Buying Vs. Earning Challenge Coins

• Author: admin
• Filed under: General Talk
• Date: Jan 21,2008

Some people are heavily against buying challenge coins and we agree that earning is the best way to obtain a challenge coin and when that is not an option then trading should be the next best way to get them. For anyone that has served you have more than likely been handed a challenge coin from your shop chief, visitor, or maybe even your Commander. Those coins that have been given have a great story behind each of them. There will never be another substitute that earning a sweet challenge coin. For those people that never served but support our troops they either have to trade a coin for a coin or resort to purchasing a coin.

The positive note about buying challenge coins is that you have a better opportunity to pick and choose what goes into your collection and reach coins that have a higher beauty and design quality a given coin might have. Coins with low mint numbers are extremely valuable and really hold a rarity others never achieve. People should always research coins when they buy them and find out the history, designer, minter, and anything else they can find out.

Who wants to buy a mass produced coin everyone is selling? There are some that will buy them for the meaning they hold but others will pass to put the little extra special in their coin racks. Either way, the best advice we have is to stay away from most eBay dealers and go direct to the source like websites that specialize in coins. Know whether they are resellers and cutout the middleman. Know how to get great deals by being informed by a challenge coin community. There is almost no reason anymore not to be informed.

Air Force Coins in the Spot Light

• Author: admin
• Filed under: General Talk
• Date: Jan 5,2008

We think coins in general are cool. As other branches catch up on placing great coins in the hobby the Air Force has a distinct edge because they have been doing it longer and know what it takes to shine. We have seen a lot of killer coins out there but the Air Force reigns supreme for repeat greatness in the challenge coin arena. Tell your buddies in the Army, Navy, or Marines to get on it and get with their designers to develop some great coins.

We were talking to some fellow collectors and we have some differences of opinions on where the best of the best come from. Some say Ammo coins take the bulk of any kind of greatness in coinland. We have seen some very nice Commanders coins coming out though and the Officer corps might be catching up a bit on the enlisted crew. Let’s hope the stripes don’t lose their edge though.