Custom Pin Artwork Guide
Digital Files
When placing an order in the quotation system, if there is a ready-made design draft, please click "Upload Artwork Now"; If there are no ready-made drawings, please click "Upload Artwork Later", and we will have a dedicated customer service representative contact the designer to create a unique design for you, turning your ideas into reality. Afraid of design not meeting expectations? Never mind! Whether there are drawings or not, we have dedicated customer service representatives to contact you, confirm specific design ideas with you, and provide free proof to ensure 100% satisfaction before submitting to production.
Explore Add-ons, More Options for Custom Coins
There are a variety of upgrade options, including multi-spinner, sequential numbering, epoxy, glitter color, multi-transparent color, rhinestone, glow-in-the-dark enamel, and more. Please tell us what you want, and we'll give you the best customization experience!
Soft Enamel Pin Design Guide
Soft enamel pins feature raised metal lines and recessed color areas, creating a textured finish.
Design Tips:
✓ Use solid colors only
✓ Separate each color with metal lines
✓ Fine details are supported
✓ Pantone colors recommended
✓ Avoid gradients & shadow effects
✓ Minimum line thickness: 0.2mm
✓ Minimum color area: 0.3mm
✓ Minimum text size: 5pt
Common Mistake:
✗ Adjacent colors without metal borders
Best For:
Company logos
Mascot designs
Event pins
Promotional merchandise
Edge Engraving
Soft enamel pins feature raised metal lines and recessed color areas, creating a textured finish.Design Tips:
✓ Use solid colors only
✓ Separate each color with metal lines
✓ Fine details are supported
✓ Pantone colors recommended
✓ Avoid gradients & shadow effects
✓ Minimum line thickness: 0.2mm
✓ Minimum color area: 0.3mm
✓ Minimum text size: 5ptCommon Mistake:
✗ Adjacent colors without metal bordersBest For:
Company logos
Mascot designs
Event pins
Promotional merchandise
Glow in the Dark
Soft enamel pins feature raised metal lines and recessed color areas, creating a textured finish.Design Tips:
✓ Use solid colors only
✓ Separate each color with metal lines
✓ Fine details are supported
✓ Pantone colors recommended
✓ Avoid gradients & shadow effects
✓ Minimum line thickness: 0.2mm
✓ Minimum color area: 0.3mm
✓ Minimum text size: 5ptCommon Mistake:
✗ Adjacent colors without metal bordersBest For:
Company logos
Mascot designs
Event pins
Promotional merchandise
Sequential Numbering
Soft enamel pins feature raised metal lines and recessed color areas, creating a textured finish.Design Tips:
✓ Use solid colors only
✓ Separate each color with metal lines
✓ Fine details are supported
✓ Pantone colors recommended
✓ Avoid gradients & shadow effects
✓ Minimum line thickness: 0.2mm
✓ Minimum color area: 0.3mm
✓ Minimum text size: 5ptCommon Mistake:
✗ Adjacent colors without metal bordersBest For:
Company logos
Mascot designs
Event pins
Promotional merchandise
Transparent
Soft enamel pins feature raised metal lines and recessed color areas, creating a textured finish.Design Tips:
✓ Use solid colors only
✓ Separate each color with metal lines
✓ Fine details are supported
✓ Pantone colors recommended
✓ Avoid gradients & shadow effects
✓ Minimum line thickness: 0.2mm
✓ Minimum color area: 0.3mm
✓ Minimum text size: 5ptCommon Mistake:
✗ Adjacent colors without metal bordersBest For:
Company logos
Mascot designs
Event pins
Promotional merchandise
Rhinestone
Soft enamel pins feature raised metal lines and recessed color areas, creating a textured finish.Design Tips:
✓ Use solid colors only
✓ Separate each color with metal lines
✓ Fine details are supported
✓ Pantone colors recommended
✓ Avoid gradients & shadow effects
✓ Minimum line thickness: 0.2mm
✓ Minimum color area: 0.3mm
✓ Minimum text size: 5ptCommon Mistake:
✗ Adjacent colors without metal bordersBest For:
Company logos
Mascot designs
Event pins
Promotional merchandise
Challenge Coin History
For a deeper understanding of what challenge coins are, it's important tolearn the history. The actual origin of challenge coins may never be known. Below are the most popular stories about the history of the military coin, alsoknown as command coin.GS-JJ.com is proud to be the World’s leading manufacturer and qualified command coin maker of Challenge Coins and to be part of Challenge Coin History
Soft enamel pins feature raised metal lines and recessed color areas, creating a textured finish.
Design Tips:
✓ Use solid colors only
✓ Separate each color with metal lines
✓ Fine details are supported
✓ Pantone colors recommended
✓ Avoid gradients & shadow effects
✓ Minimum line thickness: 0.2mm
✓ Minimum color area: 0.3mm
✓ Minimum text size: 5pt
Common Mistake:
✗ Adjacent colors without metal borders
Best For:
Company logos
Mascot designs
Event pins
Promotional merchandise
Design Tips:
✓ Use solid colors only
✓ Separate each color with metal lines
✓ Fine details are supported
✓ Pantone colors recommended
✓ Avoid gradients & shadow effects
✓ Minimum line thickness: 0.2mm
✓ Minimum color area: 0.3mm
✓ Minimum text size: 5pt
Common Mistake:
✗ Adjacent colors without metal borders
Best For:
Company logos
Mascot designs
Event pins
Promotional merchandise
WWII Coin History: Know More?
Another tradition dates to US Military service members assigned to occupy post-World War II Germany. WWII history is also an indispensable part to understand the history of coins and what challenge coins are.
With the exchange rate, the West German One Pfennig coin was worth only a fraction of a U.S. cent, and they were generally considered not to have enough value to be worth keeping unless one was broke.
With the exchange rate, the West German One Pfennig coin was worth only a fraction of a U.S. cent, and they were generally considered not to have enough value to be worth keeping unless one was broke.
Vietnam Coin History: Why Not Read?
The tradition of the military coins dates back to Vietnam, actually, when soldiers would tote along with a piece of “lucky” ordnance that had helped them or narrowly missed them. What were Challenge Coins during this period? At first, it was small arms ammunition, but this practice grew to much bigger and more dangerous ordnance as time wound on.