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Starbucks City Mugs (1994 Icon Series)

This is the first and "original" series of mugs, first released across the US starting in 1994. Although the US mugs were discontinued and superseded with multiple new series starting around 1998 or 1999, international mugs following the style of this series began appearing around 1999, and have continued to be produced through 2008. This series is by far the largest of those to bear the Starbucks logo, and mugs from this series — especially those from the US — are among the most valuable.

Mugs displayed in red denote mugs I currently have; italics for those that have already been promised or are purportedly en route to me. (And, for completeness, gray denotes mugs I had, but sold or traded, so I'm probably not interested in getting another, unless it's for another trade. Some cities produced more than one mug in the collectors series; in these cases, I have the one or ones with a +-sign beside the description (in addition to being red).

I also have a list of mugs available for trade, if you want to help fill in some of the many gaps below.

International

Canada

  • Vancouver B.C. (sails of Canada Place)
  • Victoria B.C. (Parliament Building)
  • Calgary (cowboy boots - same original image as Dallas)
  • Toronto (CN Tower)
  • Ottawa (not verified - prototype only?)

Mexico & the Caribbean

Latin America

  • Lima (Cathedral of Lima's Plaza de Armas)
  • Chile (Torres Del Paine)
  • São Paolo (São Paulo Art Museum)
  • Brazil (toucan)
  • Buenos Aires
  • Argentina

U.K.

Germany

  • Germany (old Reichstag/Brandenburg Gates)
  • Berlin (1-Berliner bear, 2-Reichstag)
  • Frankfurt (skyline)
  • Cologne (Cologne Cathedral and Hohenzollernbrücke (Railroad Bridge))
  • Dusseldorf (Der Neue Zollhof)
  • Heidelberg (Neckar riverfront and Castle)
  • Ruhrgebiet (Zollverein Pit and Villa Hüugel)
  • Aachen (Aachen Cathedral and Statue of Kaiser Karl)
  • Munich (roman cathedral)
  • Münster
  • Wiesbaden
  • Nuremberg
  • Freiburg
  • Osnabruck
  • Stuttgart (central square of Stuttgart)
  • Hamburg
  • Potsdam (Sanssouci, summer palace of Frederick the Great)
  • Bonn
  • Braunschweig (?)
  • Dortmund (pending)
  • Bochum (pending)
  • Bremen (Bremen Stadtmusikanten)

Middle East (all of these are small size only)

  • Lebanon (cedar tree)
  • Qatar (ancient Arabian coffee pot)
  • Kuwait (Kuwait Towers)
  • Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (palm trees)
  • Bahrain (oyster shell and pearls)
  • United Arab Emirates (camels)
  • Dubai (scabbard) [prototype only, never released]
  • Israel (not verified)
  • The Sultanate of Oman (1-sword, +2-jewelled scabbard)
  • Jerusalem (dove)
  • Tel Aviv (sunrise)
  • Haifa (anchor)
  • Jordan (Petra)
  • Egypt (Sphinx, Giza pyramid)

Italy (These mugs were sold throughout the US only, as a Valentines Day promotion for 2003 and 2004. All have raised lettering.)

  • Italia (1-image of Italy, 2-Colisseum)
  • Roma (Colisseum)
  • Milano (skyline)
  • Venezia (1-Rialto Bridge, 2-another Grand Canal view)
  • Firenze (skyline/sculpture)
  • Tuscany (flower field)

Other Europe

China & Taiwan

  • Taipei (Chaing Kai Shiek Memorial Hall)
  • Taiwan (island map)
  • Taichung (Port Tower)
  • Hong Kong (lotus flower)
  • Shenzhen (Lo Wu (border crossing))
  • Shanghai (The Bund)
  • Hangzhou (Xi Hu (West Lake))
  • Wuxi (?)
  • Suzhou (Master of the Nets Garden)
  • Nanjing (?)
  • Ningbo
  • Beijing (summer palace) (prototype only)
  • Guangzhou (?)
  • Chengdu (panda)
  • Dalian (1-Central Square, Orient Tower (?), 2-??)
  • Shenyang (Tai Yang Niaw ("Sunbird") in City Hall)
  • Chongqing
  • Xian (terra cotta soldiers)
  • Dongguan (Humen Pearl River Bridge)
  • Kunshan
  • Zhuhai
  • Yiwu
  • Qingdao
  • Wuhan
  • Foshan
  • Xiamen (rumored pending)

