St. Louis Zoological Park

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The Saint Louis Zoological Park, commonly known as the St. Louis Zoo, is in Forest Park. Admission is free but some fees are charged for some special attractions. A special feature is the narrow gauge Emerson Zooline Railroad with passenger trains pulled by the C.P. Huntington locomotives that encircle the zoo, stopping at the more popular attractions.

There is a Guest Services office at both the North and South entrance. Since they are constantly moving the machines around the Zoo, It is best to get a location map that is available at both of the entrance gates.

There are 13 Pennycollector machines here now and 2 Token/Medallion machines. They start at the south entrance.

Note: Prices have changed. All penny designs are $1 each, but the 8 penny machines are $1 each or 8 pennies for $5.

Machine 17 (2016) - Located at the Discovery - Located in the Living World by the Ramp.
1) Duck, 2) Snapping Turtle, 3) Frog, 4) Otter

Machine 18 (2016) - Located at the Discovery - Located by the Discovery Corner Railroad
1) Alligator head, 2) Tufted Puffin, 3) Fly, 4) Lion.

Machine 19 (2016): - Located at the Lakeside - Located on the side of the Ice Cream Oasis building
1) Small Monkey, 2) Octopus, 3) Snake 4) Owl.

Machine 20 (2016) - Located by the Primate House
1) Anteater, 2) Praying Mantis, 3) Stork, 4) Penguin.

Machine 21 (2016) - 8 penny machine - Located at the Lakeside - Located in the Lakeside Café.
1) Kangaroo, 2) Chicken, 3) Zoo tour train, 4) Snake, 5) Black Widow Spider, 6) Zebra, 7) Butterfly, 8) Leaf-Tailed Gecko

Machine 22 (2016) - 8 Penny machine - Located at the Discovery - Located in the Living World, Upper
1) Turtle, 2) Snake, 3) Frog, 4) Panther, 5) Parrot, 6) Owl, 7) Tarantula, 8) Cicada

Machine 23 (2016) - 8 Penny machine - Located at the Discovery - Located in the Living World, Upper
1) Macaw, 2) Eagle, 3) Turtle, 4) Snow Leopard, 5) Snake, 6) Snake??, 7) Iguana, 8) Long ear Kit Fox.

Machine 24 (2016):
1) Carousel ride Seal, 2) Butterfly, 3) Beetle, 4) Honeybee.

Machine 25 (2016):
1) Penguin, 2) Polar Bear, 3) Snake head, 4) Puffin.

Machine 26 (2016):
1) Barn Owl, 2) Iguana head, 3) Catfish head, 4) Multiple leg long bug

Machine 27 (2016) - Located at the South Plaza
1) Grizzly Bear, 2) Gorilla, 3) Bactrian Camel, 4) Red Panda

Machine 28 (2016) - Located at the Lakeside - the guest relations booth near the ice cream oasis
1) Snake, 2) Hippo, 3) Wasp, 4) Ant.

Machine 29 (2017) - Located in the Penguin Puffer Area Zoo Hut
1) 3 penguins, 2) Pelican, 3) Tazmanian Devil, 4) Grizzly Bear

Note: Medallions are $5 each or 4/$15.

Token Machine 3: (2024)
1) 'Beetle',
2) "Butterfly',
3) 'Red Panda',
4) Head of a Rhino
Rear- 'Got a Zoo Perspective', with the St Louis Zoo Logo.

Token Machine 4: (2024)
1)

Machines 1 through 16 are Retired (three design machines)

Retired 1 ... (Antler Border) Alligator, Building, Lion,
Retired 2 ... (Antler Border) Ape, standing Bear, Prairie Dog,
Retired 3 ... (Antler Border) C.P.Huntington steam engine, Zoo logo, Zoo name tower, 'Raja' Elephant,
Retired 4 ... (Antler Border) Ape, Koala, Tiger head,

Retired in 2016:
Retired 5 ... Crocodile, Bear, Monkey
Retired 6 ... Alligator, Tiger, Elephant
Retired 7 ... Peacock, Flamingo, Monkey
Retired 8 ... Giraffe, Lion, Train
Retired 9 … Polar Bear, Penguin, Carousel
Retired 10 ... T-Rex, Zebra, Turtle
Retired 11 ... Butterfly, Spider, Train
Retired 12 ... Spider, Butterfly, Hippo
Retired 13 ... Stingray, Giraffe, Penguin
Retired 14 ... St Louis Zoo logo, Penguin, Grizzly Bear
Retired 15 ... Train, Rhino, Sea Lion
Retired 16 ... Rajah the Elephant, Cheetah, Hippo,

Retired Token Machine 1 (2016): 1) Polar Bear, 2) Asian Elephant, 3) Penguin, 4) Lesser Kudu.
Rear has the St Louis Zoo Logo on it.
Retired Token Machine 2 (2017): 1) Grizzly Bears, 2) Amur Tiger, 3) Orangutan, 4) Hippopotamus.
Rear has the St Louis Zoo Logo on it.

4/11/24: Walk in the south gate and went into gift shop and asked if they could tell me where the penny press were. They gave me a paper with all the locations on it. It was fun trying to find them all.

4/1/26: Updated descriptions. Several animals were misidentified wildly on various machines and others weren't very specific.