867 Grant Ave. San Francisco, CA , 94108 Phone: (415)981-1168 Chinatown Gift shop. It opens around 10am, though it was closer to 11 by the time they got the penny machines rolled outside and chained down. All five machines are outside on the sidewalk during open store hours, and all cost 51 cents per roll with you using your own penny. They are all along Grant Ave.
Machine 1; 4 design hand crank machine found here. The machine is right in front of the shop' designs are:
1) 'San Francisco Alcatraz',
2) 'Chinatown San Francisco', dragon,
3) 'Coit Tower',
4) 'San Francisco' Golden Gate Bridge.
Machine 3: 4 design hand crank machine found here. The machine is right in front of the shop, designs are:
1) 'San Francisco Alcatraz', Prisoner.
2) 'Fisherman's Wharf San Francisco',
3) 'San Francisco', Golden Gate Bridge,
4) San Francisco', old VW hippy Bus.
Machine 4: 4 design hand crank machine found here. The machine is right in front of the shop, designs are:
1) 'San Francisco', Golden Gate Bridge', birds',
2) Greetings from San Francisco, The Bay City',
3) Property of Alcatraz Penitentiary',
4) 'The Rock, Alcatraz Island'.
Machine 5: 4 design hand crank machine found here. The machine is right in front of the shop, designs are:
1) Alcatraz
2) Golden Gate Bridge and Coit Tower
3) Cable Car cresting hill
4) 'Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill', Parrot
Machine 6: 4 design hand crank machine found here. The machine is right in front of the shop' designs are:
1) Cable Car & Golden Gate Bridge 'SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA'
2) Cable Car inside a Heart 'I Left (heart design) in San Francisco'
3) Golden Gate Bridge with Sail Boat Going Under 'GOLDEN GATE PARK SAN FRANCISCO, CA,
4) Golden Gate Bridge with Cable Car under the Stars 'SAN FRANCISCO'
Retired/ Moved machines:
Moved 2: Moved to Pier 45 - Musee Mecanique.1) 'Golden Gate Bridge' '50 Years' single design.
9/21:Machine 5 moved here from Chinatown - Asian Trends.
2/23: Machine 6 moved here from the Chinatown - Citibank.
6/04/2026: Rolling well on copper pennies. BTF |