http://www.challengecoinsociety.org Challenge Coin industry Standards and Guideline Group Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:12:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.challengecoinsociety.org/coin-news/challenge-coins-spread-to-civilian-companies/ Receiving your first coin is something special because it's your entry in the blooming and vast hobby that many others are currently enjoying. You either decide to either pursue your new found collection in buying, trading, or earning more and more coins or you forget about it all and move ... http://www.challengecoinsociety.org/collecting-thoughts/graduating-from-new-challenge-coin-collector/ It's not everyday collector's get together with each other and when you live states away it's even harder. Once in a while though meeting people face to face spawns great ideas that stand the test of time. U.S. Challenge Coins .com has it's doors open to anyone. Since we have ... http://www.challengecoinsociety.org/collecting-thoughts/connecting-with-challenge-coin-euthusiasts/ Once in a while new ideas are released on the market that stir new inovations and ideas in a hobby. In 2008 another one of those happened early on in the year. A new Special Forces coin was released through U.S. Challenge Coins .com in Febuary 2008. This tri-plated ... http://www.challengecoinsociety.org/cool-news/first-tri-plated-challenge-coin-is-introduced/ One of the best site for challenge coins that was introduce in 2007 was Challenge Coin Trading. This site still remains one of the hidden treasures on the net for the hobby. Without very much exposure it sits awaiting a flood of collector's that want to hit it big without ... http://www.challengecoinsociety.org/new-sites/challenge-coin-collecting-and-trading-site/ Sometimes information can take months to find you through different search variations and it’s difficult to keep up to speed with the new stuff. Google Alerts helps make the search so much easier. Challenge coins is a huge facet that people have difficult tracking. In fact we write on a ... http://www.challengecoinsociety.org/cool-news/google-alert-challenge-coins/ As an ex-seller on eBay I have the know-how to give advice on selling on eBay. Challenge coins have not gone away from the giant auction house in the least. You will see the same familiar faces selling on the venue that you have for years past with new faces ... http://www.challengecoinsociety.org/collecting-thoughts/selling-challenge-coins-on-ebay/ From time to time we like to take a spin around what's going on in the challenge coin hobby. So many things change so rapidly. The hobby is a live an well for many collectors as 2008 rolls in. Some great coins have already hit the market. Even with the ... http://www.challengecoinsociety.org/collecting-thoughts/a-view-from-the-society-on-challenge-coins/ Challenge coins, pins, patches and other great niche markets may be in for a little change of pace as eBay opens fissures in the collectible markets when it comes to low priced items. How many times in the last couple years has eBay bent the forever forgiving sellers of niche ... http://www.challengecoinsociety.org/cool-news/military-collectibles-ebay-losing-niche-markets/ Are you thinking about selling for the first time or thinking about getting your feet wet? Well here is some advice on how to grow and become somebody out there in the market. Most people go the eBay route because all the work is done and you get to make ... http://www.challengecoinsociety.org/uncategorized/hitting-the-ground-running/