Arlington
Six Flags - Machine located outside the Arcades near the Mine Train rides. Machine located outside the Arcades near the Mine Train rides. There are also machines located in the Train Depots.

Corpus Christi
USS Lexington Aircraft Carrier - Machines located near main entrance and outside gift shop near rear of ship. [USS Lexington], (H)

Texas State Aquarium - [starfish], (H)

Dallas
The Science Place/IMAX Theater - Fair Park
There are 2 machines located in the shared lobby area of The Science Place Museum and IMAX Theater. The machines are located outside the gift shop near the public restrooms. One design is a dinosaur and the other has a skeleton, microscope, energy symbol and other scientific symbols.

Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park - (214) 670-8443 - Elongated coin depicting a shark!

Dallas Zoo - (214) 943-2771 - 3 machines: elongateds depict a bird, a reptile, and a mammal.
4 Eurolink machines, each with 3 designs. One machine is located near the main entrance's gift shop. Another is located near the Wilds of Africa Monorail in a small hut with some soda machines. The third machine sits inside the reptiles building and the forth one is at the Flamingo Food Court. There are 11 different designs available.
(There is one design that can be found in two different machines.) Designs are animals: giraffe, turtle, lizard, eagle, lemur (2), lion, tiger, ape, zebra, elephant and flamingo.

For Dallas elongateds (buy/trade), contact:
Kathy Reddin (TEC Member #2085) E-mail: kreddin@truewebdesign.com

Fort Worth
Fort Worth Zoo- 7 Eurolink machines. Six are penny presser machines and 1 for quarters! You will need 32 quarters and 10 pennies or $ 8.10 to purchase one of each issue.

Main Entrance - Just behind the ticket sales booth there is a Quarter Crusher Machine which has three different "Zoo Baby" designs (one of which was labeled "out of order"). This machine takes 4 quarters ($1). I got the giraffe and leopard. Head through the main gate and go toward the left past the large "Safari Village" eating area. There is a single penny machine across from the Aquarium. It is a vertical picture of a penguin titled "Penguin Island". Continue down the path passing the "Rock House" on your right. Stop at the "Zoo Creek Cafe". There is a machine near the restaurant door that has 3 different designs. One horizontal "African Savannah"Logo, a vertical Rhino "Go Wild!" and a horizontal "Raptor Canyon" Logo. Continue down the path to the Herpetarium (Reptiles Bldg.) Just inside the door there is a single penny machine that has a horizontal "Komodo Dragons". Continue down the path into the Texas area. Ahead is the "Yellow Rose Saloon". A single penny machine is on the porch near the soda machines. The design is vertical and has an Ape on it. It says "You'll Go Wild!" This penny is the only penny in the park that has the new zoo logo on it. (Last time I came to the zoo, which was a few years ago, this location had a penny machine that pressed a longhorn design. I was not able to find that design there today.) Now, go back the way you came since the Texas area is a dead end. At the "Rock House", go toward the left through "RaptorCanyon" and "Bird Row". You're looking for "Lions,Tigers and Bears!" in the "Asian Falls" area. Halfway through the attraction (at the tigers), you will come across a 3 penny machine. There is a vertical lion, vertical bear and a horizontal tiger. Once you exit the "Asian Falls" area, go toward left. Between the Elephants and the Giraffes is a restroom. Outside the restroom are soda machines. Hidden between the machines is a single penny machine that presses a horizontal "Elephant".

Just a quick note. When travelling to the Dallas/Ft Worth area, the Fort Worth Zoo is much nicer than the Dallas Zoo. There are many trees and shady areas to rest and the animal displays are very good! Outside the zoo, there is a "Mini Train" to ride on. Admission to the zoo is $7/adult, $4.50/child, $3/seniors and $3 to park. Half price on Wednesdays. My total safari cost me around $20 and took me about 2 and a half hours.

-Kathy Reddin

For Fort Worth elongateds (buy/trade), contact:
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Ft. Worth Museum of Science and History
1501 Montgomery Street (Located one mile North of I-30 in Fort Worth's Cultural District)
Establishment Phone: (817) 255-9300
Located in main lobby area of museum
Manufacturer: not known
Machine Type: electric
Number of Dies: 3 (each)
Cost to Roll Coin: fifty cents
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
Die Information Design #1
Design Orientation: H
Border: DOTTED
Text on Coin: Acrocanthosaurus Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
Image on Coin: Dinosaur
Die Information Design #2
Design Orientation: V
Border: DOTTED
Text on Coin: Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
Image on Coin: Museum Logo
Additional Die Comments: The first die information was from one of the machines. The second die information, from the second machine but only one coin was pressed on each of the machines.