Hong Kong Mini Mugs ONLY

  • Ngong Ping
  • Stanley
  • Star Ferry
  • The Peak

Other Asia

  • Tokyo (Tokyo Tower)
  • Bangkok (Guards of the Temple of Dawn)
  • Singapore (+1-traditional colonial-style Chinatown building (it looks like the famous Raffles Hotel, but it's really not), 2-Merlion statue)
  • Manila (1-Jose Rizal statue, 2-jeepney)
  • Kuala Lumpur (1-skyline, 2-??)
  • Sabah
  • Malaysia
  • Seoul (traditional dwelling)
  • Jakarta (1-Selamat Datang statue, +2-Museum Sejarah Jakarta (Taman Fatahillah))
  • Bali (tribal mask)
  • Cebu (+1-indigenous people in traditional costumes, 2-guitar)
  • Bandung (Gedung Sate)
  • Medan (statue of Sisingamangaraja)
  • Surabaya (coat of arms (shark (Sura) & crocodile (Baya))
  • Bogor
  • Yogya
  • Tagaytay
  • Baguio
  • Macau (ruins of St. Paul's Church)
  • Moscow (Saint Basil's Cathedral)

South Pacific

  • New Zealand (kiwi bird)
  • Australia (koala) (small AND large versions)
  • Sydney (Opera House, harbour & bridge) (small AND large versions)
  • Canberra (Australia Parliament House)
  • Melbourne (Flinders Street train station) [2 editions; same icon, different font]
  • Queensland (scuba diver/coral)
  • Adelaide (River Torrens riverfront)
  • Hobart (marina/waterfront)
  • Gold Coast
  • Brisbane

United States

Northwest

  • Portland (rose)
  • Olympia (State Capitol Bldg)
  • Seattle (+1-Space Needle, +2-Mt. Rainier, 3-Mt. Rainier, raised)
  • Tacoma (Union Station)
  • Spokane (Riverfront Clock Tower)

California/Nevada

  • Sacramento (State Capitol Bldg)
  • East Bay (Berkeley clock tower)
  • San Francisco (+1-cable car, +2-houses)
  • San Jose (computer chip)
  • Santa Barbara (Mission of Santa Barbara)
  • Santa Monica (Santa Monica pier)
  • West L.A. (mall clock tower)
  • Los Angeles (+1-1955 Cadillac, +2-palm trees)
  • Orange County (oranges)
  • San Diego (sailboat)
  • Las Vegas (dice)

Midwest

  • Chicago (+1-Old Water Tower, +2-cornet)
  • Denver (skiier)
  • Minneapolis/St. Paul (Spoonbridge and Cherry and IDS bldg) [recalled due to copyright issues]

South

  • Dallas (+1-cowboy boots, +2-Reunion Tower)
  • Houston (oil rig)
  • Austin (armadillo)
  • San Antonio (Alamo)
  • Atlanta (State Capitol Bldg)
  • New Orleans (Bourbon Street sign)

Northeast

  • New York (Statue of Liberty)
  • Long Island (prototype only, unreleased)
  • Boston (Paul Revere statue)
  • Philadelphia (Liberty Bell)
  • Washington D.C. (US Capitol Bldg)
  • Pittsburgh (steel bridge) (only one ever seen; believed to be unreleased prototype)

Outside the 48 States (International design)

  • Hawaii (+1-lei, +2-outrigger canoe)
  • Maui (surfer)
  • Waikiki (Waikiki beach)
  • Kona (bag of coffee beans)
  • Kauai (beach/Hanalei Bay)
  • Puerto Rico (San Felipe del Morro Castle)

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