NEW Site: Challenge Coin Digest
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
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
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
An Official Challenge Coin Trading Day
Here in the U.S. we have many days reserved for something special like Arbor Day, Earth Day, and so on. We have nothing special for challenge coins except websites that try to build community. The Society wants to do something special in conjunction with U.S. Challenge Coins in starting an international challenge coin trading day. It makes sense since the hobby enjoys buying and selling and there are trading sites that try to build a trading network between collector’s from all around the world. Why not take it a step further? Why not get collectors talk and trading and highlighting a special day during the year to do just that? Read more
Odd Shape Coin: SR-71 Blackbird Challenge Coin
Odd shaped coins have become a craze in the last few years as people look to broaden their collections. This post highlights one of the most intriguing designs to date in the form of the SR-71 Blackbird. It’s a great coin that reflects the history of the fastest reconisence aircraft ever built in the era of the Cold War. The coin itself takes on one of the most underused platings available, the black nickel. The coin itself measures up at 2.5″ x 1.25″ in size. So it’s no small coin by those measurements. The coin has some highlighting with high polished silver. The details even include the older Air Force emblems on the wings. Read more
