100 Aquarium Wharf
Charleston, SC , 29401

Phone: 843-720-1990

Website

The South Carolina Aquarium, located in Charleston, opened on May 19, 2000 on the historic Charleston Harbor. It is home to more than ten thousand plants and animals including River Otters, Loggerhead Sea Turtles, Alligators, Great Blue Herons, Hawks, Owls, Seahorses, Jellyfish, Puffer Fish, Moray Eels, Horseshoe Crabs, Sea Stars, Pythons, and Sharks. The largest exhibit in the Aquarium is the Great Ocean Tank, which extends from the first to the third floor of the Aquarium; it holds more than 385,000 US gallons of water and contains more than three hundred animals. The Aquarium also features a Touch Tank, where patrons may touch Horseshoe Crabs, Atlantic Stingrays, and other marine animals.

Machine 9 (2023) on the second floor in the same area near the kid play area. All have 'South Carolina Aquarium' on them. (8 designs, $1 each or all 8 for $5. Preloaded Zinc pennies). Designs are: 1) Eagle,
2) Sea Horse,
3) Octopus,
4) Sea Turtle,
5) Bird,
6) Otter,
7) Fish.,
8) Jellyfish

Machine 10 is on the second floor in the same area near the kid play area. Cash or card only, penny is supplied. Designs are:
1) American Alligator,
2) Shark,
3) Starfish & Sea Urchins,
4) Stingrays.

Medallion Machine 1 (2023) on the second floor in the same area near the kid play area. Designs are:
1) Otter,
2) Shark,
3) Sea Turtle,
4) Bald Eagle.
Rear- Connecting People to Water, Wildlife and Wild Places', SC Aquarium logo.

Machines 1 to 8 are Retired.

Need scan/ photo of Retired 8 designs on a plain white backgrond.

Retired 1: 1) Sand Fiddler Crab, 2) Black Bellied Salamander, 3) Sandbar Shark, 4) Carolina Wrens,
Retired 2: 1) Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, 2) Jellyfish, 3) Great Blue Heron, 4) Green Tree Frog
Retired 3: 1) BOA, 2) Poison Dart Frog, 3) McCaw, 4) Piranha,
Retired 4: 1) Atlantic Spacefish, 2) Bonehead Shark, 3) Great Blue Heron, 4) Underwater life.
Retired 5: 1) 'Great Blue Heron (V), 2) Sea Otter, 3) 'Sandbar Shark', 4) 'Loggerhead Turtle'. ll backs says scaquarium.org
Retired 6: 1) Logo, 2) 'Magellanic Penguin', 3) 'Penguin Planet', 4) 'Waddle',
Retired 7: 1) 'Green Tree Frog', 2) 'Seahorse', 3) 'Atlantic Stingray', 4) 'American Bald Eagle', All backs says scaquarium.org
Retired 8: 1) 'Medical cross with Sea Turtle in lower left hand corner' No words on front of penny, 2) 'Loggerhead Turtle picture', says 'South Carolina Aquarium', 3) '3 sea turtles swimming', Says South Carolina Aquarium', 4) 'RESCUE REHAB RELEASE' over-layed on a Sea Turtle, All backs says scaquarium.org

Retired From Machine 5: American Alligator', (Replaced by Great Blue Heron (V) mach 4)

4/18 Machine 6 is retired. The new Machine 8 designs reflect the Sea Turtle Rescue operation now taking place at the aquarium.
5/28/23: New Machine 9 and Medallion Machine 1 installed here. GSY

6/12/24 Machines 5, 7 & 8 are retired.
New Machine #10, on the second floor in the same area near the kid play area.
Cash or card only, penny is supplied. 4 designs: 1) American Alligator, 2) Shark, 3) Starfish & Sea Urchins' 4) Stingrays . TLR