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What Purpose Do Challenge Coins Serve?

Challenge coins are specially designed items given to an individual, group, or unit from an authority as a display of gratitude, celebration, honor, membership and camaraderie. The origins of challenge...

What is the Presidential Challenge Coin?

Challenge coins are unique coins produced and issued as a means of commemorating accomplishments or indicating membership in an elite group. Historically, such coins have usually been presented to soldiers...

Everything You Need To Know About Military Coin Cleaning

For any collector or owner of challenge coins, you have probably heard that you should never clean your coins. This is true is you are a collector of old, circulated...

Use Custom Challenge Coins For Your Next Fundraiser

Clubs, teams, bands, organizations, and more are always looking for unique fundraising opportunities. However, many overlook the popularity of challenge coins and offering custom challenge coins for sale. Challenge coins...

Honoring Graduates With Challenge Coins

Challenge coins have long been a part of military life. However, recently they have expanded into businesses and organizations, and now schools are honoring their students with these customized coins...

5 Challenge Coin Rules You Should Never Forget

Holidays, anniversaries, and birthdays are important times when giving sentimental gifts are almost expected. Challenge coins are an "any-time” gift that comes with significant meaning. To give or to...

Custom Coins For Building Team Unity

While challenge coins have their origins in military life, their presence is expanding as are their uses. Custom challenge coins are more popular than ever in the civilian world, especially...

Choosing The Right Size For Your Custom Challenge Coin

When you decided to order custom challenge coins, it's important to have the right design for your needs. There a lot of decisions to make when ordering custom challenge coins...

Custom Challenge Coins! What It Means To Be Gifted A Custom Coin

What is a custom challenge coin? A challenge coin is a coin or medallion created by a group, company, or organization which is given to the members of that group...

How to Choose Metals When You Design Your Own Coin

Metal is all around us. Even our earth's crust is made primarily out of aluminum. And out of the 118 currently known elements, 91 of them are metals. Metals have been in...

Your Ultimate Guide to Military Coin Cleaning

Most likely, you've heard that you should never clean coins. This is true if you're a collector of old, circulated coins, such as Indian head nickels or Mercury dimes. If...

Challenge Coin Display Options: Which Is Right for Your Collection?

Did you know that challenge coins go way back in history? The oldest one found by Jesse Medford, founder of the Challenge Coin Association, is from the 17th Infantry Regiment...