3400 Vine Street
Cincinnati, OH , 45220

Phone: 800-94-HIPPO

Website

Needs to be Revised. GSY

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is the second-oldest zoo in the United States, opening in 1875, after the Philadelphia Zoo. It is located in the Avondale neighborhood of Cincinnati. It began with 64.5 acres in the middle of the city, but has spread into the neighboring blocks and several reserves in Cincinnati's outer suburbs. It was appointed as a National Historic Landmark in 1987.

The Main Zoo Entrance, which used to be off Dury Ave on the east side of the zoo, is now the Vine St Entrance on the facility's south side. The main gift shop is right inside the zoo entrance at the Vine Street Village, right after you pass Guest Relations.

The Gift Shop sells generic penny books for $4.99 and the 5th Edition Zoo/Aquarium (coin cover) penny album for $6.99. They just received their new 4th edition pressed penny book in the gift shop for their 2025 season and to celebrate their 150th anniversary! I have a picture of it, but it will not allow me to add it in. - LJB

They have installed all new machines. All the machines are in the same locations as before. Looks like all the machines have the same designs as before, except the two near the main entrance have changed slightly
The new machines supply the penny as well. Also, if you pay with a card, you can only get all 4 designs. One design at a time costs $1 each.

Machine 5: Manatee Springs Building:
1) Baby Elephant, 2) Baby Polar Bear, 3) Manatee, 4) Lion Head

Machine 6: Outside the "Night Hunters" building:
1) Eagle Owl, 2) Vampire Bat, 3) Cougar, 4) Bearcat

Machine 10: (2017) (Labeled Machine 2 on machine) is Inside Birds of the World Building :
1) Giraffe, 2) Hippo, 3) Meerkats, 4) Tour Steam Engine.

Machine 12: (Labeled Machine 5 on machine) Outside Customer Service Building Near Main Entrance:
1) Gorilla, 2) Cheetahs, 3) Salamander, 4) Wolf

Machine 13: (2017) (Labeled Machine 1 on machine) Outside main entrance restrooms:
1) Elephant, 2) Porcupine, 3) Rhino, 4) Snake

Machine 14: (Labeled Machine 3 on machine) Outside by LaRosas:
1) Multiple Butterflies, 2) Ant, 3) Tarantula, 4) Komodo Dragon

Token Machine 1: Located in manatee springs building.
1) Cheetah, 2) Lion, 3) Manatees, 4) ( Baby Hippo 'Fiona'.
(Sometimes it will spit her medallion out, and sometimes you have to go up front to the Customer Service Building to ask for one)

Retired Machines/designs:

Important Note:
When Pennycollector replaces designs, they replace the die roller; thus, all the designs in each machine are new or re-engraved. The old designs look similar but are re-engraved and can be slightly different.

Retired 1: 1) Brontosaurus, 2) Raptor, 3) Stegosaurus, 4) T-Rex head
Retired 2: 1) Alligator, 2) Ape, 3) Flamingo, 4) Penguin
Retired 3: 1) Giraffe, 2) Iguana, 3) Monkey, 4) Snake on a branch
Retired 4: (5/18) 1) Peacock, 2) Snake, 3) Monkey, 4) Tiger
Retired 7: 1) Iguana, 2) Ant, 3) Tarantula, 4) Butterflies,

Retired 8: (5/18)1) Alligator, 2) Cobra, 3) Elephant, 4) Scorpion
Retired 9: 1) Seal, 2) Black Bear, 3) Wolf, 4) Cheetahs,
Retired 11: 1) Peacock, 2) Iguana, 3) Ant, 4) Tarantula.

Retired from Machine 7: 1) An Alligator,
Retired from Machine 9: 1) Black Bear, 2) Seal.
Retired from machine 11: 1) a Peacock.

Retired Quarters: 1) Bald Eagle, 2) Cheetah, 3) Hippo, 4) Rhino & Tree logo
Retired from Token Machine 1: 1) Rhino

6/16/25 Machine 5 in the Manatee Springs building is completely out of order, doesn’t take card or dollar bills.
Machine 12 outside customer service only takes card for all 4 pennies, bill inserter is broken.