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Comments:	The Alamo, originally known as Mission San Antonio de Valero, is a former Roman Catholic mission and fortress compound and was the site of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836. It is now a museum in the Alamo Plaza District of Downtown San Antonio. It was built by Franciscan priest Antonio de Olivares and Payaya Indians, and along with the Presidio San Antonio de Bexar and the Acequia Madre de Valero is the origin of the present city of San Antonio, Texas.<p> Hours of operation: Peak Season (May 28 - Sept. 6): 9:00 am to 7:00 pm, Off-Peak Season (Sept. 7 - May 27): 9:00 am to 5:30 pm, Closed Christmas Day. You do not have to pay admission to access the machines. <br> There are several parking for a fee lots around the Alamo.<p> <b>Machine 10</b> (Placed 3/ 2018). Cost to press: $1 each. The machine takes dollar bills only, Pre-loaded with Zinc pennies. Designs all have a beaded border:<br> 1. (V) Alamo over outline of Texas and Texas flag below with 'Remember the Alamo'.<br> 2. (H) Texas lone star over a cannon barrel with 'Come and Take It'.<br> 3. (H) Rifle with 'Davey Crockett "You May All Go To Hell. And I Will Go To Texas"'.<br> 4. (H) Five stars below the Texas State flag with 'Texas the Lone Star State'.<p> <b>Machine 11: No inside mechanism!!</b> <br> 1. (H) Skyline of San Antonio with 'San Antonio Texas Skyline.<br> 2. (V) Davy Crockett with 'David Crockett 1786 - 1836'.<br> 3. (V) Ribbon surrounding flowers with 'Texas Bluebonnets'.<br> 4. (V) Hat over a rider raising their arm on a bucking bronco surrounded by 10 stars with 'Texas'.<p> <b>Machine 12</b> (Placed 4/ 2018) is in the gift shop. Cost to press: $5 for all 8 or $1 each. 8 penny machine, preloaded with Zinc pennies. Designs all have a beaded border:<br> 1. (V) William Travis with 'William B Travis 1809 - 1836'.<br> 2. (V) Texas lone star inside a circle with 'The Alamo Texas 1836'.<br> 3. (V) Jim Bowie kneeling holding a rifle with 'James "Jim" Bowie'.<br> 4. (H) Snake coiled around the Texas lone star with 'Don't Tread On Texas'.<br> 5. (H) Texas lone star above crossed rifles with 'Victory Or Death'.<br> 6. (H) Canon on wheels with 'The Alamo San Antonio, Texas'.<br> 7. (H) Bowie knife with 'The Alamo The "Bowie" Knife'.<br> 8. (H) Front façade of the Alamo with 'The Alamo'.<p> <b>Token machine 1</b> Designs are: <br> 1) 'Heros of the Alamo',/ Rear- Wording about heroes, <br> 2) 'Juan Seguin, The Alamo',/ rear- info about Seguin, <br> 3) 'The Alamo, Texas, the Lone Star State',/ Rear- 'The State of Texas", State Seal, <br> 4) 'The Alamo, Texas, the Lone Star State', image of Texas with the Alamo, the Texas flag and the lone star inside/ Rear- wording, info about the Alamo. <p> <b>Token Machine 2:</b> Designs are: <br> 1) 'Remember the Alamo 1836', image of heroes inside/ Rear- Alamo Seige and February 28, to March 5, 1836', wording, <br> 2) 'Remember the Alamo', building/ Rear- Tree inside a ring of stars, <br> 3) 'Remember the Alamo', damaged Alamo with cannon in front/ Rear- info about the Alamo, <br> 4) 'The Alamo', building/ Rear- image of plaque in front of the present day Alamo <p> G.P.S. coordinates: Latitude: N29° 25' 33.3876" Longitude: W98° 29' 9.2682"<br> Google Maps coordinates: CGG7+9J San Antonio, Texas<p> <b>Retired Machines</b>:<p> Retired 1 & 2 designs: 1. (H) Ruins of the Alamo, 2. (H) Long Barrack of the Alamo with a Tree, 3. (H) 'The Alamo', Stars on either side of the building, no Date, 4. (H) 'The Alamo 2004', Stars on either side of the building, date under.<br> Retired 3 (Quarter) design had a rope border: 1. (H) 'Remember the Alamo'.<br> Retired 4: 1. (V) Jim Bowie 1796- 1836, 2. (V) Col. William Travis 1809-1836, 3. (V) Davy Crockett 1786- 1836.<br> Retired 5: 1. (V) Davy Crockett 1786- 1836, 1. (V) Jim Bowie 1796- 1836, 3. (V) The Alamo.<br> Retired 6: 1. (V) Jim Bowie 1796- 1836, 2. (V) Col. William Travis 1809-1836, 3. (V) Davy Crockett 1786- 1836.<br> Retired 7: 1. (H) Ruins of the Alamo, 2. (H) The Alamo 2013 (This die changes every year, with the year on the coin), 3. (H) Long Barrack of the Alamo with a Tree, 4. (H) Ruins of the Alamo. <br> Retired 8 two sided (mule) with 'The Alamo' on the reverse of all designs: 1. (H) 'Come and Take It', Texas Star and cannon, 2. (H) 'Remember the Alamo 1836', Image of front of the building, 3. (V) 'Remember the Alamo Texas One and Indivisible', Texas Flag, 4. (H) 'You May All Go To Hell and I Will Go To Texas, Davy Crocket'.<br> Retired 9: (2017): 1. (H) Picture of Bowie knife with "The Alamo 1836" written above and "James Bowie" written beneath it, 2. (H) Picture of the Alamo with "Remember the Alamo" written above and "1836" written beneath it, 3. (H) "I (star w/heart inside it) Texas, 4. (H) "The Alamo, Victory or Death, Col. William Travis, 1836".<p> 3/18: Two Pennyman 4 design hand crank machines added here. <br> 4/18: Pennyman 8 penny machine installed here.<p> 11/6/23 Machine 12 is rolling short on all but the Bowie Knife & Alamo.<br> Machines 10 & 11 were fine. AB 12/31/2023 - Machines 10 & 11 have an "Out of Order" sign stuck to them, not sure when the machines will be fixed. The "Out of Order" signs are stuck onto the credit card clots, so the cash inserts might possibly work (did not try them out so am not sure). Jas <br> 4/11/24 - Machine 11 has an “out of order” sign on it and the inner workings of the machine have been completely removed. Shop employees had no information on when/if it might return.
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Alamo Gift Shop, The