Fort Worth Stockyards
There is a machine located inside the Visitor's Center at the Stockyards in Fort Worth. Design: 1st side is of a longhorn bull, 2nd side is ,"Fort Worth Stockyards, Inc." Dotted border... horizontal.
There is also one located at the train depot.

Galveston
Moody Gardens - This location has a Eurolink made elongated machine.

Houston
San Jacinto Monument and Battleship
Located at the top of the San Jacinto Monument. This is an obelisk that is 12 feet taller than the Washington monument. For three dollars you take an elevator to the top of the monument. The battlefield is located about 15 miles west of Houston. San Jacinto is the location of the last battle of the Texas Revolution. The Mexican general Santa Anna was captured here. Also, the phrase "Remember the Alamo" was first uttered here. You can also walk on the battleship Texas which is anchored in the park for $5.00.
Machine Type: electric
Number of Dies: 2
Cost to Roll Coin: $0.50
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
Additional Comments: Kind of neat in that there is a tray on top of the machine with maybe $5.00 worth of pennies for rolling. All you need is two quarters which you can get from the dollar changer machine located next to the rolling machine.
Die Information
Design #1: (V), dotted border, [San Jacinto Monument]
Design #2: (H), dotted border, "Battleship Texas", [Battleship Texas]

NASA Space Flight Center - The mschine is in the main entrance to the museum.
Machine Type: crank
Number of Dies: 4
Cost to Roll Coin: Two quarters
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
Additional Comments: One die bar has four designs.
Die Designs include Space Shuttle and Apollo V

NASA Johnson Space Center - Johnson Space Center has 2 crank machines with 4 dies each. In addition there was a vendor selling 2 additional coins, with a necklace / keyring combination for $2.
Machine Type: crank
Number of Dies: 4
Cost to Roll Coin: .51
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY

San Antonio

The Alamo - About 10 different available at this location, depicting various people and buildings.
Also has a machine that presses quarters. This one and a penny machine are located in the gift shop, but not right next to each other. Here are specifics on some of the machines:
Alamo Gift Shop - Alamo Plaza
Two machines are in the front of the gift shop and two are in the back. One quarter machine.
Machine Type: electric
Number of Dies: 1
Cost to Roll Coin: $0.51
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
Machine #1:
Design Information: (H), dotted border, "The Alamo", [The Alamo]
Machine #2:
Design Information: (H), dotted border, "The Alamo", [The Alamo]
Machine #3:
Design #1: (V), dotted border, "Davy Crockett", [Davy Crockett]
Design #2: (V), dotted border, "William Travis", [William Travis]
Design #3: (V), dotted border, "David Bowie", [David Bowie]
Machine #4:
Design #1: (V), "Davy Crockett", [Davy Crockett]
Design #2: (H), "Remember the Alamo", [Alamo]
Design #3: (V), "David Bowie", [David Bowie]
Quarter Machine:
Design Info: H, alternative border, "Remember the Alamo", [The Alamo]

Alamo Plaza Gifts - 323 Alamo Plaza, 210-223-9518
Located in front of store
Machine Type: electric
Number of Dies: 1
Cost to Roll Coin: $0.51
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
Design Information: (H), dotted border, "San Antonio", [The Alamo]

Cowboy Museum - 209 Alamo Plaza, 210-229-1257
Two machines, one is located outside of store and other is in the store.
Machine Type: electric
Number of Dies: 1
Cost to Roll Coin: $0.51
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
Design #1: (H), dotted border, "The Alamo 1836", [The Alamo]
Design #2: (V), dotted border, "Cowboy Museum San Antonio, Texas", [Cowboy on horse]

The Texas Adventure - 307 Alamo Plaza, 210-227-8224
All located inside the giftshop area
Machine Type: electric
Number of Dies: 3
Cost to Roll Coin: $0.51
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY
Machine #1:
Design #1: (H), dotted border, "The Alamo 1836", [The Alamo]
Design #2: (H), dotted border, "Riverwalk San Antonio", [River boat passing under a bridge]
Design #3: (H), dotted border, "The Alamo in San Antonio TX", [The Alamo]
Machine #2:
Design #1: (H), dotted border, "The Alamo 1836", [The Alamo]
Design #2: (V), dotted border, "Boot Scootin in San Antonio", [Pair of cowboy boots]
Design #3: (H), dotted border, "Armadillo Texas House Dog", [Armadillo]

Sea World Of Texas - Machines are scattered through the park at various gift shops. They have a variety of machines both crank and electric.
Cost to Roll Coin: two quarters
Denomination of Rolled Coin: PENNY

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