Military challenge coins which are specially minted for a select few star performers, allow military organizations to show their gratitude towards military members who have illustrated the best of talents and the highest standards of service for the organizations.

More and more groups and institutions like to order and collect challenge coins now. But as a coin lover, how much do you know about the initial stories of challenge coins? There are three classical stories about military challenge coins you should know.

Unique Military Coins that Saved A Pilot’s Life

The first mention of a challenge coin in modern times comes from World War I. The legend goes that a French officer gave away a novelty bronze coin to each member of his flying squad during World War I.

Unfortunately, one of the members of the squad crashed into the German territory and he was captured. The Germans stripped the pilot except for the leather pouch hanging around his neck. Luckily, it was in this pouch that he had kept the coin.

Later, the pilot successfully escaped into France. But, given the tensions between countries at that time, he was perceived as a spy sent by Germany to infiltrate their ranks. The pilot was imprisoned and awaited execution.

It was at this point that the pilot presented the coin and a fellow French pilot recognizes it. It was a novelty piece that only the members of his squad knew about. Isn’t it amazing? The unique challenge coins can really save the lives of soldiers!

Wearable Military Challenge Coins Appeared

One of the later, but a more corroborated story comes from the 17th Infantry Regiment of the United States. The account comes from the period of the Korean War, when a Colonel, nicknamed Buffalo Bill, minted coins for his regiment.

The coin had a buffalo engraved on one side, while the other side featured the insignia of the regiment. It also had a small hole on the top to make it easier for the soldiers to wear it around their necks. The custom novelty coins made in the USA are symbolic and meaningful.

The Evolution from Pfennig Check to Military Coins

There is another origins story for challenge coins that comes from Germany. Most accounts say that the ‘challenge’ associated with the custom made coins was started by American soldiers stationed in Germany after World War II.

At the time, they used to carry out what were called ‘Pfennig checks’. Pfennig was the lowest coin available in the German currency at that time. The idea was that if a soldier did not have a coin during a Pfennig check, he had to buy beers for everyone.

It was this Pfennig check that then graduated to the military coins. Soldiers would come to a bar and slam their coins. If any soldier did not have their regiment’s coin, then they had to buy beer for the challenger who called for the coins and also for other soldiers who were carrying their coins. But, if everyone was carrying their coins, then it would be the challenger’s turn to buy the drinks for everyone.

Hundreds of years of military coins history have not taken away the sheen of challenge coins. If anything, the challenge coins are becoming more popular with the times.

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1. D-Day’s 75th Anniversary Custom Commemorative Coins

This custom commemorative coin depicts a colored image of the Allied forces embarking on D-Day. The sepia-toned reveals the effect of a war movie.  The most prominent feature is the border of each coin is processed with a portion of real sand from Normandy Beach, which adds to the impact of the historic imagery. The Allies’ plan is displayed on the reverse. Besides, a quote from General Eisenhower’s famous address” WE WILL ACCEPT NOTHING LESS THAN FULL VICTORY!” is showing around the edge. It would be a fantastic addition to your coin collections, or you can send it to your children or friends as a great patriotic gift.

2. D-Day 60th Anniversary Gold Coin Set

The entire operation of the invasion of Normandy until the control of northern France was named “Overlord Action”, while the D-day of action (military terminology used to refer to a specific date) was finally determined to be June 6, 1944.

Three main Channel Islands has released the above 60th-anniversary gold coin set to commemorate this event. The reverse of each coin is designed a different historical scene of D-Day  –land, sea and air. Let us follow these challenge coins to review this important historical moment.

2.1 Sword Beach

In the famous Normandy landing in 1944, one of the five beachheads attacked by the Allies, the other four were Omaha Beach, Golden Beach, Juno Beach, and Utah Beach.

Sword Beach is the “Operation Overlord” of the five beaches. The most eastern beach, the British troops landing from the east side of the Sword Beach quickly smashed the German light infantry. Firepower, and in the afternoon with the paratroopers of the previous airborne inland. However, the British troops who landed from the west side of Sword Beach were stubbornly resisted by the German 21st Division tank unit and could not successfully join the Canadian troops who landed from Juno Beach. After the two sides fought fiercely until dusk, the Allies successfully defeated the German armored forces. The reverse of this coin depicts a more solid embarking on Sword Beach.

