The Golden Coin!?!?!?

[FireEmblemZack]

Hi everyone!
I was super fortunate to get an awesome haul which included the Golden Underpants Billy but also... the gold coin that came with it
I had always been super intrigued by the gold coin ever since I saw a random mention of it on here a few years ago!

So here is what I know:
Mike Becker threw these in last minute during SDCC 2004 (the supermarket SDCC) and the first few that sold did not include them. They seem to be a last minute addition and did not lead to any prizes from what I was able to see looking back at old threads on here!

It was originally used as a prize to win a 1/40 Glow Casper wobbler at Funko Fundays 2 in Vegas!

I just wanted to highlight this random piece of Funko history! It's just a small cheap little coin but it's so weird and cool!
Any old-school funatics who have more info or stories, I'd love to read!

[scullysdad]

That is super cool, congrats! I love reading about the wilderness years of Funko and all the cool stuff Becker and team used to do.

[Geescube]

I looove golllld

Had no idea about this. Very neat. Congrats and thank you for sharing!

[renardchua]

We need to summon the OGs here!

Insert Rev here.

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Nice win, Zack and nice share - really love these random pieces of Funko history - one of my favorite things to hunt down for as well!

[mongoose12]

Incredible and super awesome. Congrats Zack!

[Fugly16]

That is a nice bit of trivia, ty for sharing!

[FunkoAlphaBravo]

Hi everyone!
I was super fortunate to get an awesome haul which included the Golden Underpants Billy but also... the gold coin that came with it
I had always been super intrigued by the gold coin ever since I saw a random mention of it on here a few years ago!

So here is what I know:
Mike Becker threw these in last minute during SDCC 2004 (the supermarket SDCC) and the first few that sold did not include them. They seem to be a last minute addition and did not lead to any prizes from what I was able to see looking back at old threads on here!

It was originally used as a prize to win a 1/40 Glow Casper wobbler at Funko Fundays 2 in Vegas!

I just wanted to highlight this random piece of Funko history! It's just a small cheap little coin but it's so weird and cool!
Any old-school funatics who have more info or stories, I'd love to read!

Thanks for sharing !!! Never knew this existed! Funko history is great

[Chingy]

That's actually insanely fun and cool. I never knew these existed and I consider myself a pretty knowledgable Funko fan. I love when companies (and Funko) do things like this. It just brings an air of uniqueness and engagement in both the product, and the brand.

[Serch_na]

Great, i just saw someone found a new coin this last year in the floor of the con (dont remember if was SDCC or other big con)

[RobertFB6SI]

very very nice and interesting.

[cptsailor]

Thanks for sharing, Zack! Love these sweet little bits of knowledge and memorabilia

[RogueSolo]

That's quite the story, thanks for sharing.

[Hopesdenial]

That's awesome; Congrats!

[fbingha]

Reminds me of a Zorkmid.

[willy wonka]

Hi everyone!
I was super fortunate to get an awesome haul which included the Golden Underpants Billy but also... the gold coin that came with it
I had always been super intrigued by the gold coin ever since I saw a random mention of it on here a few years ago!

So here is what I know:
Mike Becker threw these in last minute during SDCC 2004 (the supermarket SDCC) and the first few that sold did not include them. They seem to be a last minute addition and did not lead to any prizes from what I was able to see looking back at old threads on here!

It was originally used as a prize to win a 1/40 Glow Casper wobbler at Funko Fundays 2 in Vegas!

I just wanted to highlight this random piece of Funko history! It's just a small cheap little coin but it's so weird and cool!
Any old-school funatics who have more info or stories, I'd love to read!

Jealous. I have been looking for one with the coin and have had no luck.

Congrats!

[DrunkoPop]

That is so awesome. Congrats and thanks for sharing. It was an interesting read.

[Reverend]

We need to summon the OGs here!

Insert Rev here.

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Nice win, Zack and nice share - really love these random pieces of Funko history - one of my favorite things to hunt down for as well!

That golden coin came in the tube with Billy in his golden undies. Just another corky thing Becker likes to do as he still does till this day.

[lavery01]

We need to summon the OGs here!

Insert Rev here.

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Nice win, Zack and nice share - really love these random pieces of Funko history - one of my favorite things to hunt down for as well!

That golden coin came in the tube with Billy in his golden undies. Just another corky thing Becker likes to do as he still does till this day.

This is way before my Funko collecting days, but I knew you would know a thing or two about it.

[Deezy]

Spastiks are the best!

[FunkoholicsAnonymous]

Thanks for sharing. That’s is super cool. Wish I had this.

[Greymom]

That's a very cool looking coin! Thanks so much for sharing.

[MorbidGee]

Spastiks are the best!

Heck yeah they are!!

[asiantonystark]

Spastiks are the best!

I second that comment!

[beckysaurus]

Wow. What an incredible, delightful bonus to your purchase. I had never heard of this or seen old mentions of it. Thank you for sharing.

This is why I hoard weird little stuff from Funko events... unfortunately I always seem to forget the details of how I got some of them I'm sure Mike would be tickled to see one of these.

[PopCollector]

Very cool Zack! Always cool to hear about old Funko history and knick knacks.

[Jalapenopete]

Love the story!! It be cool if they passed out freddy coins or have them in random funday bags during fundays

[Dv8sian]

Really cool nolgastic piece, love seeing these blasts from the past. I am just now trying to pick up random/old/different Funko items like this to add to my collection

[FunCo010]

I never knew. Nice piece of history, thanks for sharing!!