CCS .com: No Connection
Posted on May 13, 2010
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The Challenge Coin Society was started back in 2005 by us through the .com and due to hosting issues the hosts played dirty and kept the domain under their name. Soon after we registered the domain again but with .org since the host keep it. Today Challenge Coin Society .com is owned by Coinable in which the URL is directed to the sale site. We do not endorse this url as a participating site and want to warn all visitors that this site has nothing to do with Challenge Coin Society .org. We do not support the redirected site of Coinable or the use of our name for the sale of challenge coins through Coinable. We wanted to make clear so none of our users suspected we were anyway connected with the website of Coinable.co. If you continue to their site we do not take any responsibility of any actions you take there.
We have been asked a few times and we felt this was enough concern to identify the non-existent relationship and its clear the redirection of the URL is purely for commercial gain with no real intention other to misdirect traffic from our long standing existence. For those reasons we condemn the use of the domain as it stands. In midst of finding this we also found another reason for concern. eMilitaryCoins and Coinable seem to be one of the same and even on the same server. They also are connected to another website Challenge Coin Comparisons in which only these 2 sites are linked while pointing out F ratings on the BBB. This site is also on the same server as Coin and eMilitarycoins in which only offers that other challenge coin companies have less of a rating than themselves. We find this connection to be very suspicious behavior and we urge that you do your research before you utilize these third party pages.
Our intention is only to clear the connection between our sites and re-establish our community name. We have no other information about this other than the quick find through WhoIS and Google. Their business practices are not in question but their intention to use our name is. You can find the same searchable facts as we have through a quick search on your own to verify this. We hope this helps and clears the air.
Challenge Coin Copyright
Posted on April 3, 2009
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It’s been a while since a post has been made and I think now is a good enough time then ever to tackle a subject that is often avoided within the industry. Challenge coins are pieces of art and a real product even if they don’t boast a company’s name. So often when we buy or sell you don’t know the origin or any information about a coin. This article is triggered from an experience that fits this that happened a few days ago.
In many cases I personally sell coins I buy in bulk, lots, or coins I come across. With the thousands I buy it is near impossible for me to know anything about them and I suspect most of you would agree. I had a SMA Preston Challenge Coin that I bought probably 6 months ago or more laying around. So I placed it on eBay so I could move some inventory. Within a couple days I received a message from NWTM that I was selling an illegal copy of a coin they made. This is fair and I would do the same if the tables were turned. I simply removed the coin and pressed on.
The next step is proving it is an illegal copy and find out more about this. One simple coin won’t make me do all the leg work but knowing that this happened we all should learn about this topic. I don’t have an authentic copy or picture of the coin so I no comparison and as it sits I have no proof I have a bad coin. This happens to many of us I am quite sure as there are thousands of coins on today’s market. I personally have about 100,000 coins in my inventory (duplicates included). So the next question is where can I go to find out if there is a such thing as an authentic or a fake of a coin if I needed a quick answer? Read more
NBC Nightly News Graces Challenge Coins
Posted on January 28, 2009
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So what’s a hobby without some kind of recognition? Not much but and underground system only a few get to really know about. Thats always been the problem with this collector’s haven. It’s always been under appreciate until January 14th, 2009. NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams was gracious enough to run challenge coins as a segment. It featured the Highland Mint in Florida and Adam Mulholland, CEO of U.S. Challenge Coins, LLC. Much of the footage was the minting process and most of U.S. Challenge Coins collection. It also included some military personnel showing how challenge coins are handled. A brilliant piece highlighting what many of us already know, challenge coins are some of the best collectibles out there in the world to garner. Read more
Challenge Coin Penny Auctions, January 2009
Posted on January 3, 2009
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Are you into getting a serious piece for your collection as much as getting a never seen coin for 1 penny…ya you read that right, 1 cent. What people don’t understand is these types of auctions really do exist. Infact, there are two auction sites that have 1 penny listings up starting on the 4th of January. You are not going to want to miss out on these auctions which will only last 1 week. Let’s review the two locations:
Challenge Coin Auctions listing: SR-71 Black Bird Coin, Barack Obama Coin, and the U.S. Army 8 Trp 38th CAV Long Survillence Challenge Coin
MilBid Auctions listing: SR-71 Black Bird Coin, Army 3d ESC LNO Coin, and the Army WO Field Artillery Targeting Technician Coin
All coins listed are rare coins and half have never been listed anywhere before. So what does this mean? You got it, you can be the first to have one and at next to nothing. So the next question is what do you have to do to be in it? It just requires a minute to register and get in on the bid. There is no strings attached and you get to become a member of these grass roots auction sites that hold a lot of potential to keep bringing you deals you can’t get on places like eBay.
NEW Site: Challenge Coin Digest
Posted on December 25, 2008
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In its infacy still the Challenge Coin Digest rises to become one of the best online magazines towards the challenge coin industry and the hobby. The site brings to it much information from all aspects of the niche. We are proud to help get the site seen by people who enjoy the hobby and are looking for more information or just some good stuff to read. The digest started with some solid stories and will help spread the word to new and old collector’s alike. With much out there for promotional products and blogs about buying from a specific maker it’s nice just to have access to stories that interest hobby enthuiasts. We hope you will have an opportunity to check it out and become a member of the community there.
The site allows for great comments from people who wish to chime in and be a part of it all. The site also gives an opportunity for people to contribute their articles as well. The possiblities are really limitless as the challenge coin world expands with information, collectors, and access to great inside information. They even show off stunning new coin releases so you can be the first to know. Now is the time to see what is going on out there and this is the perfect way to get there.
The Best Site to Buy Challenge Coins
Posted on December 20, 2008
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This is a very subjective question because not every site makes the same coins. Each site has different service and different response times. Even a Google search with the terms “The Best Site to Buy Challenge Coins” isn’t going to decide it for you even though we wish it was that simple. So how do you gauge the best site then? You can do it from experience or from word of mouth but to be honest most coins you see out there are not high quality or you are dealing with people that are just retailers and have no idea. You want better than that and how can you know what to look for? The following should help you: Read more
Impact: Challenge Coin
Posted on December 20, 2008
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Many people miss the point of a challenge coin. In many cases it’s devalued before any consideration of what it might mean to someone. A coin can be given, received, traded, and bought. In fact these four things should be highlighted in depth to show what a challenge coin means to a person in a different situation. We need to take a moment out and truly represent the impact a coin can cause in a person’s performance or memory. We know these impacts may not be life changing but they still garnish an impact in some form. So let’s look at some examples of the challenge coin impact. Read more