2.2 MS Belfast

On June 6, 1944, Belfast participated in the Normandy landing, under the Eastern Naval Strategic Force, and was responsible for supporting the British and Canadian friendly forces on the offensive “Gold” (Gold) and “Juno” (Juneau) beaches. At 5:30 in the morning, the Battleship Belfast became one of the first warships to fire at the Germans stationed in Normandy.

In 1945, Belfast set off for the Far East Fleet to participate in the Pacific Battle. At this time, Japan officially surrendered, Belfast did not play a role in the war, but even so, Belfast is still active in the Far East. At sea – at this time, she was mainly responsible for peacekeeping operations and played a big role in guarding Chinese prisoners captured by the Japanese army. This custom gold coin displays the HMS Belfast with other fleets.

2.3 Airborne Landings

At 00:16 at midnight, the 6th Airborne Division took the lead in airdrops, and the paratroopers quickly controlled the nearby bridges after landing. Later, the 82 airborne divisions of the airdrop and the paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division were forced to disperse their operations due to the enemy’s artillery interception and complex ground conditions, but they also caused the enemy to fall into chaos. This history was once filmed into the TV series “Brothers” by Spielberg. This coin design presents an aircraft of the airborne landings

3. D-Day Canadian 75th ANNIV Custom Colored Coins

Above picture depicts the landing of Juno Beach, which was taken over by the Canadian army. At 4:30 on the same day, the Canadian landing formation arrived at the transfer area. Due to navigation problems, the landing time was delayed by more than 20 minutes and the appropriate tide time was missed. The landing craft had to unload the personnel, vehicles and materials in the shallow waters, and touched the mines when returning, suffering serious losses. The Canadian soldiers who landed on the beach crossed the beach and were killed by the Germans in the sand dunes. They were once suppressed by the Germans. Fortunately, the Allied Naval Gunfire and the amphibious tank assistance were timely and broke through the German defense.

If you pay attention to the Normandy landing commemorative coins issued in Canada, you will find these coins are very contagious, because they show the uncomfortable expression of the ordinary soldiers facing the war. These custom silver coins are processed with two-tone finish craftsmanship.  The center-piece highlights a soldier wearing a green helmet, we can feel nervous from the soldier’s eyes.

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Let’s explore the secrets of this mysterious building, Meanwhile, appreciate 6 challenge coins associated with this unique building.

1. History Background

After the outbreak of the Second World War in Europe on September 1, 1939, the Department of the Army expanded rapidly as it was involved in the conflict. One day in May 1941, Stinson told the US, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, that the Army needed more space.

At the beginning of 1941, Hitler controlled most of the European continent. At the time, US President Roosevelt declared a state of emergency. The rapidly growing US Department of the Army (not yet the Ministry of Defence) urgently needed a new command base.

On July 17, 1941, a congressional opinion hearing was held. Discuss proposals for the construction of a new Army Department office building. Finally, the Department of the Army requested its engineering minister, General Boone Somerville, to propose a design plan, which is the Pentagon construction plan.

2. Custom Pentagon-Shaped Coins

This unique custom pentagon-shaped coin is usually used to the military and civilian members of the Department of Defense. The seal of the Department of Defense is displayed on the obverse, whereas five badges of the five branches of America’s Armed Force are positioning at the five points of the reverse. It made of soft enamel and polished with antique brass finish. The custom antique coins indicate the Department of Defense consists of these five branches.

Let me introduce the following five custom military coins which separately stand for the five Armed Force of the Department of Defense.

3. U.S. Navy Challenge Coins

The US Navy is an important service of the US armed forces and is responsible for managing all matters related to maritime military operations. The US Navy has seven fleets, about 500,000 active and reserve soldiers, 279 active warships and 4,000 aircraft. It is the world’s largest, most equipped, and the most powerful navy in the world.

You will find this is a pretty elegant custom coin. It represents the US Navy and Navy Reserve. It would be a good collection if you are interested in the US Navy.

