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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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The machine is located on the 3rd floor in the Luce Center's cafe area. It says the proceeds go to help the Luce Center's "Art & Coffee" program.

There are 4 pennies. Each will cost you $1.01 each and features one of the main art attractions in the gallery. Designs are;
1) Art horse,
2) Mechanical looking female,
3) Art design,
4) Art design.

2/14/25: The machine is now accessible to the public.

6/14/26: machine is working well. It is next to an art vending machine (which costs $5 cash). The penny machine still takes 4 quarters and a penny.

Machines and designs

2 machines
MachineDesignsCoin type
Machine 14Penny
Pennybook?Penny

2 photos from collectors

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