CHALLENGE COINS FOR EMPLOYEE PERKS To correctly call your coin a “Challenge Coin” there ought to be a challenge behind it. So how do you make that happen? The first step is to decide what you want the employee to do. As the old “One Minute Manager” used to say, “Catch people doing something… Read more »
THE SECRET MILITARY COIN BLOG
CHALLENGE COINS FROM “SECRET” GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS This is just a fun blog post to speak about these for a moment. As I previously posted, it is difficult to verify that a coin you have acquired is authentic. This is particularly difficult when it is from ‘secret’ organizations or secret military units. RARE MILITARY… Read more »
WEDDING COINS
I wonder if wedding coins can be called challenge coins? There must be a joke in there somewhere. Anyway. We do a fair number of wedding coins. When I was first asked to manufacture one I was surprised. After talking to that groom and many more since then I have become a true… Read more »
CUSTOM SPORTS MEDALS
SHOULD YOU HAVE CUSTOM SPORTS MEDALS I just love the idea of personalized and custom sports awards; especially when we are talking about young people. I was visiting someone one day and they had dozens of sports medals. I was surprised that so many were the same. I supposed that she had gotten them from… Read more »
CHALLENGE COIN COLLECTING
CHALLENGE COINS – THE NEW COLECTABLE Well who would have thought? Those coins we made for units going back nearly two decades have become a really hot-selling collectable. The other day I was at a flea market and spotted the Military Intelligence Corps Commander’s coin. I asked they guy where he got… Read more »
THE REAL HISTORY OF MILITARY COINS – REALLY
THE CHALLENGE OF FINDING THE ORIGINS OF THE CHALLENGE COIN OK. Now you have heard all of the stories about downed airmen in World War One. There is the story about the Special Forces units in Vietnam. So really how old are Military Coins? TAKE YOUR PICK AS TO THE ORIGINS OF MILITARY… Read more »
HOW TO DESIGN A CHALLLENGE COIN
FROM AN EXPERIENCED CHALLENGE COIN DESIGNER If there is one thing that 16 years of experience has shown us it is that there are a thousand answers to this question. I you are reading this the chances are that you have seen a few hundred different coins in your time and they vary wildly…. Read more »
GEOCOINS AND GEOCACHING COINS
GEOCACHING COINS ARE PART OF ITS HISTORY Very early on in the history of the sport of geocaching we made Geocoins for participants. It was a natural fit. Many geocachers were, early on, former military people. Many still are. Military coins are part of their lexicon and they already knew the value of challenge… Read more »
CHALLENGE COIN MYTHS PART ONE
MYTHS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF MILITARY COINS There seems to be two prevalent thoughts about where military coins come from. Both wrong if we are speaking of military coins rather than only of challenge coins. So first, what are the differences. Simply put one could say that all coins presented by and to… Read more »
HAM RADIO CHALLENGE COINS
CHALLENGE COINS GREAT FOR YOUR AMATEUR RADIO CLUB This idea is really catching on with amateur radio clubs and individual hams these days. Challenge coins are a great way to build esprit de corps, raise money for your club and award those who participate and contribute to our great hobby. And never forget that… Read more »