How can I get challenge coins for things I did while I was in the military?

SGT John Gilbert — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 17:59:38 -0400

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 25 at 2017 6:36 PM

Sgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 18:36:47 -0400

SGT John Gilbert I had never heard of Challenge Coins until after I was discharged. Here are a couple of sites that carry these coins.

http://www.medalsofamerica.com/Category--Challenge-Coins--m-696

http://customchallengecoins.net/?gclid=CjwKEAjwvr3KBRD_i_Lz6cihrDASJADUkGCa5r4AkLGlVa9jy0KZzGVFfZsUxxWhuBpLBiKyHQ9eQRoCSnzw_wcB

Category--Challenge-Coins--m-696

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 27 at 2017 2:19 PM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Tue, 27 Jun 2017 14:19:48 -0400

The term "challenge" hardly even applies when it comes to Army coins. Majority of the time they're just a commemorative unit based coin for an on the spot recognition or presented with an award. How often are you likely to be in a bar, someone yells out about the challenge coin, and you're likely to have one that outranks theirs so you don't have to buy the round? I've received a few cool looking ones, and the ones that mean the most are from the commanders I served that I respected and were great leaders. They're given out so much they are often a token of appreciation for when they don't want to go through the effort of writing up an award to process, and it doesn't go on your record. If you didn't get a coin for things you did in the military, then I'd guess it is because there was no coin to be given. Was it a unique thing you did and you felt slighted people got coins for doing less? Or was it something that someone else in your unit at the same time was recognized by a coin and you weren't? If it was 2 people in different units that did the same thing and one got a coin and the other didn't, then they had different people judging their merit, or choosing to award it, or one unit just didn't give out coins. I've seen some commanders that give out a few coins a year at ceremonies for recognition and I've seen other commanders that gave them out like candy so they were pretty meaningless.

Response by Brian Limpan made Aug 27 at 2019 12:46 AM

Brian Limpan — Tue, 27 Aug 2019 00:46:14 -0400

There are many sites that offer challenge coins and many will also do custom challenge coins, take a look at "Challenge Coins 4 U" if you are interested in having custom challenge coins done for you.

Response by Kamil Faizi made Feb 21 at 2020 7:56 PM

Kamil Faizi — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 19:56:18 -0500

Kamil Faizi, owner at challengecoins4u.net :

If you want to purchase individual coins, I would direct you to look to Amazon or eBay.

I love creating custom challenge coins, and I have attached a few recent ones that we did.

I think the trend for coins is something that has definitely caught on to the younger generations, as previous generations you may have served before the 2000s haven't heard of coins, or don't have many from being in service. I can tell you the US Navy orders the most coins and they love to collect them and trade them frequently with other sailors.