4. U.S.Army Challenge Coins

The Pentagon has five facades. The building is divided into five floors (including two underground floors). Each floor has five circular corridors from the inside to the outside. The total length of the corridor is 17.5 miles (28.2 kilometers).   The Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Department of the Army is on the third floor. There is a “Heroes Hall” in the corner of the third-floor corridor, which is designed to commemorate the winner of the “Highest Medal of Honor” since the War of Independence.

This army challenge coins are apparently devised for the Department of the Army. The obverse features a detailed image of the Pentagon set while the seal of the U.S. Army in full color is depicted on the reverse. The appearance of the coins is plated with dye black finish.

5. U.S. Air Force Challenge Coins

I suppose every American can identify this sign easily. Yes, it is the symbol of the U.S. Air force. This US air force challenge coins are processed with oblique line edge and cut out craftsmanship. This simple but prominent design perhaps implies sturdy and outstanding. Do you like this unique challenge coins?

6. U.S. Marine Corps Challenge Coins

The style of this  Marine Corps challenge coins is similar to the army challenge coins. The production process is exactly the same. The match of gold and black reveals a style of low profile and luxurious.

7. Joint Chiefs of Staff Challenge Coins

In September 1947, the Ministry of Defense, established by the 33rd President of the United States, Truman, began to work here. Since then, the Pentagon has become the representative of the US Department of Defense. In addition to the Ministry of National Defense, the building also includes a joint meeting of the chiefs of staff and three headquarters of the sea, land and air force.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff, known as the “Soul of the Ministry of National Defense”, is on the second floor. This office building is covered with golden carpets, known as the “Golden Hall”.

The crest and shield of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are engraved on the obverse, while an image of the Pentagon and the badges of each branch of armed services are presented on the reverse. The coin is manufactured of brass alloy brass and plated with antique bronze. It pays tribute to the dedication of the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, whose skillful and determined leadership ensures the military superiority of the United States.

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1. The University of New Mexico

The University of New Mexico (UNM) was founded in 1889. It is the flagship university of New Mexico, covering all disciplines and is the largest public university in the state.

UNM has a strong faculty, and there is a Nobel laureate in the faculty, Germain. She is one of the best theoretical physicists in the world after Einstein, two MacArthur scholars, 35 Fulbright Scholar and 5 academicians of the National Academy of Sciences.

UNM has significant advantages in engineering, medicine, pharmacy, Latin American studies, anthropology, photography, biology, laser science and environmental ecology.

College of Nursing is one of the strongest faculties of the UNM. They committed to educating diverse nursing students to become scholars, primary care practitioners, nursing professors, or nurse leaders. The above coin design highlights this feature. The tone of the whole coin is green, which implies the nursings’ reliving spirit. They are not just university challenge coins, moreover, they can be taken as custom commemorative coins because of the unique symbolized pattern on the reverse. “EST.1955” indicates its founded time. Will you choose this beautiful custom challenge coins as your identity if you are a student of the college.

2. George Fox University

George Fox University is a famous Christian university on the west coast of the United States. It is known for its humanities and social studies, taking into account both natural and engineering disciplines, arts, science and professional research. George Fox University has a history of more than 115 years and is an institution of higher learning with a profound historical and cultural heritage. The clock tower is the landmark building of the university. Campus amphitheater is a classical building imitating Ancient Roman style. You can see the profile which includes seating tiers and the central performance area.

You can easily find these two special buildings presented separately on the obverse and reverse. Deep blue is covered in most areas of the obverse side which reveals a style of low profile and luxury. A big area of silver plated on both sides makes the coin more glitzy. The challenge coin size is a little bit larger than the normal one. Do you like this exquisite custom university challenge coins?

3. Ohio Northern University

Nearly all American universities have their own nicknames. They stand for some different cultures and interesting stories behind.  Yale’s nickname is “Bulldogs” which comes from a mascot. One day in 1889, team member Andrew Graves passed a blacksmith shop and saw a bulldog sitting at the door. He felt it was very cute, then, bought it and brought it to the game every time. This bulldog gradually gained recognition from Yale University students and fans and became the mascot of Yale University. Over time, bulldogs became the nickname of Yale.  Ohio Northern University’s nickname is Polar Bears. It implies the advantages of the university in many sports.

