3400 Vine Street
Cincinnati, OH , 45220 Phone: 800-94-HIPPO Website 7/12/18: Revised site. GSY
The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is the second-oldest zoo in the United States, opening in 1875, after the Philadelphia Zoo. It is located in the Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati. It originally began with 64.5 acres in the middle of the city, but has spread into the neighboring blocks and several reserves in Cincinnati's outer suburbs. It was appointed as a National Historic Landmark in 1987.
he Main Zoo Entrance which used to be off Dury Ave on the east side of the zoo is now the Vine St Entrance on the south side of the facility. The main gift shop is right inside the zoo entrance at the Vine Street Village right after you pass Guest Relations.
Gift Shop sells a generic penny books for $4.99 and the 5th Edition Zoo/Aquarium (coin cover) penny album costs $6.99.
They have installed all new machines. All the machines are in the same locations as before. Looks like all the machines have the same designs as before except the two near the main entrance have changed slightly
The new machines supply the penny as well. Also, if you pay with card, you can only get all 4 designs. One design at a time costs $1 each.
Machine 5: Manatee Springs Building:
1) Elephant, 2) Bear, 3) Manatee, 4) Lion head
Machine 6: Outside the "Night Hunters" building:
1) Eagle Owl, 2) Vampire Bat, 3) Cougar, 4) Bearcat
Machine 10: (2017) (Labeled Machine 2 on machine) is by the ticket counter for the train:
1) Giraffe, 2) Hippo, 3) Meerkats, 4) Tour Steam Engine.
Machine 12: (Labeled Machine 5 on machine) main entrance restrooms:
1) Gorilla, 2) Cheetahs, 3) Lizard, 4) Wolf
Machine 13: (2017) (Labeled Machine 1 on machine) Main entrance restrooms:
1) Elephant, 2) Porcupine, 3) Rhino, 4) Snake
Machine 14: (Labeled Machine 3 on machine) At LaRosas:
1) Butterfly, 2) Ant, 3) Tarantula, 4) Butterflys,
Token Machine 1: Located in manatee springs building.
1) Cheetah, 2) Lion, 3) Manatees, 4) Baby Hippo 'Fiona'.
Retired Machines/designs:
Important Note:
When Pennycollector replaces designs, they replace the die roller and thus all the designs in each machine are new or re-engraved. The old designs look similar but are re-engraved and slightly different.
Retired 1: 1) Brontosaurus, 2) Raptor, 3) Stegosaurus, 4) T-Rex head
Retired 2: 1) Alligator, 2) Ape, 3) Flamingo, 4) Penguin
Retired 3: 1) Giraffe, 2) Iguana, 3) Monkey, 4) Snake on a branch
Retired 4: (5/18) 1) Peacock, 2) Snake, 3) Monkey, 4) Tiger
Retired 7:: 1) Iguana, 2) Ant, 3) Tarantula, 4) Butterflys,
Retired 8: (5/18)1) Alligator, 2) Cobra, 3) Elephant, 4) Scorpion
Retired 9: 1) Seal, 2) Black Bear, 3) Wolf, 4) Cheetahs,
Retired 11: 1) Peacock, 2) Iguana, 3) Ant, 4) Tarantula.
Retired from Machine 7: 1) An Alligator,
Retired from Machine 9: 1) Black Bear, 2) Seal.
Retired from machine 11: 1) a Peacock.
Retired Quarters: 1) Bald Eagle, 2) Cheetah, 3) Hippo, 4) Rhino & Tree logo
Retired from Token Machine 1: 1) Rhino
10/17/2023 Some of the machines have different designs. Listed above are the new designs.
Machine 7 has a Butterfly not an Alligator.
Machine 9 has a Gorilla and a Lizard instead of a Black Bear and Seal.
Machine 11 now has a Porcupine instead of a Peacock. SRF |
