The best fashion way to remember the 2018 FIFA world cup is to collect coins issued by the government. With 25 rubles face value, these commemorative coins are highly depicted with the FIFA World Cup trophy with Russian style, to mark our favorite football competition.

The World Cup event is always attracted our attention around the world every four years. Same as those collectible coins to every professional collector. Here I would like to introduce some great challenge coins collection about previous FIFA competitions.

1978 FIFA World Cup Argentina

1978 Argentina FIFA coins are valuable coins to collect and hold, engraved with vivid football sport views, and specially designed with irregular edges. There are a total of six pieces commemorative coins, three coins are minted by bronze and three by silver. All coins are very good condition complete and intact, you can purchase at an online collection shop, as masterpieces for us to collect!

1990 FIFA World Cup Italy

Many football teams in Italy were strong and popular teams, and always gained great achievements in many famous games and dominated the world football world for a long time.

In 1990, custom coins for FIFA World Cup Italy are creative coins with bold design, amazing anaglyph technology makes images and logos on coins’ surface more outstanding.

Besides the official FIFA coins, you can choose favorite teams or players challenge coins collection, such as England & Scotland World Cup Coin. These challenge coins feature with 15 players from the England Squad and 15 players from Scotland’s Squad, to mark a unique piece of history for football fans.

1994 FIFA World Cup United States

This competition was unique among World Cup FIFA. The winner was the team to beat the rival team with great performance at penalty kicks finally. It’s incredible.

And the United States Mint issued the below delicate commemorative coins, to mark the first World Cup Soccer Championship played in the United States.

There are three type coins, five-dollar one is gold, one dollar coin is silver and 50 cents is minted by nickel. With limited issues numbers, those commemorative FIFA coins are really great for biased fans to hold and show off.

1998 FIFA World Cup France

Commemorative coins for the 1998 FIFA world Cup France are diversified design with eight coins. So many handsome portraits for players are vividly printed on coins.

While I have to say, this series FIFA coins have less attraction and collect intention for fans. Each coin is issued with 100,000 pieces, and there are too many different series coins to collect. Maybe less value for the coin collector.

The joy of owning this commemorative coin may last longer than knowing your favorite team is the winner, right?

Well, if you don’t find satisfying coins to support your affection for the FIFA World Cup, you can design custom challenge coins as you like by the leading challenge coin maker. It’s the second and fashionable way to be greatly biased fans.

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Shiny finish, antique finish and matte finish are common finishes we choose on our challenge coins design.

If you are new to coin collecting and maybe wonder what the finish terms mean. Find it here, this article will show more details about these finish options.

Shiny Finish

Wow, so shiny a challenge coin it is! If a challenge coin gives you this feeling, then the coin is probably polished with a shiny finish.

Shiny finish options are frequently used for most of the challenge coins, including gold, silver, nickel, copper, brass finish.

Among these shiny finishes, gold finish and silver finish are the top two choices if we need our coins as shiny like the diamond. This kind of finish can attract people’s attention at first sight. They are also the classical option and common choice for us to pick.

All custom coins cheap with a shiny finish look more shiny and impressive; they are a better choice to give as honor and gift to the recipients

Antique Finish

Antique coins are valuable items for professional collectors and the public. These coins are often featuring a historic event or special meaning, and old remark by the passing of time. The old antique charming is precious for any coins, even includes collectibles–challenge coins.

Note: challenge coin with an antique silver finish to commemorate those fallen miners in that accident

If you prefer antique charming and need commemorative style for your occasion and event, you had better choose antique finishes.

Antique gold, antique silver, antique brass, antique copper are great coin charm for any coin design.

Matte Finish

What is a matte coin? Do you know the matte finish? It sounds like a smoggy appearance.

The effect of matte finish likes the surface of ground glass, is so neutral looking, not so bright and old. Matte finish is no glare, not dazzling, and conveys to people with a stable simple but elegant feeling.

There are mainly matte gold, matte silver, matte nickel, matte copper finish for custom coins. And you can still customize other matte finish you like if possible.

The above picture is a view of Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 Matte Silver BEAST. It features a noticeable matte finish that mimicked a stealth bomber’s paint process.

The matte finish is not so shiny but still has elegance style, this may be the reason why some people want to design custom challenge coins with a matte finish.

Finally, I have to say, choosing which kind of finish obviously depends on personal preference. All the above finish options have many advantages for your precious challenge coins.

Each finish likes a coating for the coin, it can help us to decorate custom coins more outstanding and unique. Besides, the finishing process on coins could protect them from any rust and oxidation.