This coin design highlights this feature of the university.  The image of a polar bear is shown on the obverse, while two logos of Yale fraternity—“Alpha Sigma Phi” are presented on the reverse. Cut out craftsmanship makes the coin a bottle opener. Therefore, it is not just a normal coin; it can turn into a bottle opener when necessary. Do you like this shiny university coins bottle opener?

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2.https://www.georgefox.edu/maps_locations/inter_map/campus-facilities/amphitheater.html

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4.https://www.onu.edu/logos

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• Medals and Lanyards

Medals and lanyards are a common match. But when combined with custom medals, lanyards are called as “ribbon”. If they separate, the ribbon is what we called lanyard. With lanyards, you can wear the medals on the neck. But do you know how many kinds of lanyards are there?

Ribbon can be classified into five types. They have different features. How to choose the best type of lanyard to suit you will give you more details.

No.1 Polyester lanyards

No.2 Nylon lanyards

No.3 Tubular lanyards

No.4 Dye-sublimated lanyards

No.5 Woven lanyards

How to link medals and lanyards? There must be hooks involved, which can be counted as lanyards attachments. I find some types from <<Something about lanyards accessories you should know>>.

No.1 Keyring

No.2 J-Hook

No.3 Metal Lobster Claw

No.4 Metal Oval Hook

No. 5 Metal Swivel Hook

No.6 Metal Slide Hook

No.7 Snap Swivel Hook

• Medals and Pins

Medals and pins are special matches because it is usually used on military medals or fiesta medals. People like wearing them on their chest or pinning them on their hats. Therefore, these types of medals are small in size. Usually, the safety pins are placed on the ribbon or metal.

Tips: More knowledge about different pins in other products like custom pins:

How to Choosing the Right Attachment for Your Custom Lapel Pins?

• Medals and Keychains

Medals and keychains together must be a showy way to express your fashion attitude because you can take your honor to everywhere. Don’t you feel cool when wearing a metal keychain? Nowadays, more buyers choose this way to customize their medals. You can try it as well!

• Medals and Buckles

Medals and buckles are rare matches. However, it doesn’t mean that these two can’t be a good match. It means when you design custom belt buckles, you can use medals design. Of course, some buyers will choose that belt buckles where you can place your medals. In this way, the medals are not the original medals, and it looks more like challenge coins. Nevertheless, it is indeed a good way to show your medals on the waist belt.

No matter which combinations you choose, they are nice choices to show the meaning of medals. According to your needs to choose the best selection!

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Are we more obligated to protect these endangered animals?

Let’s appreciate the following colorized custom challenge coins of endangered animals.

1. Black Rhinoceros Custom Silver Coins

South Africa holds 80% of the Rhinoceros population in the world. The species is one of the most endangered on the planet; nearly 1000 of them are killed each year from poaching in South Africa. The black Rhinoceros of western Africa was declared extinct on November 10, 2011, and the news was announced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

This design of  Black Rhinoceros Custom Silver Coins depicts the plight of Rhinoceroses.

The coin’s reverse depicts an adult black rhinoceros and calf in color, taking the African savannah as background. The lower part design shows a pair of supporting hands. The coins remind people something important needs to be done immediately—stop killing, stop the transaction, otherwise, this beautiful animal can be only seen on the custom coins someday.

2. Custom Silver Elephant Coins

Above two elephant silver coins are produced by Bavarian State Mint. The pattern of the right coin displays a large bull elephant with its trunk raised as it stands on the open savanna, and a small hut and tall palm trees located in the background field.

The left one depicts a large adult elephant standing on the ground with its head right at the center of the foreground, its long trunk reaches almost off the rim of the coin. The elephant has natural hues of gray, while the background design elements come to life with all the real-world hues of the African savannas. You can take them as personalized coins for your private collections.

Do you perceive the expression between two elephants? You will find the right one looks so happy, yet full of distressed in the left one’s eyes. Why the difference? You can see a quite beautiful bracelet is put in the middle of them. That is the reason. Definitely this elegant ivory product is in exchange for the life of an elephant. These challenge coins not only provide great variety to investors and collectors alike but more importantly,  they appeal to people all over the world to concern about the plight of these animals.

