Military Challenge Coins and More
October 5th, 2008 by adminFor decades the military has been making challenge coins for their units and their commanders. This tradition is long standing and spreading all over outside the military barriers. We are of course excited to say the least as it will give us a chance to see them all. We are going to conitue to specialize in showing off unit coins from all the branches of the military but we do want to recognize there is a sea of coins outside of our scope.
In many cases whether it’s a specific coin for Army challenge coins or something for the Coast Guard coins we will direct attention to anything special we see coming out. Stay tuned to our blog and look for some great announcements of new coins coming. We are excited and we hope you are too.
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MilBid Auctions Supporting Military Units
March 23rd, 2008 by admin
Though MilBid has not much to do with unit coins other than you can buy and sell them through auctions, this is very notable as they directly contribute to units around the world. We wanted to take a minute out and recognize a site that helps units out through their operations as an online auction house. You will be happy to know that they offer buying and selling at no charge and are aggressively spreading the word as a pro-military website dedicated in taking care of the troops as much as they can. How often does something like this come along? The answer is simple, it is ultimately rare!
We applaud them in getting something like this off the ground and being proactive in regards to dedicating their site to our men and women serving in the Armed Forces. If you have a chance to check out the site we strongly encourage you to do so. Tell them we sent you and enjoy they great offerings.
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U.S. Army 152D Military Police Platoon
January 21st, 2008 by admin
Normally there is a little to say about most unit coins, but in this rare case we have a lot to say about it. The guys from the 152 MP really out did damn near every unit coin we seen in 2007. In fact if we had a grammy award for challenge coins they would have recieved it. They did this odd shaped coin and crushed what we thought an odd shaped coin could be and then dazzled us by doing in a high polish finish. Ya you read that right, these guys knew what coming out strong meant.
We are very excited to see what 2008 will bring from this unit. They are out of New Jersey and really know what’s going on. This is a 2″ coin that only has high polished nickel as a finish with some black enamel. Thats it…so this is a bare bone coin but sometimes when they say less is more they really do mean it. You can find this with USCC.com. Tell us what you think about the coin!
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U.S. Army A Co 2BSTB 1CD Archers Challenge Coin
January 20th, 2008 by admin
This is one of the nicer Army unit coins ever put out for an Army unit which contains not only a high polish finish but some very detailed 3D on their mascot, the Archer. This coin was created for a unit serving in a warzone and they needed something unique but awesome. Needless to say they called U.S. Challenge Coins .com since this was their area of specialty. The result was this coin and has been making waves among the troops out in the field. One thing to note as some may ask why the archer didn’t get colored. 3D cannot be painted, and it’s just that simple.
We are proud to show off this coin as it’s very unique and belongs to a whopping group of 160 coins ever produced. This is an awesome one for any collector without a doubt. This coin is a modest 1.75″ with a great twisted diamond edge. We give this a 8 out of 10. What do you think about this coin?
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Opening Words About Unit Coins
January 20th, 2008 by adminThis site is dedicated to unit coins from around the military. We hope to spotlight some great coins that are being created, offer news about things that are going on in the hobby, and view thoughts about the collecting world in general. If you are wondering what you can do here then we extend the offer to comment about what we write about. Of course like anywhere else all SPAM would be deleted. We want people to feel comfortable communicating on the site and we can do this will your comments.
If you have unit coins you would like to talk about then please feel free to email us and let us review it for a write up involving the coin itself. Again, welcome to our site and well will be adding a lot of great content over time.