Breakfast Buddies Geocoin Centris' Breakfast Buddies

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Owner:
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Released:
Saturday, November 25, 2006
Origin:
Minnesota, United States
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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 12/28/2007 loneeagle_24 discovered it   Visit Log

    Just catching up on some of centris coin logs
    Discovered It 8/14/2007 mmgestes discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered at an event in Evanston, WY. TFS!
    Discovered It 8/12/2007 2luv2dance discovered it   Visit Log

    Thanks
    Discovered It 8/12/2007 2knightriders discovered it   Visit Log

    thanks for sharing centris and welcome to wyoming.
    Discovered It 8/11/2007 PeanutsParents discovered it   Visit Log

    Thanks for the discovery at the Evanston event
    Discovered It 8/11/2007 Sokratz discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered at Hello WY event. Thanks for sharing.
    Discovered It 8/11/2007 Rubiconlwb discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered today at the Evanston event, thanks for sharing Centris!
    Discovered It 8/11/2007 idive_2 discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered while attending a GREAT event sponsored by Centris! It was great getting together with old friends and new and sharing stories of the adventures we all have geocaching! Hope to see you on the trail!!
    Discovered It 8/11/2007 Sharkluver discovered it   Visit Log

    Discovered at great event!! Thanks for sharing and welcome to Wyoming!
    Discovered It 8/11/2007 TH&G discovered it   Visit Log

    I picked saw this trackable along the Bear River in Evanston, WY at the Goodbye MN - Hello WY Event part 2 while meeting Centris herself. Welcome back to Wyoming. Thanks for Little T's Beanie Buddy.
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