One Broad Street
Chattanooga, TN , 37401-2048 Phone: 800-262-0695 Website The Aquarium sells its own Penny Book. You can get to all the machines by the Gift Shops without paying admission. They also sell Tokens at the different Buildings, There are 17 different Tokens also.
Penny machines have been converted to $1 per penny, or all 4 pennies for $4 with credit card/apple pay.
The 1 Limited Edition 24K gold plated token is $10 each and is in all the 5 token machines.
Machine 2: located inside the IMAX lobby
1) Clownfish, 2) Carp, 3) Swordfish, 4) Rays.
Machine 3: located inside of the IMAX Theater lobby:
1) Seahorse, 2) Tropical fish, 3) Stingray, 4) Shark.
Machine 5: located inside the Ocean Journey building:
1) Butterfly, 2) Shark, 3) Turtle, 4) Seahorse
Machine 6: located inside the Ocean Journey building:
1) Parrot, 2) Shark, 3) Octopus, 4) Jellyfish
Machine 7: located inside the River Journey building:
1) Aquarium buildings, 2) Standing Otter, 3) Catfish, 4) Otter head
Machine 8: located inside the River Journey building:
1) Alligator, 2) Penguin, 3) Snake, 4) Bass fish
Machine 9 (2016): located inside the Ocean Journey building:
1) Meercat, 2) Penguin, 3) Shark, 4) Turtle
All the silver tokens in the machines are $3 each ( limited edition 24K Gold tokens are $10):
Need scan/ photo of tokens, front and back, one scan per machine, on a plain white background.
Token Machine 1 (located at the end of the Ridges to River exhibit in the River Journey building) :
1) Limited Edition 24K gold plated Tennessee Aquarium Token
2) Group of paddlefish (silver)
3) Otter (silver)
4) Pig-nosed turtle with two fish (silver)
5) Alligator (silver)
6) Frog (silver)
(The back side of all tokens shows the Tennessee Aquarium complex)
Token Machine 2 (located in the River Journey building):
1) Limited Edition 24K gold Token Tennessee Aquarium Token
(This machine has the same silver token designs as Token Machine 1)
( All tokens have the Tennessee Aquarium complex on the back side)
Token Machine 3 (Located in the lemur/stingray exhibit in the Ocean Journey building):
1) Limited Edition 24K gold plated Tennessee Aquarium Token
2) Shark with fish (silver)
3) Ring-tailed lemur (silver)
4) Sea turtle (silver)
5) Butterfly (silver)
6) Stingray with fish (silver)
(All tokens have the Tennessee Aquarium complex on the back side)
Token Machine 4 (Located outside the lemur/stingray exhibit in the Ocean Journey building):
1) Limited Edition 24K gold plated Tennessee Aquarium Token
2) Stingray with fish (silver)
3) Jellyfish (silver)
4) Sea turtle (silver)
5) Shark with fish (silver)
6) Penguins (silver)
(All tokens have the Tennessee Aquarium complex on the back side)
Token Machine 5 (Located in the Penguins’ Rock exhibit in the Ocean Journey building):
1) Limited Edition 24K gold plated Tennessee Aquarium token
2) Sea turtle (silver)
3) Shark with fish (silver)
4) Ring-tailed lemur (silver)
5) Butterfly (silver)
6) Penguins (silver)
(All tokens have the Tennessee Aquarium complex on the back)
Retired Penny Machines:
Retired 1: was located inside of the IMAX Theater lobby: Frog, Turtle, Eagle, Trout.
Retired 4: 1) Picture the Tennessee Aquarium.
Retired Tokens:
Retired Tokens from Machine 1: 1) Stingray, 2) Otter, 3) Paddlefish, 4) Sandbar Shark,
Retir4d Tokens from Machine 2: 1) Seahorse, 2) West Coast Sea Nettle (Jellyfish), 3) Poison Dart Frog, 4) Macaroni Penguin
Retired Tokens from Machine 3: 1) Gentoo Penguin, 2) Owl, 3) Macaw, 4) Butterfly
Retired Tokens from Machine 4: 1) Green Sea Turtle, 2) Sea Turtle, 3) American Alligator, 4) Ring-Tailed Lemur,
The Penny Book in the Gift Shop has spaces large enough for the tokens to fit and it s a navy blue design with gold foil animal graphics on the front cover.
Penny books are sold for $5.50.
09/22- The limited edition is in all of the token machines and is now $10 each.
7/25 - Aquarium Foods Machine 4 no longer exists.
9/27/25: Token Machine 3 (in the lemur/stingray exhibit in the Ocean Journey building) is currently out of order. All other token machines are working well. |
