Category Archives: Coin Releases

380 ESVS Releases a Rare Challenge Coin

The deployed Services Sq in Al Dafhra, UAE released an awesome and rare kind of coin in 2007 that is almost unknown to the collecting world. It commemorates the AEF cycle that the Sq served with a humor that many coins miss opportunities to include. This 1.75” antique nickel finished coin captured their memories of [...]

AST 2 Combat Control Challenge Coin

The guys from Hurlburt Field did it again with a second coin that really shows of their style. This coin does not have any cutouts, but is still incredibly done. This whole coin is plated with a high polish nickel. They stayed at 1.75” in size but upped the ante with some even more 3D. [...]

MSgt Delgado SF Retirement Coin

I don’t know how many people get into retirement coins because that are very personal but from time to time you run into some really cool ones. We ran into this beauty and have to say not only does the detail speak volumes but the 1.5” small statue packs a massive punch to accompany the [...]

Dirt Boyz Challenge Coin

There was a very cool coin that was done recently with about a 7-month lead time in the design stage. This coin is nothing short of amazing from the CE (Civil Engineering) side of the house. The particular section is the Pavements & Construction Equipment Operator department (like they are actually called that, maybe shop? [...]

2007 U-2 Challenge Coin Contest Winner

A blast from last May 2007, when a challenge coin design won the contest at U.S. Challenge Coins for best design. They offered a contest for the winner to receive a free mint of the design and 20 copies to do whatever with. The winner was this coin that represents the U-2 from Beale AFB, [...]

A New Combat Challenge Coin AST

    There is a new challenge coin out there that is amazing to say the least. The guys from AST (Advanced Skills Training) put out a very awesome cutout coin for the Combat Controllers a few months ago. This coin is 1.75” in diameter and really shines. When we got it in our hands [...]