Machine Locations > Texas

300 Alamo Plaza
San Antonio, TX , 78205-2606

Phone: (210) 225-1391

Website

The Alamo, originally known as Mission San Antonio de Valero, is a former Roman Catholic mission and fortress compound and was the site of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836. It is now a museum in the Alamo Plaza District of Downtown San Antonio. It was built by Franciscan priest Antonio de Olivares and Payaya Indians, and along with the Presidio San Antonio de Bexar and the Acequia Madre de Valero is the origin of the present city of San Antonio, Texas.

Hours of operation: Peak Season (May 28 - Sept. 6): 9:00 am to 7:00 pm, Off-Peak Season (Sept. 7 - May 27): 9:00 am to 5:30 pm, Closed Christmas Day. You do not have to pay admission to access the machines.
There are several parking for a fee lots around the Alamo.

Machine 10 (Placed 3/ 2018). Cost to press: $1 each. The machine takes dollar bills only, Pre-loaded with Zinc pennies. Designs all have a beaded border:
1. (V) Alamo over outline of Texas and Texas flag below with 'Remember the Alamo'.
2. (H) Texas lone star over a cannon barrel with 'Come and Take It'.
3. (H) Rifle with 'Davey Crockett "You May All Go To Hell. And I Will Go To Texas"'.
4. (H) Five stars below the Texas State flag with 'Texas the Lone Star State'.

Machine 11: No inside mechanism!!
1. (H) Skyline of San Antonio with 'San Antonio Texas Skyline.
2. (V) Davy Crockett with 'David Crockett 1786 - 1836'.
3. (V) Ribbon surrounding flowers with 'Texas Bluebonnets'.
4. (V) Hat over a rider raising their arm on a bucking bronco surrounded by 10 stars with 'Texas'.

