Newport Aquarium
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Newport, KY
From collectors
The Newport Aquarium is located across the Ohio River from Downtown Cincinnati, in Newport, Kentucky. The aquarium has 70 exhibits and 14 galleries, including five seamless acrylic tunnels totaling over 200 feet in length. The aquarium showcases thousands of animals from around the world in 1,000,000 US gal of water, Located here are "Scooter" and "Sweet Pea," two of the few shark rays in captivity. In 2009, the Aquarium received a baby shark ray from Taiwan, named Sunshine.
The facility is open to the public 365 days a year.
2/17: Four new Pennyman hand crank machines were installed here. They include 16 new designs.
All machines cost $1 per design and are Preloaded with Zinc pennies.
Machine 15 (2017); Outside of Stingray Hideaway
1) Alligator,
2) Frog,
3) Octopus,
4) Stingray.
Machine 16 (2017): Entrance, right after ticketing and taking down escalator into aquarium
1) Puffer Fish,
2) Clown Fish,
3) Fish,
4) Jellyfish.
Machine 17 (2017): Next to penguin viewing bleachers 7/19/26
1) 'Shark Bridge, Dare to Cross',
2) Mermaid,
3) Penguins,
4) Shark.
Machine 18 (2017): Across from touching experience, between eelgrass and reefs signs, right before Shark Ray Bay
1) Seahorse,
2) Shark,
3) Sea Turtle,
4) Horseshoe Crab.
Token Machine 3: Located near stingray hideaway
Need Scan/ photo of Tokens, front and rear, on a plain white background.
1) Shipwreck,
2) Shark Ray,
3) Sea Turtle,
4) Hammerhead Shark.
Token Machine 4: Located by Penguin Palooza
Need Scan/ photo of Tokens, front and rear, on a plain white background.
1) Pot-Bellied Seahorse.
2) Stingray,
3) Penguins,
4) Shark Jaws.
Machines 1 through 14 are Retired.
Retired designs (as of 2/16/17).
All say "Newport Aquarium"
Retired 1: Penguin,
Retired 2: Alligator, Frog,
Retired 3: Clown Fish,
Retired 4: 'Sweet Pea, The Shark Ray', Shark,
Retired 5: Outside the Shore Exhibit's touch tank: Denver the turtle
Other retired.
Retired 6: Seahorse
Retired 7: Otter
Retired 8: Alligator with mouth closed
Retired 9: Rocky the Penguin
Retired 10: (Quarter) Scooter the shark ray
Retired 11: Sweet Pea the shark ray
Retired 12, (Quarters) Alligator, Octopus, Shark, Starfish,
Retired 13: 'Sammy the Shark',
Retired 14: 'Scooter the Shark Ray'.
Need scan/ photo of retired Tokens, front and back, one scan per machine, on a plain white background.
Retired Token Machine 1: 1) Clown Fish, 2) Stingray, 3) Pot-Bellied Seahorse.
Retired Token Machine 2: 1) Penguin, 2 & 3) other designs.
6/19: machines take 1 dollar bills, and the machines use their own Zinc pennies.
2/1/26:
Machine 18 is still in the same location but is out of order.
Machine 16 is located in shipwreck realm but is out of order.
Machine 15 is still in the same location and working fine.
Machine 17 is located at penguin palooza and is working fine.
Token machine 3 is still in the same location and working fine.
Token machine 4 is still in the same location and working fine. DWT
Machines and designs
| Machine | Designs | Coin type |
|---|---|---|
| Machine 18- 2017 | 4 | Penny |
| Machine 15 - 2017 | 4 | Penny |
| Machine 16 - 2017 | 4 | Penny |
| Machine 17 - 2017 | 4 | Penny |
| Token Machine 3 - ocated near stingray hideaway | 3 | Token |
| Token Machine 4 - Located by Penguin Palooza | 3 | Token |
| Retired Pennies 1 through 5 & 7 | ? | Penny |
7 photos from collectors
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