I was invited to attend a conference held in Washington DC last week. When I browsed through the agenda, I saw that the last night’s reception is held at the Newseum.
What luck! The Newseum has been on my list of problematic locations. The admission cost is $20 and one of the machines is said to be located inside the museum. $20 is a lot to pay for access to any penny machine, and I never found a way around it till now.
It was a lively party and parts of the museum was closed off. The machine was sitting outside of the gift shop on the second floor. I had to run to the neighboring restaurant in order to get enough quarters, but I got my pennies in the end 
New EC’s from Newseum Washington DC
I traded some of the Gettysburg coins previously. Living close by now allows me to fill the rest of the set. Both sets from the American Civil War Museum and the Old Gettysburg Village are completed on this trip.
When I got to Old Gettysburg Village, I found a hand cranked penny machine with only 3 designs. The last space where a design should be had an oval sticker with a question mark on it. I’m not sure if it was a marketing trick, but I guess it worked. Had I seen the design, I wouldn’t have pressed it since it was the coin that I owned already.
New EC’s from Old Gettysburg Village Gettysburg, PA
New EC’s from American Civil Warm Museum Gettysburg, PA
New EC from Turning Point Gettysburg, PA
New EC from Jennie Wade House Gettysburg, PA
Wow… it’s been quite a while since I last updated.
I’ve been negligent since I started my new hobby, quilting, which takes up most of my time now 
But I’ll try to get better at uploading new images.
My friend Jason came to visit me from San Francisco, and we went up to Gettysburg today. I visited Gettysburg only a few months ago, but I really couldn’t think of a place to take him aside from DC which we’re going tomorrow.
Jason was kind enough to roam through the town with me, pressing pennies. I think I got most of them:
New EC’s from Gettysburg Tour Center Gettysburg, PA
There are so many machines in San Francisco, especially around the Fisherman’s Wharf area. It seemed like there was one in every other store, some of the designs were indistinguishable. We didn’t press every one since I ran out of pennies after a while.
New EC’s from After the Quake San Francisco, CA
New EC’s from Alcatraz Mini Market San Francisco, CA
New EC’s from A to Z Cameras San Francisco, CA
We had a family gathering around Chinese New Year and spent a week visiting different places around the Bay Area. Here are some of the coins pressed during that time.
We walked around Golden Gate Park and visited the Japanese Tea Garden. This is the second time I visited. I really like the garden, but the entrance fee is high and so was the tea served inside.
New EC’s from Japanese Tea Garden San Francisco, CA
The whole family also went to hike in Muir Woods. The main loop in Muir woods is paved (or boardwalk), the side trails are also worth walking since they take you to see different views of the forest.
The 4-die machine is at the gift shop. There are pre-pressed anniversary coins available for purchase. These anniversary coins are free if you purchase a penny book.
New EC’s from Muir Woods Mill Valley, CA
I feel so bad for not updating the site for such a long time I have piles of coins lying on my desk, just waiting to be scanned and I haven’t done anything for days.
Went snow shoeing with friends on MLK weekend. I thought there would be more coins around this area, since the Winter Olympics was held here twice, but we didn’t have time to look through all the shops.
New EC’s from High Peaks Gift Shop Lake Placid, NY
Wishing everyone a smashing year!
I wanna give a big thanks here to Adam who helped me with my copper penny supplies!! 
I pressed a few coins on the PA turnpike with the coins (the cat mint can comes in handy too). Hopefully I’ll get to scan in those coins soon.
While driving through the Ohio Turnpike, I’ve noticed that many of the service area machines have been replaced. Next weekend, I’ll try to get a more recent set of coins from the turnpike. In the meanwhile, the status for the old coins are marked “retired”.
Here are some trades with Paul from the end of 2008:
New EC’s from Museum of Life and Science Durham, NC
Andy and I spent half a day at Gettysburg today. This was our first visit, so I decided not to bring a list of machine locations with me.
We stopped at the visitor’s center and purchased a CD for the auto tour, which I strongly recommend for anyone visiting the national park.
There are two machines at the museum shop:
New EC’s from Gettysburg Battlefield Museum Gettysburg, PA
I went to the National Zoo again today. Last time I went, 3 out of the 7 machines there were gone and I promised other collectors that I’d get them all. When I visited today, one of the machines (Orangutan) was moved near the Reptile House and another (Mei Xiang and cub) was modified to take dollar bills at the Ape House. A new three-die machine is now in the cafeteria. It takes dollar bills and provides its own pennies, which unfortunately are zincs…
Check out the new designs! Scroll down to the bottom of the National Zoo page, the last three are from the new machine:
New EC’s from the National Zoological Park Washington DC
Just got back from Hawaii! I met a couple of EC collectors while pressing coins on O’ahu. Hopefully they’ll visit my site!
I didn’t expect so many machines on the island and underestimated the rolls of quarters and pennies needed. I must have spent around $50 for pressing pennies.
The coins will be scanned and uploaded in batches, here are a few to start with:
King’s Village is off of the main road down Waikiki Beach. Many of the machines in the area are within walking distance, including the Honolulu Zoo, the Waikiki Aquarium, machines at the King’s Village, and International Market.
New EC’s from Rock Island Cafe Honolulu, HI
