What are Challenge Coins?

Challenge Coins are metal coins that come in various sizes, shapes, and styles that are typically awarded to an individual for excellence, special achievement, or any other reason deemed worthy by the presenter.

Challenge Coins are also used in various ways to boost morale, create camaraderie, motivate, inspire, special occasions, and remembrance, even as a business card that will never get tossed away.

No matter what kind of custom coins you’re looking for, GS-JJ is the answer. If you want military challenge coins for sale, we can furnish coins your unit will carry and display with pride. We have the honor of supplying military coins to every branch of the U.S. Armed Services – Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard. We also proudly supply police and fire department coins to our dedicated public servants across the nation. And if you want business coins, we can recreate your corporate logo, symbol or text in stunning detail. Whatever style you need, we can supply custom challenge coins to meet it with small quantity available, free proof also.

Stand Finish: shiny gold, nickel, black nickel, copper or antique brass, silver, or copper. 

Color: Unlimited number of colors for side with color.                               Epoxy Dome add: $0.15 per side      

Transparent Color add $0.1 per colour                                                    Glitter Color add :$0.1 pe colour

Sandblast or Matt Background add $0.15 per side   

Diamond Cut Edges: $ add one side $0.30, Two sides $0.60 per unit.

3D and/or Beveled: Mold $75 per side                                                      Consecutive Number: $0.2 per unit 

Change Thickness Every 0.5mm increase, add 15% of unit price      Clear Protective Cases: $0.3 per unit 

Velour Pouch: $0.5 per unit                                                                                                                                                                         

4-color Process Sticker: Setup charge: $80 per side, Add $0.12 per unit price per sticker.

Every custom coins includes:

• FREE artwork and design w/ unlimited revisions

• FREE full-color proof delivered via email

• FREE Shipping - delivered via DHL or FedEx air service

• FAST Production - ready to ship in 10 days or less

• Custom Challenge Coins small quantity

  

When it comes to honouring the most courageous men and women for their professional and personal accomplishments, challenge coins are regarded the best way to encourage and reward those individuals. Challenge coins have very high perceived values and they can be easily customized based on the needs and this is the reason why custom challenge coins on sale are one of the most looked upon items highly considered by military organizations, non-profit organizations, academic institutes and clubs. Challenge coins are a symbol of ultimate strength, chivalry, and commitment. GS-JJ.com brings to you the premium quality challenge coins which you can use to build relationships and long lasting associations between groups and individuals.

Police challenge coins or custom challenge coins are on sale with us here at GS-JJ.com. Now you can buy from us the ultimate symbol of loyalty and dedication, the challenge coins to commemorate events, foster brotherhood, boost morale, motivate and inspire youngsters, create camaraderie, appreciate in extraordinary events and remembrance. 

How Challenge Coins on Sale Are Tested?

Challenge coins are used to ‘test’ the mettle and association a person has with a group. There are certain group members that come together as groups. They can be social groups, military groups, NPO groups or similar ones. When the group members come together at an event, they must present their challenge coins. Any individual failing to do so, must perform task for others. This generally involves buying all drinks, either only the challenger or buying one round of drinks for all or the individuals that are being challenged. It is mandatory for everyone to keep their custom challenge coins as a symbol of deep loyalty towards their group or association. 

Nowadays, not only military units, but clubs and professional organizations want to utilize the perceived value of challenge coins as they are now embracing the long-standing tradition from the World War I and minting their own customized challenge coin traditions for several uses as already mentioned. 

How We Work?

Here at GS-JJ.com, we can assist you create your own collection of challenge coins and police challenge coins for your group or association. If you are looking for a unique gift for an award ceremony, employee’s job well done, club membership or a presentation, consider buying custom challenge coins from us because we don’t just make coins, we make rewards and long lasting collectibles that would stay with the people through generations. We pay our attention to the needs and requirements of our clients, keep into utmost consideration their design wishes which they want to have in their most desired custom challenge coins.  This lets us create the best quality challenge coins in the industry. 

We have a team of highly specialized craftsmen who take incredible pride in creating the most conventional to the state-of-the-art designs for the challenge coins that are ordered by our customers. We never rush a design to our customers, instead, we research a lot about the history and other details of the organizations or units or groups and then create the best challenge coins which leave the long-lasting impressions in the minds of our customers. We have the passion to create the best custom challenge coins and we do it with creativity and hard work; no shortcuts!

We specialize in making completely customized challenge coins, based on the requirements of clients. We can make challenge coins using logos, a motto, seals, monuments or even pictures on the surface. This is the reason why our popularity is soaring day by day. 

We believe in communication with our clients and creativity in our work to engender long-lasting memories in the form of custom challenge coins. 

Challenge Coin History

There are several Challenge Coin stories circulating about the origins and history of Military Challenge Coins. The actual origin of the Military Challenge Coin may never be really know. Posted below is the most popular stories about the history of the Military Challenge Coin.

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WWI Challenge Coin History (Most Popular):

During World War I, American volunteers from all parts of the country filled the newly formed flying squadrons. Some were wealthy scions attending colleges such as Yale and Harvard who quit in mid-term to join the war. In one squadron, a wealthy lieutenant ordered medallions struck in solid bronze and presented them to his unit. One young pilot placed the medallion in a small leather pouch that he wore about his neck.

Shortly after acquiring the medallions, the pilots’ aircraft was severely damaged by ground fire. He was forced to land behind enemy lines and was immediately captured by a German patrol. In order to discourage his escape, the Germans took all of his personal identification except for the small leather pouch around his neck. In the meantime, he was taken to a small French town near the front. Taking advantage of a bombardment that night, he escaped. However, he was without personal identification.

He succeeded in avoiding German patrols by donning civilian attire and reached the front lines. With great difficulty, he crossed no-man’s land. Eventually, he stumbled onto a French outpost. Unfortunately, saboteurs had plagued the French in the sector. They sometimes masqueraded as civilians and wore civilian clothes. Not recognizing the young pilot’s American accent, the French thought him to be a saboteur and made ready to execute him. He had no identification to prove his allegiance, but he did have his leather pouch containing the medallion. He showed the medallion to his would-be executioners and one of his French captors recognized the squadron insignia on the medallion. They delayed his execution long enough for him to confirm his identity. Instead of shooting him they gave him a bottle of wine.

Back at his squadron, it became tradition to ensure that all members carried their medallion or coin at all times. This was accomplished through challenge in the following manner – a challenger would ask to see the medallion. If the challenged could not produce a medallion, they were required to buy a drink of choice for the member who challenged them. If the challenged member produced a medallion, then the challenging member was required to pay for the drink. So began, challenge coin history and traditions.

WWII Challenge Coin History:

Another tradition dates to US Military personnel assigned to occupy post World War II Germany. With the exchange rate, the West German One Pfennig coin was worth only a fraction of a U.S. cent, and they were thus generally considered not having enough value to be worth keeping – unless one was broke. At any place where servicemen would gather for a beer, if a soldier called out “Pfennig Check” everyone had to empty their pockets to show if they were saving any West German Pfennigs. If a soldier could produce a Pfennig, – it meant that he was nearly broke, . and if a soldier could not produce a Pfennig, it meant that he had enough money to not bother saving them, – and thus enough money to buy the next round.

Vietnam Challenge Coin History:

The tradition of the military challenge coin giving dates back to Vietnam actually when soldiers would tote along a piece of “lucky” ordnance that had helped them or narrowly missed them. At first it was small arms ammunition, but this practice grew to much bigger and more dangerous ordnance as time wound on.