McLean County Museum of History
Bloomington, IL
From collectors
The machine is located in the Cruisin’ with Lincoln on 66 Visitors Center and Gift Shop on the ground floor of the Museum . The Museum is located on historic Route 66. It features seven exhibit galleries, preserves over 24000 objects, makes available more than 11,500 rare and hard to find reference books, manages 1,700 feet of historical papers and images in it archives.
The machine offers four exclusive designs and it can be found on the first-floor in the rotunda. The designs include:
1) BEER NUTS, Inc. logo,
2) The Illinois State University Redbird,
3) The "Cruisin' with Lincoln on Route 66" logo
3) Logo of the Museum's dome.
7/18: The gift shop also sells the pressed penny bracelets and pressed penny passports.
6/3/2023 Four die machine located as cited above. Still rolling great on copper. Very friendly staff. Bloomington is “home” of Beer Nuts, State Farm Insurance and Steak and Shake. Who knew? Cindy G TEC #5440
7/11/26 - Machine in good working order in the gift shop, they will even give you change if needed. Printed very nicely on copper. You do not need to pay admission to use the machine.
01Sep2026 - RAH - Successful mail off! Super friendly staff and the coins are rolling great! Designs are as shown. Got the coins back in 11 calendar days.
Machines and designs
| Machine | Designs | Coin type |
|---|---|---|
| Machine 1 | 4 | Penny |
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