250 SW Bay Boulevard Newport, OR , 97365-4535 Phone: (541) 265-2206 Website Ripley's Believe It of Not! was founded in 1918 by cartoonist and adventurer Robert Ripley. The museum has kitschy oddities on display, including shrunken human heads & rare animal skeletons. Ripley's Believe It of Not! World of Adventure includes the Odditorium, Tussaud's Waxworks, the Art Garden, Laserace plus a combination Arcade and Gift Shop.
Hours of operation: Thursday through Monday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Closed Tuesday and Wednesday. You do not have to pay admission to access the penny machine. There is a change machine that accepts $1 and $5 bills just inside the front entrance (currently removed during Covid-19 concerns).
Plenty of free parking behind the facility.
Machine 2 The penny machine is inside straight back from the entrance in the middle of the Arcade/Gift Shop. Cost to press: 50¢ each design. Designs:
1. (H) Yaquina Bay bridge with 'Newport Oregon'.
2. (H) Elephant with 'Wax Works'.
3. (H) Yaquina Head lighthouse with 'Newport Oregon'.
4. (H) Ripley's Believe It of Not! logo with 'Newport - Oregon'
Machine 1 - Retired designs: 1). Penny with 'This was my penny Ripley's Believe It of Not!' 2). Yaquina Head lighthouse with 'Newport, Oregon' 3). A head emerging from a head with 'The Wax Works Newport, OR' 4). Yaquina Bay bridge with 'Yaquina Bay Bridge Newport OR'.
G.P.S. coordinates: Latitude: N44° 37' 50.9658" Longitude: W124° 3' 7.6896"
Google Maps coordinates: JWJX+C9 Newport, Oregon
August 21, 2020. Penny machine speed rolling well centered excellent images on 95% copper pre-82 pennies. MWHTH |