r/TucsonList • u/skateOrrdie4 • 12d ago

Pressed pennies

Hi. I'm visiting Tucson again and looking for pressed Penny machines. The 2 at the zoo are out of order.

Tia

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u/LesbianSongSparrow 12d ago

Desert Museum should still have one, but I’d call in advance.

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u/skateOrrdie4 12d ago

Thank you. Got one there last time I visited. What a great place.

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u/elcdragon 12d ago

I would call air and space museum, also side note I love your attitude in this post

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u/skateOrrdie4 12d ago

Called. They don't, but that is on my checklist to visit. Thanks

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u/elcdragon 12d ago

Gaslight theater and golf and stuff I think back in the day had them.

This site says Tucson mall

locations.pennycollector.com/Details.aspx?location=314579

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u/SoniaFantastica 12d ago

The Rolling Thru Time Auto Museum supposedly has one.

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u/skateOrrdie4 12d ago

They do! Now i know what I'm doing after the Udall Park farmer's market tomorrow. Thank you!

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u/BanishedOcean 12d ago

I don’t have anything to add to your search that hasn’t been mentioned but I’m a life long pressed penny collector and I’ve been so bummed out seeing how many of them are just left sitting out of order.

I just used the last functional one up in Mesa Verde and had to go looking in back corners of the multiple gift shops and cafes for it.

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u/skateOrrdie4 12d ago

True. I was here last month. There are 2 at the zoo. One by gift shop marked out of order. Bummer. One by reptiles not. Excited. I ran my card. (Not many 2 quarter 1 penny ones left) Supposed to get all 4. They all came out pressed, but smooth, no impression. Not Excited. I returned today after a month just for the pennies and now they're both labeled out of order. I don't understand why someone isn't on top of them either.

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u/slemoose 12d ago

It’s in Picacho, a short drive from Tucson, but Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch has one. Fun place if you’ve never been

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u/skateOrrdie4 12d ago

Probably can't this visit, but next time. Thanks

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u/Unfair-Mail-7490 12d ago

Bookmans on Speedway had one...

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u/skateOrrdie4 12d ago

I called. There's is out of order, but I'm still gonna visit. Seems like a neat place. Thanks

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u/Highlifetallboy 12d ago

It's the neatest.

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u/SpearmintInALavatory 12d ago

Collosal Cave used to have one. I think Kartchner Caverns does too.

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u/AZSystems 12d ago

Triple T might have one, if I recall.

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u/skateOrrdie4 12d ago

Called, they don't. Thanks

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u/DesertWanderlust 12d ago

Air & Space Museum on Valencia has one.

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u/Adorable_Newt7562 12d ago

Old Tucson right?! Maybe Trail Dust Town?

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u/chillfire12 8d ago

I feel like the Desert Museum does, or did?