Great finish process will keep challenge coins as well as the original looking with years to come. Hope you can choose the favorite and proper finish when designing your own challenge coins.

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Breast cancer is a common and dangerous disease for women, and one in eight women may be diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States. The lucky thing is that most women can survive breast cancer if they get detection and treated early.

So everyone should pay more attention to raising awareness.

How to Spread Awareness by the Individuals?

As a single person, our power is limit. But we also can make a little difference, start with ourselves.

October is the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In fact, many free and useful breast health guides are available now. And more caring people will be joining the pink ribbon and charity activities to help and support women.

There are so many things we can do this October for breast cancer awareness. Wear pink lapel pins in a public place, this is the simplest way we can do. Designed with “Breast Cancer Care” and pink symbol, custom lapel pins look nice on cloth, hat, or jacket.

Besides, we could attend related running events, speaking and conference with breast cancer wristbands or custom medals to promote that topic impressively. The little things start from us, would help call for more women’s attention.

Many non-profit organizations are always trying to collect fundraising for breast cancer research. Normally they hold a charity event and customize delicate gifts for the donators to express appreciation.

2018 Breast cancer awareness commemorative coin

Even the U.S. Mint issued the 2018 Breast cancer awareness commemorative coin on 1st, Oct. This challenge coin is highly engraved with two women of different ages and expresses their determination to fight against breast cancer. The two women spoke for all of us.

What’s more, funds from those custom coins will use for research to improve and support breast cancer treatment.

Giving away challenge coins and custom patches is a more popular way. Both of them are high-value items to hand out and collect, and they are affordable and delicate items to get fundraising opportunities easily.

More and more promotional gifts are really useful to contribute to charities that focus on the research, prevention and treatment of breast cancer. It’s an effective way for individuals and organizations. Do you have any other promotional gifts for promoting breast cancer awareness?

Helping women start now, using their own ways.

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Coin Die

A coin die is a mold with a confirmed blueprint that is used to produce coins, featuring logos, images and words you want.

An engraving die at GS-JJ factory

It is an onetime and hardened metal stamping tool that can withstand the high pressures during the production process. You need to pay for it in your first order. And if you place re-orders within a specified time, then no extra die changes are required.

Coin Metal

Standard challenge coins are made from brass metal if they are round shape. If a challenge coin has a special shape, then its metal material is zinc alloy. With special attributes, zinc alloy can be created in any shape.

Coin Size

The coin size means the diameter of the challenge coin. The most popular and standard sizes are 1.75”, and 2” in diameter. Coins in 1.75” to 2” are easy to carry and hold and look great on challenge coins displayed rack or box, etc.

Any professional challenge coin maker can produce coins from 1. 5” to 3” and other sizes customers request.

Coin Finish

Coin finish is the plating of the whole metal on the coin. There are 11 different finishes are available at GS-JJ. Gold, silver and brass are common choices, and you can choose antique finishes if you need antique charming.

Besides, a dual plating option is also a wonderful finish option you can make.

Coin Colors

Coin colors help us make the images on cheap challenge coins more impressive and vibrant. Normally, five colors or more can be filled on either side of your custom coins, standard color chart in detail you can check online.

If you want, no color, one-side color or two sides color design on challenge coin are still acceptable.

Coin Edge

The coin edge is another attractive option for a coin design. Standard edge, bezel edge, cross-cut edge, rope edge, oblique edge, spur edge are common edge options for any challenge coin.

Some coin edges are used to make a diamond effect under the light. And some edges around the coin present special meaning for specified units and groups, such as rope edge.

Cut Out

Cut out is a special treat for any challenge coin. Cut out parts are usually shaped as the logo or special icons on the inner part.

Sandblasting

Sandblasting is used to make the coin stand out with a sandblasting effect.  Gold and silver sandblasting are more popular on custom coins.

Epoxy Coating

It is a clear coating on the surface of the coin, providing a smooth surface for soft enamel coin. Epoxy coating is mainly used to protect scratching and adding a covering layer to the surface.

2D Coin and 3D Coin

2D or 3D coin? It ups the image on the surface. The 2D coin features with 2D symbol or image, and the 3D coin has raised images as vivid as the real one.

Soft Enamel Coin and Hard Enamel Coin

They are two popular types for custom coins, different crafts and process make them has a different appearance.

Recessed color areas and raised metal parts on soft enamel coin. And the hard enamel coin feature with a flat and glossy surface.

All of the metal prizes, such as lapel pins, custom medals have the same terms as challenge coins. You can refer to these above terms.

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