600 East Grand Avenue
Chicago, IL , 60611

Phone: (800) 595-PIER

Website

Navy Pier is a 3,300-foot-long pier on the Chicago shoreline of Lake Michigan. It is located in the Streeterville neighborhood of the Near North Side community area.
The Pier currently encompasses more than fifty acres of parks, gardens, shops, restaurants, family attractions and exhibition facilities and is the top leisure destination in the Midwestern United States. It is one of the most visited attractions in the entire Midwest and is Chicago's number one tourist attraction.

Both machines 5 and 6 (labeled 1 and 2 on machines) are located right next to each other, on the outside of the "Making History Chicago" gift shop, which is in the middle of the pier length-wise, and is on the inside of the larger building. If you are standing outside of the store and looking towards it, there will be a hallway to your right that leads to a parking garage. Walk into that hallway, and you will see both machines on your right. They are in a dark corner and can be very hard to find. Machines preloaded with zinc pennies and the pennies cost $1 each; machine only accepts $1 bills, no credit/debit cards.

Machine 5: (2017) (Machine 1 noted on machine) Designs are:
1) Chicago White Socks Logo,
2) 'Navy Pier Carousel', Horse,
3) 'Navy Pier Chicago', Image of pier from air,
4) 'Streeterville NVYPier Chicago, Illinois', license plate

Machine 6: (2017): (Machine 2 noted on machine) Designs are:
1) 'Navy Pier July 15, 1916', Anchor,
2) Chicago Cubs Logo,
3) 'Navy Pier Chicago, IL', image of pier from shore,
4) 'Windy City Chicago, IL', Chicago skyline.

Machines 1 to 4 and singles are Retired.

Retired 1: 1) Anchor, 2) Image of pier, 3) US Flag, 4) Sailboat,
Retired 2: 1) Tour boat, 2) Anchor, 3) Ship's wheel, 4) logo
Retired 3: 1) Lighthouse, 2) Boat life ring, 3) Eagle and stars, 4) Chicago White Sox,
Retired 4; 1) Chicago Cubs bear logo, 2) Chicago skyline with Carousel, 3) Carousel Giraffe, 4) Three masted sailing ship.
Retired singles: 1) Image of Pier, large, 2) Image of Pier, small.

Official PennyCollector.com souvenir coin albums can be bought at the Children's Museum for $4.95.

9/17: Machines 5 and 6 installed here.

12/21/2025 Neither machine lit up or appeared to be functioning. Couldn't get Machine 6 to accept any bills. Unplugged and plugged Machine 6 back in and it worked well.