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Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Quincy Market

MAUnited StatesBoston, MA

VENU+Out of order8 machines

From collectors

Quincy Market is the gray stone building in the center of the Faneuil Hall Marketplace. The machines are within the glass enclosures with the push carts on either side of the rotunda, just outside of the rotunda itself.

All machines take credit cards, AND dollar bills.

Machine 3 is on the south side outside by the ramp. Designs are:
1) The Massachusetts State House (not the Quincy Market building or Christian Science Church as originally noted);
2) Red Sox logo;
3) Faneuil Hall Marketplace logo;
4) David Ortiz baseball player.

Machine 4 is inside of the rotunda. Designs are:
1) John F Kennedy, "John F. Kennedy, 35th President",
2) Faneuil Hall, "Boston, Mass, Faneuil Hall",
3) Minuteman statue, "New England Patriots",
4) Paul Revere on horseback, "The British Are Coming"

Machine 6: is near the restrooms on the north side walkway when coming in from the plaza. Designs are:
1) 'Battle of Bunker Hill', Soldier,
2) 'Little Brewster island', Lighthouse,
3) 'Massachusetts, The Bay State', Image of State,
4) 'World Champions Boston Red Sox', Logo and trophies.

Retired machines:

Retired 1: 1) Faneuil Hall Baston, Ma, 2) Lucky Penny, 3) Zakim Bridge 4) The Ride of Paul Revere. Note, the lucky penny design replaced a Fenway Park design.
Retired 2:1) Boston Public Garden, Swan Boat, 2) Faneuil Hall Baston, Mass, 3) USS Constitution Old Ironsides 1797 4) 'Boston', skyline
Retired 5: 1) Minute Man, 2) Old Ironsides, 3) Ouincy Market, 4) Fenway Park
Retired 7: 1) Boston Skyline, 2) Boston Common, 3) Historic Beacon Hill, Boston, 4) Boston's Best, Boston Baked beans,
Retired 8:1) Stegosaurus, 2) T Rex, 3) Triceratops, 4) Velociraptor

6/16 Exotic Garden section is demolished and the person at the Faneuil Hall information center said that Machine 7 has been gone for years.
4/24: Machine 8 -- along with the Dinosaur Safari experience in which it was located-- is gone.

7/25/26 Machine 4 is still not working, since one prong is broken off of electrical plug

8-11-2026 All machines at the market are broken but will still take payment
2026-08-24: Machine 3 works fine. The others are there, but I didn’t try those.
10/12/26 machine 4 is down. I plugged it in and everything lit up and would light up with payment but when turning the hand crank no penny would come out. The other two still work. $1 each cash or card. JB

10/27/26: All three machines at Quincy Market are out of order.

Machines and designs

8 machines
MachineDesignsCoin type
Machine 3 - outdoors south side4Penny
Machine 4 - Inside Rotunda4Penny
Machine 6 - outdoors north side4Penny
Retired 8?Penny
Retired 2?Penny
Retired 5?Penny
Retired 1?Penny
Retired 7?Penny

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