3. Sea Cow Custom Gold Coins

In June 1741, an expedition vessel was in distress, Stella and other survivors drifted to the Komandore Islands, squatting on isolated islands without food sources. At this time, Stella discovered the sea cows along the coast, but the number was only 2,000. This was the first time humans have discovered the sea cows. Since then, they began to kill them while they were discovering Stella’s big cows.

Russian fur traders immediately became interested in the fur of Stella’s big sea cow. They have come to the Komandore Islands and started ruthless killing sea cow. The first victims were the adult Stella cows, and even those cubs could not escape. It took only a short 26 years from the discovery to the extinction. When people didn’t know more about them, the greedy fur merchants made Stella the sea cow disappear from the earth forever.

These beautiful coins display an image of an adult sea cow, this beautiful creature is kept perpetually on the world challenge coins.

We definitely don’t hope these animals only be engraved on the coins yet disappeared in the real world.  Of course, there still other attractive and durable cheap challenge coins that are updated at our website periodically. Welcome to GS-JJ.com.

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Jupiter is the planet with the largest volume, the highest mass, the fastest rotation, and the largest number of satellites in the eight major solar systems. Let’s take a look at these eight planets.

1. Jupiter Custom Commemorative Coins

For the astronomy enthusiasts of all countries, 2009 must be a year worth celebrating because lots of astronomical activities were running throughout 2009. National Nodes in each country built collaborations between professional and Amateur Astronomers.

To commemorate the international year of Astronomy 2009, the New Zealand Government released the Jupiter custom silver coins. These coins are manufactured by selective pure silver. The front pattern shows the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and the date and issue number. The reverse depicts the Roman God of the sky Jupiter sitting between the colored segments of the planet Jupiter. For astronomy enthusiasts especially Jupiter lovers, these elegant coins should be a great collection you can’t miss, no matter you take them as personalized challenge coins or normal coins.

2. Jupiter 1 Gold Challenge Coins

Jupiter 1 Gold Challenge Coins are creative custom coins because the design incorporates a couple of different elements. On the obverse, the image of Walking Goddess of victory—Athena is engraved in the starry sky. 3D craftsmanship processed on the planet Jupiter makes it more prominent. America’s symbol—an eagle is shown on the reverse. The coins are manufactured by silver and plated with antique gold finish. These coins belong to the USA 2018 Silver Eagle Astronomy Series Coin. These world challenge coins can be appreciated or collected by all astronomy enthusiasts.

3. What is it Like to Cross Jupiter?

Suppose there is a Superman who is not afraid of any harsh environment, and he has a whim to see if Jupiter is inside… When he comes to Jupiter, he will see a horrible storm on Jupiter, accompanied by lightning. Because Jupiter has ultra-fast rotation speed and its surface is gas, the gas cannot keep up with Jupiter’s own rotation speed. In this way, we see that the surface of Jupiter is flowing constantly, and there is always a huge storm in the atmosphere. Let’s compare, the 12-level wind speed on the earth is 32 meters/sec. On Jupiter, the winds in the Arctic and the Arctic are the smallest, and the speed is about 150 m / s. The wind on the upper level of Jupiter’s equator can reach 1 km/sec.

However, this Superman is not afraid of this kind of wind that can blow the earth like a gyro and continues to go deep into Jupiter. At this time, he will find that the atmosphere is getting thicker and thicker. This is because when we get deeper and deeper into Jupiter. A great pressure appears due to massive gravity. Hydrogen begins to change from a gaseous state to a liquid state.

If you continue to go deeper, you will find that the whole body is in liquid hydrogen, just like it exists in the ocean of liquid hydrogen, and the pressure here is too big to imagine, and the temperature is very high. However, our Superman continues to swim further in the liquid hydrogen ocean, reaching 27,000 kilometers deep. At this time, liquid hydrogen began to be unstable. Because of the huge pressure, the nature of liquid hydrogen has also begun to change. From liquid molecular hydrogen to liquid atomic hydrogen and this is liquid metal hydrogen! However, superman does not fear this liquid metal hydrogen, continues to penetrate into the core of Jupiter, and finally comes to Jupiter‘s core.

