Bronx Zoo/ Wildlife Conservation Society

3/10/24: We were told by multiple staff that the machines had ALL been removed due to issues with solar power and winter months. We visited on 10MAR24.

7/3/24: Summer has come and still nothing.

The Bronx Zoo is located within Bronx Park in the Bronx, a borough of New York City. It is the largest metropolitan zoo in the United States and among the largest in the world. The zoo comprises 265 acres of park lands and naturalistic habitats, through which the Bronx River flows. The Bronx Zoo is world-renowned for its large and diverse animal collection, and its award-winning exhibitions.
The zoo is part of an integrated system of four zoos and one aquarium managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and it is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)

There are:
2 machines outside of the gorilla exhibit;
2 machines just outside the main gift shop near the front entrance;
1 machine outside Madagascar;
1 machine outside of the Children's zoo;
2 machine near the Crossroads gift shop.

All the current machines cost &1 per design and supply their own penny, a shiny Zinc cent.

Current Machines and Locations

Machine 13: (2018) Children's Zoo
1) Squirrel Monkey, 2) Aldabra Turtle, 3) Two Toed Sloth, 4) White Rhinoceros

Machine 14: (2018) Outside the Children’s Zoo
1) Grizzly Bear, 2) Giraffe, 3) Lion, 4) Gelada Baboon

Machine 15: (2018) Across from Butterfly Pavilion
1) Radiated Turtle, 2) Black Leopard, 3) Komodo Dragon, 4) Asian Elephant

Machine 16: (2018) Across from the Giraffes in the center picnic area
1) African Wild Dog, 2) Western Lowland Gorilla, 3) Grevy's Zebra, 4) Rattlesnake.

Machine 17: (2018) Madagascar 1
1) Crocodile, 2) California Sea Lion, 3) Ring-Tailed Lemur, 4) Ring-Tailed Mongoose.

Machine 18: (2018) Across from Butterfly Pavilion
1) Flamingo, 2) Bald Eagle, 3) Swallowtail (Butterfly), 4) Magellanic Penguin

Machine 19: (2018) On the path heading to children’s zoo in the corner
1) Indian Peacock, 2) Indian Rhinoceros, 3) Flying Bat, 4) Panamanian Golden Frog

Machine 20: (2018) At the Entrance to the Zoo
1) American Bison, 2) Red Panda, 3) Snow Leopard, 4) Polar Bear

Token Machine 2 - Gift Shop: Designs:
1) Bison, Boa Constrictor (Snake), Komodo Dragon, Tiger
Rear: Lion head logo

Token Machine 3 - (2018) Design
1) Golden Lion Tamarin/Rear-Tamarin info.

Retired designs
Retired 1: Butterfly, Lion, Tiger, Snake,
Retired 2: Camel, Elephant, Iguana, Tiger,
Retired 3: Polar Bear, Bison, Eagle, Zebra,
Retired 4: Bear, Elephant, Lemur, Tiger,
Retired 5: 1) Grasshopper, 2) Praying Mantis, 3) Beetle, and 4) Cicada
Retired 6: 1) Aligator, 2) Lemur, 3) Seal 4) Zebra
Retired 7: 1) Tiger running right, 2) Tiger head, 3) Tiger walking left, 4) Tiger facing right looking left
Retired 8: 1) Bear, 2) Camel, 3) Mandrill, 4) Peacock
Retired 9: 1) Lion, 2) Butterfly, 3) Hyena 4) Snake
Retired 10: 1) Giraffe, 2) Frog, 3) Mom and baby Gorilla, 4) Rhino
Retired 11: 1) Bison, 2) Eagle, 3) Flamingo, 4) Seal
Retired 12: 1) Elephant, 2) Polar Bear, 3) Tiger, 4) Red Panda.

Retired Token Machine 1: Red Eyed Tree Frog/ Rear- Frog info

Bronx Zoo info card with Dinosaur Safari penny attached is Retired.

3/18 Dinosaur Safari penny retired. Token Machine 1 retired and replaced by a new token machine with a Golden Lion Tamarin all of its tokens.
4/18: 8 new Pennyman 4 design hand crank machines installed here.
The old 8 machines are retired. GSY

24/12/23 - I couldn't locate any of the machines on site, going to email the zoo and ask if they have been removed etc... as there was no one to ask - MC