reverse. The prices are $1.01 per penny.
Machine 10 (Outside 4-D Immersion Theater):
1) (V) Nurse Shark
2) (H) Zebra Shark
3) (H) Sand Tiger Shark
4) (H) Blacktip Shark
Machine 11 (Outside 4-D Immersion Theater):
1) (V) Puffin
2) (H) Green Sea Turtle
3) (H) Blue Tang
4) (H) Clown fish
Machine 12 (Outside 4-D Immersion Theater):
1) (H) Freshwater Crocodile
2) (H) Flying Fox
3) (H) Monitor Lizard
4) (H) Frilled Lizard
Machine 13 (upstairs in Harbor Market Cafe):
1) (V) Atlantic Bottlenose dolphin (1 jumping)
2) (H) Bottlenose dolphin (2 swimming)
3) (H) Atlantic Bottlenose dolphin (mouth open)
4) (V) Atlantic Bottlenose dolphin (2 jumping)
Machine 14 (upstairs in Harbor Market Cafe):
1) (V) Horseshoe crab
2) (H) Octopus
3) (H) Blue Crab
4) (H) Terrapin
Machine 15 (upstairs in Harbor Market Cafe):
1) (H) National Aquarium with logo
2) (V) Spotted Lagoon Jelly
3) (V) Sea Nettle
4) (V) Moon Jelly
Machine 1 and 2 Token designs are identical except for being on different metals (Silver and Gold colors)
Token Machine 1 Same Design with Silver Coloration - National Aquarium Logo on Back (Harbor Market Cafe)
1) Dolphin
2) Jellyfish
3) Shark
4) Sea Turtle
Token Machine 2 Same Design with Gold Coloration - National Aquarium Logo on Back (Harbor Market Cafe)
1) Dolphin
2) Jellyfish
3) Shark
4) Sea Turtle
Designs and Machines 1 through 9 are retired.
Retired 1: 1) Dwarf Caiman, 2) Zebra Shark, 3) Red-Eyed tree Frog, 4) Puffin,
Retired 2: 1) 'National Aquarium in Baltimore 2000 Millennium', round logo
Retired 3: 1) Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin, 2) Clownfish, 3) Sand Tiger Shark, 4) Spotted Eagle Ray,
Retired 4: 1) Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin, 2) American Bull Frog, 3) Vietnamese Mossy Frog, 54) Pig Nose Turtle,
Retired 5: 1) Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin, 2) Green Sea Turtle, 3) Nurse Shark, 4) Cownose Ray,
Retired 6: 1) Freshwater Croc, 2) Frilled lizard, 3) Gray Headed Flying Fox (Bat), 4) Water Monitor,
Retired 8: 1) Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins, 2) Poison Dart Frog, 3) Zebra frog, 4) Moon Jelly,
Retired 9: 1) Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphins, 2) Lionfish, 3) Spotted lagoon Jelly, 4) Puffins.
12/09/21: LDT
All 6 machines are still in the same locations.
Machines 10-13 roll decent on copper.
Machine 14 rolled very short, 3/8" missing from design. This machine needs to be adjusted.
Machine 15 rolled a little short.
Paid parking is an arm & leg ($25 for 2 hrs) and the aquarium personnel wouldn't validate my parking stub for a discount even though their website says they do.
Bring some earplugs as the aquarium is filled with screaming children.
Also, the changed machines were not working so come with your own quarters. |