Machine 12 (Placed 4/ 2018) is in the gift shop. Cost to press: $5 for all 8 or $1 each. 8 penny machine, preloaded with Zinc pennies. Designs all have a beaded border:
1. (V) William Travis with 'William B Travis 1809 - 1836'.
2. (V) Texas lone star inside a circle with 'The Alamo Texas 1836'.
3. (V) Jim Bowie kneeling holding a rifle with 'James "Jim" Bowie'.
4. (H) Snake coiled around the Texas lone star with 'Don't Tread On Texas'.
5. (H) Texas lone star above crossed rifles with 'Victory Or Death'.
6. (H) Canon on wheels with 'The Alamo San Antonio, Texas'.
7. (H) Bowie knife with 'The Alamo The "Bowie" Knife'.
8. (H) Front façade of the Alamo with 'The Alamo'.

Token machine 1 Designs are:
1) 'Heros of the Alamo',/ Rear- Wording about heroes,
2) 'Juan Seguin, The Alamo',/ rear- info about Seguin,
3) 'The Alamo, Texas, the Lone Star State',/ Rear- 'The State of Texas", State Seal,
4) 'The Alamo, Texas, the Lone Star State', image of Texas with the Alamo, the Texas flag and the lone star inside/ Rear- wording, info about the Alamo.

Token Machine 2: Designs are:
1) 'Remember the Alamo 1836', image of heroes inside/ Rear- Alamo Seige and February 28, to March 5, 1836', wording,
2) 'Remember the Alamo', building/ Rear- Tree inside a ring of stars,
3) 'Remember the Alamo', damaged Alamo with cannon in front/ Rear- info about the Alamo,
4) 'The Alamo', building/ Rear- image of plaque in front of the present day Alamo

G.P.S. coordinates: Latitude: N29° 25' 33.3876" Longitude: W98° 29' 9.2682"
Google Maps coordinates: CGG7+9J San Antonio, Texas

Retired Machines:

Retired 1 & 2 designs: 1. (H) Ruins of the Alamo, 2. (H) Long Barrack of the Alamo with a Tree, 3. (H) 'The Alamo', Stars on either side of the building, no Date, 4. (H) 'The Alamo 2004', Stars on either side of the building, date under.
Retired 3 (Quarter) design had a rope border: 1. (H) 'Remember the Alamo'.
Retired 4: 1. (V) Jim Bowie 1796- 1836, 2. (V) Col. William Travis 1809-1836, 3. (V) Davy Crockett 1786- 1836.
Retired 5: 1. (V) Davy Crockett 1786- 1836, 1. (V) Jim Bowie 1796- 1836, 3. (V) The Alamo.
Retired 6: 1. (V) Jim Bowie 1796- 1836, 2. (V) Col. William Travis 1809-1836, 3. (V) Davy Crockett 1786- 1836.
Retired 7: 1. (H) Ruins of the Alamo, 2. (H) The Alamo 2013 (This die changes every year, with the year on the coin), 3. (H) Long Barrack of the Alamo with a Tree, 4. (H) Ruins of the Alamo.
Retired 8 two sided (mule) with 'The Alamo' on the reverse of all designs: 1. (H) 'Come and Take It', Texas Star and cannon, 2. (H) 'Remember the Alamo 1836', Image of front of the building, 3. (V) 'Remember the Alamo Texas One and Indivisible', Texas Flag, 4. (H) 'You May All Go To Hell and I Will Go To Texas, Davy Crocket'.
Retired 9: (2017): 1. (H) Picture of Bowie knife with "The Alamo 1836" written above and "James Bowie" written beneath it, 2. (H) Picture of the Alamo with "Remember the Alamo" written above and "1836" written beneath it, 3. (H) "I (star w/heart inside it) Texas, 4. (H) "The Alamo, Victory or Death, Col. William Travis, 1836".

3/18: Two Pennyman 4 design hand crank machines added here.
4/18: Pennyman 8 penny machine installed here.

11/6/23 Machine 12 is rolling short on all but the Bowie Knife & Alamo.
Machines 10 & 11 were fine. AB 12/31/2023 - Machines 10 & 11 have an "Out of Order" sign stuck to them, not sure when the machines will be fixed. The "Out of Order" signs are stuck onto the credit card clots, so the cash inserts might possibly work (did not try them out so am not sure). Jas
4/11/24 - Machine 11 has an “out of order” sign on it and the inner workings of the machine have been completely removed. Shop employees had no information on when/if it might return.

Machine 10 (Placed 3/2018)