Challenge Coin Copyright
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
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
Auction Special You Can’t Beat
Right now there is a worldwide contest for penny listings around the internet. For challenge coins it’s a true rarity. We want to highlight a couple auctions that are challenge coin specific. Auction sites are preparing for the holidays and want to gain a little notoriety. Well as the only are right now that is lacking away from eBay is the challenge coin niche. Well we found a couple that collector’s might want to take a look at. The first one is the Army CID Badge coin and then the 112th Transportation Coin with a free McCain coin. All auctions in this contest must start at a penny so that makes it all the sweeter.
We hope you will check this out as this is one of the most exciting things to happen in the collecting world for sales.
Challenge Coins Spread to Civilian Companies
It’s been happening for a while but no one has put the effort to commend the practice of companies figuring out that challenge coins do bring morale up through the awarding of coins. Dixon Ticonderoga, the makers of those pencils we have come to know through the years of schooling made their first challenge coin ever. U.S. Challenge Coins picked up this challenge coin and ran with it. This great pencil producer has been around since the 1800’s and it took them over 200 years to get into the coin arena. They wanted traditional and thats what they got. Read more