The pressure here reaches 300 million times the earth’s atmospheric pressure, and the temperature is as high as 36,000 degrees Celsius! It is 6 times higher than the surface temperature of the sun. The core of Jupiter may be a liquid flowing core, equivalent to 10-15 Earth masses. It is mainly formed by the aggregation of liquid materials such as silicate and iron and is encapsulated in liquid metallic hydrogen. So far, our superman finishes his trip to crossing Jupiter. If the superman is replaced by the custom coins, then, what the result is?

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In the disasters caused by various means of transportation, the air disaster is the most concerned. This is probably because the air crash has brought more fear than any other accident. Regarding the custom coins, how do they reflect the air disasters? What are the related disasters? Let us trace back to history together.

1. Concorde Custom Silver Coins

Some air crashes are hard to avoid. On July 25, 2000, Air France Flight 4590 Concorde (F-BTSC) prepared to fly to the JFK International Airport in New York from Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, but crashed in the suburbs of Paris shortly after take-off, 100 Passengers and nine crew members were all killed and four people were killed on the ground.

According to the official investigation report, a part dropped from the previous aircraft that had been lifted off split the main landing gear tire of the Concorde. After the puncture, the high-speed shot of the tire broke through the fuel tank on one side, and the leaked fuel was sparked. The fire caused the plane to go out of control. This accident became the last straw to crush the camel, causing the Concorde to collapse and eventually retired in October 2003.

Only on the custom commemorative coins that issued in the contemporary, we can still appreciate the heroic attitude of the Concorde.

2. Space Shuttle Columbia Challenge Coins

On February 1, 2003, the US space shuttle Columbia crashed over the northern part of Texas when it returned to the earth. All seven astronauts were killed. The whole mankind was shocked by the accident, but even more desperate than the disaster, the space shuttle suffered a misfortune at the start: when the “Colombia” lifted off, a piece of plastic foam falling off from the fuel tank punctured the space shuttle’s thermal insulation film, this hidden danger caused the subsequent disaster.

The above challenge coins are specially designed for this disaster. The one side shows the “Columbia” was being launched to space as well as the start date and fatal accident date. The custom challenge coins are used to commemorate the seven astronauts, On the other hand, they will always remind people not to forget this disaster in any case.

3. Space Shuttle Custom Antiqued-Silver Coins

In 2011, the space shuttle eventually retired and ended its mission. On the following custom antique coins, we can also see the “family portrait” of the six space shuttles.

The reverse pattern consists of six sections and one disc. The disc is embedded in the center, which material is glittering dust of finely ground, taken from each shuttle. This is an innovative feature. Six sections are six space shuttles with their depictions which surrounding the disc. 3D workmanship and with selective gold plating makes them more prominent. ENTERPRISE, COLUMBIA, CHALLENGER, DISCOVERY, ATLANTIS, and ENDEAVOR are arranged clockwise in turn from the top.

The portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II is presented on the obverse.”5 DOLLARS” shows its value.”COOK ISLANDS” indicates these coins are issued by the New Zealand government.

The design of the antique coins is completed by Cook Islands, Coin Invest Trust, and Space-Coins. They hope to bring the history of the historic space-shuttle program to coin collectors.

4. 2010 Smolensk Custom Commemorative Coins

On April 10, 2010, the Polish Presidential Plane-154 aircraft crashed near the Russian Smolensk airport. All 96 people on board were killed, including the President’s wife and many Polish senior officials. After the incident, a spokesman for the Russian General Prosecutor’s Office said that Smolensk had heavy fog and low visibility when the incident occurred. The plane crashed into the trees near the airport when it landed. Excluding the bad conditions, the aircraft itself is too old, and the unit’s judgment is also a cause.

To commemorate this tragic incident, Poland issued a group of custom silver coins in the same year, one of which depicts the moment of the plane crash.

Sometimes, much crueler than the air crash itself is the story behind the event. Unlike other traffic accidents, many of the aircraft’s potential defects are often not found during flight testing and are almost always discovered or truly valued after an accident – but without any compensation, the lost life can be revived.

The terrible air crashes are perpetually recorded by these exquisite world challenge coins. We hope these disasters will never happen again in the future.

