Breakfast Buddies Geocoin Centris' Breakfast Buddies

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Owner:
Centris Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Origin:
Minnesota, United States
Recently Spotted:
In White Rabbit

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Current Goal

Go to Breakfast Buddies events of course.....

I believe that the Breakfast Buddies is the longest running serial event in geocaching history - if I am wrong about this, let me know.

About This Item

The shape is shiny finish gold "sun-rays" with 30 pointy spikes. One point for each of the 30 Breakfast Buddy events. The MN shape is done is misty finish gold metal -- the sun is hard enamel and the rays are translucent orange and yellow. They are trackable, MNxxxx. Icon is a coffee cup - plain black and white.
My signature is visible under the enamel....... it turned out a LOT larger than I expected, but I'll live with it. It was supposed to be much more discreet than it is. Oh well.
The back is shiny gold with hard enamel - coffee and muffins with green background.

  • 215 Regular coins have regular green enamel on the front ring
  • 30 LE coins are made with translucent green enamel on the front ring (limited sale)
  • 5 pepto-bismal coins made just for me (yup -- they are PINK, imagine that!)
  • 1 orange coin was made for a special friend who often complains that there are not enough orange colored coins in the world -- (see what happens when you complain to the queenbee??)

  • So...... WHY in the world would I care about Breakfast Buddies events and WHY would I design a coin about it???

    In case you didn't know, I am the person who originated the ongoing Breakfast Buddies events, and this coin is to commemorate the 30th official BB event. I think that is pretty amusing that it has lasted so long. Hopefully the MNGCA keeps it going for 30 more!!

    Trivia -- the name "Breakfast Buddies" was supposed to be a temporary name - I just used it to submit the cache page and get it approved and online. You may not remember, but many years ago there used to be a little biscuit sandwich at Burger King that was called Breakfast Buddy and that was my occasional snack on my way home from work in the wee morning hours when I was working shifts. These tiny sandwiches were only about 2 bites big and came in a pack of 4 "buddies" for 99 cents - perfect!

    I was always going to come up with a really great name for the event once it was approved and then I would edit the cache page, but somehow I never thought of a name I liked and so unfortunately, this name never got replaced and now it is permanently named for a Burger King snack..... now you know the REST of the story.

    Also, the BB event that this coin was made for was actually the 31st geo-breakfast -- we did have an informal (non-geoapproved) breakfast event in December 2003, but only 4 people showed up. So I figured the idea was doomed from the start (grin).... but I was wrong.

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    Discovered It 8/11/2007 Wyo & Snoop discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered it at the Goodbye MN--- Hello WY event. Thanks for sharing.
    Discovered It 8/5/2007 zuma! discovered it   Visit Log

    I bought and released one of these coins, which is sadly now MIA. Nice to read a bit of the history of the coin.
    Discovered It 8/4/2007 KC0GRN discovered it   Visit Log

    Saw this one at Centris' going away event. Nice to know there's another version of this coin that is rare 😁
    Discovered It 8/4/2007 Ramsey63 discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered at your going away event. Thanks for sharing. Good luck in WY.
    Discovered It 8/4/2007 FSU*Noles discovered it   Visit Log

    'Tis a sad day indeed, Centris has left Minnesota - thanks for the beanies, laughter, tb's and coins, and most of all the friendship...take care, and looking forward to seeing you again soon. Thanks for sharing!
    Discovered It 8/4/2007 15Tango discovered it   Visit Log

    We'll miss seeing you at the BB events here - maybe you can start something similar in Wyoming. Discovered the coin at the Goodbye Minnesota Event.
    Discovered It 8/4/2007 w0lfpupmagic discovered it   Visit Log

    Thanks for sharing your tb's with us. We are going to miss you. Happy caching.
    Dropped Off 4/28/2007 Centris placed it in White Rabbit Minnesota   Visit Log
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