Oregon Coast Aquarium

Hours of operation: Summer (Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend) 10am-6pm daily. Winter hours: 10am to 5pm. The Aquarium is open 364 days a year. The only day the Aquarium is closed is Christmas day. Oregon Coast Aquarium PennyCollector books are for sale in both of the gift shops for $6.99 (no sales tax in Oregon).
Plenty of free car and RV parking.

All designs have the Aquarium logo with 'Oregon Coast Aquarium'.

All machines operate by $1 bill or credit card. Pressed on preloaded pennies (can be copper or zinc, no way to know which you’ll get)..

Penny Machine 5: (#1 on Machine) located outside to the right of the main gift shop exit to the exhibits / down the outside corridor after admission check. Designs are:
1) (V) Starfish on a seaweed encrusted rock.
2) (H) Otter in water.
3) (H) A seahorse on each side of a large Aquarium logo.
4) (H) Horseshoe Crab..

Penny Machine 6: (#2 on Machine) located outside to the right of the main gift shop exit to the exhibits / down the outside corridor after admission check. Designs are:
1) (H) A swimming Murre.
2) (V) Two sea shells surrounding a crab on beach sand.
3) (V) A seal sitting on a rock.
4) (H) A whale on each side of a large Aquarium logo.

Penny Machine 7: (#3 on Machine) located inside the second gift shop to the right after the shark exhibit (Passages on the Deep) exit. Designs are:
1) (H) A shark on each side of a large Aquarium logo.
2) (H) A fish.
3) (H) An octopus.
4) (H) An otter.

Penny Machine 8: (#4 on machine) located outside to the right of the main gift shop exit to the exhibits / down the outside corridor after admission check. Designs are:
1) (H) A seal on each side of a large Aquarium logo.
2) (H) A pair of Guillemots.
3) (H) An Alaskan king crab.
4) (H) A leopard shark.

Penny Machine 9: (#5 on Machine) located inside the second gift shop to the right after the shark exhibit (Passages on the Deep) exit. Designs are:
1) (H) A striped bass.
2) (H) A penguin on each side of a large Aquarium logo.
3) (H) An eel.
4) (H) A sea turtle.

Retired Machines:
Retired 1: 1) Salmon, 2) Seal, 3) Starfish, 4) Humpback Whale.
Retired 2: 1) Halibut, 2) Stingray, 3) Shark, 4) Stripped Bass.
Retired 3: 1) Jellyfish, 2) Octopus, 3) Penguin, 4) Sea Otter.
Retired 4: (Quarters): 1) Eel, 2) Crab, 3) Longnose Skate, 4) Great White Shark.
Retired 10: (Quarter) 1) (V) A seahorse, 2) (V) A stingray, 3) (V) A jellyfish, 4) (H) An alligator on each side of a large Aquarium logo.

G.P.S. coordinates: Latitude: N44° 37' 2.6328" Longitude: W124° 2' 50.4096"
Google Maps coordinates: JX93+33 Newport, Oregon

2/18: Art, scans and machines added.

10/27/25: all 5 machines are working without issue. Had a temporary problem with one machine which was promptly handled and fixed once the admission desk was told.

10/24/26: Out of order: the card reader charged $4 and dispensed no coins (10/24/26).