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1.http://www.chngc.net/worldCoins/1289/53581.html

2.https://www.collectors.com/coin/united-states-2003-space-shuttle-columbia-dollar-1oz-silver/-5753968827585446469

3.https://world.mintnewsblog.com/2017/02/space-flown-material-from-all-six-shuttles-in-new-cook-islands-collector-coin/

4.https://www.enumi.pl/en/coins/272/20zl_In_Memory_of_the_Victims_of_the_10_April_2010_Presidential_Plane_Crash_in_Smolensk

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No.1 How to Get Challenge Coins?

• Organization: Some departments, associations or organizations will prepare custom challenge coins for their members, volunteers, or staff like military coins, in order to express gratitude for their specific contributions.

• Companies: Companies usually encourage their staff or award one’s outstanding contribution, so they will customize some award coins. Of course, they may promote their company by sending corporate challenge coins if they have enough budgets.

• Competition: Join some races like sports, running, or other sports, and you will get relevant challenge coins. For instance, soccer coins, gold coins, baseball coins and so on.

• Personal: You can prepare personal coins for yourself as a souvenir. This is a recent trend. For example, more people start to prepare wedding coins at their weddings. Birthday coins and festival coins are also popular.

No.2 How Do Challenge Coins Work?

Due to the small size and delicate design on the two-tone sides, challenge coins are popular. Their main works can be as follows:

• Awarding: for your brave behaviors or excellent contribution to the specific area.
• Commemorating: for collecting and memorizing one thing/ activity.
• Encouraging: for motivating you to keep up the good work.

No.3 How Much do Challenge Coins Cost?

Challenge coins’ cost includes molding fees and design parts. Molding fees are free if you customize at the second time during two years. Design parts are mainly up to these 7 elements.

• Size: bigger size, higher cost.
• Thickness: thicker, higher cost.
• Shape: more complex shape, higher cost.
• Color: many colors, higher cost.
• Edge: personalized edge, higher cost.
• Engraving: having engraving, higher cost.
• Printing: having printing, higher cost.
• Crafts: 3D / Cut out, higher cost.

No.4 How to Choose the Proper Edge for Your Challenge Coins?

Introducing briefly how to choose in the part, if you want to know more information about challenge coins edge, you can read carefully – << How to Choose the Proper Edge for Your Challenge Coins >>.

• Standard Edge: Suitable for limited budget and you want to simple design.
• Rope Edge: presenting work in unity and help each other. It is common for Navy challenge coins to use rope edge.
• CrossCut Edge: a very delicate way to make your custom coins stand out.
• Spur Edge: Usually combined with 3D to “spurt sparks”.
• Oblique Line Edge: if you need to present the “extend beauty”.
• Bezel Edge: showing the effect between the standard edge and cross-cut edge.

No.5 How to Display Challenge Coins?

When you get your challenge coins from factory or sellers, how to display your challenge coins? There are two popular ways.

• Wooden Display

The wooden display is a good place to store your challenge coins because wood is associated with class and elegance, which wonderfully matches the style of challenge coins. You can hang the wood on the walls or keep it on the desk or store it on the box.

• Glass Display

Glass has reflection, so glass displays can perfectly present the coins as well as protect the coins because the challenge coins won’t be exposed in the air in this way.

No.6 Where to Buy Challenge Coins?

You can buy challenge coins from the physical store or e-commerce store. If you go to the physical store, you can feel the quality and bargain. More information can be quickly got by offline shopping. If you choose an e-commerce store, you can communicate and order online from which you can save money and time. But note: you should open your eyes and select the best challenge coins maker, otherwise, your challenge coins a great disappointment. I will recommend three popular e-commerce stores.

• GS-JJ.com

GS-JJ.com is a humanized e-commerce. Why do I say that? When you go to this page, you will find some relevant articles and blogs about types of challenge coins. This is a good way for beginners. Their convenient automated quotation system can save you much time. In addition, their special offer usually is between 20%-40%. Best sales, right? In addition, GS-JJ has a physical store on 20829 Valley Blvd, Walnut, Los Angeles, USA. Moreover, if you need to customize lapel pins, medals, patches and so on, GS-JJ must be your first choice because you can customize here all the time.

•  customchallengecoins.net

customchallengecoins is a No.1 e-commerce maker when you search the keywords” custom challenge coins”. Their interface is clean and you will find what you want. If you have customized many times or you just need challenge coins, this must be your wonderful choice. Because you needn’t look much information. It is a specialized challenge coin maker.

• challengecoinsltd.com

When you search the keyword – ” challenge coins “, challengecoinsltd occupies the first place in search results. It usually customizes military challenge coins. They choose air shipping. So it is fast in the delivery. If you are in a hurry, this website must be your selection.

No.7  How to Make Challenge Coins?

Generally speaking, the steps can be classified into 7 parts.

Step 1: Design Drawing

Step 2: Finishing the 3D Model

Step 3: Die Struck

Step 4: Polishing

Step 5: Plating or Dyeing

Step 6: Coloring

Step 7: Package

Notes: according to different crafts, step 4,5.6 can be changed. And After step 6, you should polish again.

No.8  How to Cut Challenge Coins?

How to cut challenge coins? We can classify these two types briefly. If you want to know more cut out coins, you can browse << Making cut out custom coins: So unique >>.

• Internal Cutting

No matter which circle is, it can be cut out. It doesn’t look so rigid. You can cut any signals or logos in the internal.

• External Cutting

External Cutting usually is used in the bottle opener or some irregular size.

N0.9  How to Paint Coins?

Usually, Some people who love to DIY will ask this question – how to paint coins?

Step 1: washing your coins with warm water and soap. Wiping away the stain and water.

Step 2: adding eye drops of warm water to make it smooth.

Step 3: Putting the coin on the waste paper. And Coloring carefully (Tips: you can exercise in the paper before coloring) .

Step 4: Drying for 3-4 hours. If you think it is not enough, you can wait for a longer time.

Now, any questions about challenge coins? If you have, you can comment here and I will solve them.

Resources:

1.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenge_coin

2.https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Zealand-2018-Silver-1-Proof-Coin-1-OZ-Royal-Wedding-Prince-Harry-Meghan-/263700118789

3.https://www.themilitarygiftstore.com/products/challenge-coin-display-glass-dome-coin-display-for-62-coins?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Pinterest

4.https://veteranmadeny.com/shop/all-flags/coin-holder/challenge-coin-holder-old-glory/

5.https://www.themilitarygiftstore.com/products/geocoins-display-geocoins-coin-holder-military-geocaching?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Pinterest

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1. Teddy Bear Coin Set

The central character of this coin set is a teddy bear. It comes with a leaflet for entering details such as the child’s name, date of birth, special anniversary date, etc. An innovative design with a sweet story about a teddy bear and his friends is used in this coin set. The pattern of the golden challenge coins shows a teddy bear’s paw and a treasure chest. This coin set for children is now still available which released by the Royal Danish Mint in February 2014. It would be a good choice for children, no matter as a Christmas gift or a birthday gift.

2. Snowman Custom Commemorative Coins

The Snowman is a children’s book published by the British writer Raymond Briggs in Hamish Hamilton in 1978. This is a book without words, composed of 167 pictures. The style is simple and warm. The book tells that on a winter morning, a little boy named James woke up and found a white outside the house – it was snowing. He happily rushed downstairs to the garden and piled up a snowman. At twelve o’clock midnight, he woke up and decided to go see the snowman. When he opened the door, he couldn’t believe his eyes, the snowman actually came alive! James and the snowman smiled at each other and politely took off their hats for self-introduction. Later, they started a magical journey… This children’s book and animation have no dialogue, mainly describe this wonderful story with pictures, movements and music.

These two set custom commemorative coins were separately released in 2018 and 2014. As you can see, the pattern of left coins shows a full-color process that describes the scene where the snowman flies over the river with a little boy and soars through the quiet moonlit sky. The picture is warm and full of the fairytale. The right one depicts a warm picture that James is hugging a little snowman, meanwhile, he is cuddled by the snowman. The obverse on both coins presents the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, with the date and issue number.

Are you fond of these lovely challenge coins? Do you feel that you have returned to childhood? More different styles of cool challenge coins are updated on GS-JJ.com every day. You can follow our website if you want to know more.

Source:

1.https://coinsweekly.com/denmark-has-released-coin-set-for-children-2014/

2.https://www.islandstampsandcoins.co.uk/blog/the-40th-anniversary-of-the-snowman.html

3. http://news.coinupdate.com/isle-of-man-coins-feature-the-snowman-and-the-snowdog-4539

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