What Materials Are Your Coins Made Out Of?
All of our custom challenge coins are made out of brass, iron, zinc, copper or even alloy. They are then covered with the plating of your choice and this is usually based on the design that you have chosen.
What Information Do You Need?
We can create custom challenge coins, military coins and even personalized custom coins. If you want us to create a design for you then all we need is your own thoughts and ideas. You can also give us your logo or any text that you would like us to include. Our designers will work from there to build your coin.
Does My Artwork Need To Be In A Specific Format?
It is great if you can provide us with some vector art, but the truth is that we can work with almost any file you have. This can include .doc, .psd, .pub, .gif and even .jpeg.
What Should I Look For In My Coin?
You need to look at the main view and you also need to look at the size view as well because this will show you what your coin is going to look like. If you would like to change anything, such as the color, the text or anything else of the sort then we can do that for you.
What Is the Most Popular Design?
The main size that our customers order is the 2.0” size but we recommend that you go for any size that meets your requirements. That being said, this is certainly our most popular size.
Is Your Company Reputable?
Yes. Our company is one of the best when it comes to creating challenge coins and we are very happy to work with you on your coin or anything else that you need so you know that you won’t have any problems at all there.
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What Are The Steps To Ordering A custom Coin?
Email the form to us along with your ideas for a coin. We will assign you a customer ID number. Using your new customer ID # in the subject block of any future e-mails will help us keep track of your order!
We will create your design and email it back to you for your approval.
You approve the design.
The design is sent to the factory to make a die and the first coin.
A digital sample is usually ready in about 10 – 14 work days. The pictures are e-mailed to us and we will send them on to you.
If you want an actual sample we will provide that to you before your final production request.
Once you approve the sample your order is minted.
Your order is usually completed in 14 to 20 workdays.
We ship via UPS or USPS depending on where it is going!
When Do I pay For My New Challenge Coin?
When your order is finalized (after you approve production artwork), we will send you an invoice and instructions on payment. We recommend that payment occur at this time. That said, we are a small enough company that if you cannot pay all up front — we will work with you. Our goal is for you to have coins that you are proud to hand out. We trust everyone, until you give us reason not to. We expect you to live up to your part of this contract when we live up to ours.
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What Is The History Of Challenge coins?
According to one story, challenge coins originated during World War I. A pilot placed a medallion he had received from a fellow pilot in a small leather pouch that he wore about his neck. Shortly after acquiring the medallion, the pilots’ aircraft was severely damaged by ground fire. He was forced to land behind enemy lines and was immediately captured by a German patrol. In order to discourage his escape, the Germans took all of his personal identification except for the small leather pouch around his neck. In the meantime, he was taken to a small French town near the front. Taking advantage of a bombardment that night, he escaped. However, he was without personal identification. He succeeded in avoiding German patrols by donning civilian attire and reached the front lines. With great difficulty, he crossed no-man’s land. Eventually, he stumbled onto a French outpost. Unfortunately, saboteurs had plagued the French in the sector. They sometimes masqueraded as civilians and wore civilian clothes. Not recognizing the young pilot’s American accent, the French thought him to be a saboteur and made ready to execute him. He had no identification to prove his allegiance, but he did have his leather pouch containing the medallion. He showed the medallion to his would-be executioners and one of his French captors recognized the squadron insignia on the medallion. They delayed his execution long enough for him to confirm his identity. Instead of shooting him they gave him a bottle of wine. Back at his squadron, it became tradition to ensure that all members carried their medallion or coin at all times. This was accomplished through challenge in the following manner – a challenger would ask to see the medallion. If the challenged could not produce a medallion, they were required to buy a drink of choice for the member who challenged them. If the challenged member produced a medallion, then the challenging member was required to pay for the drink. This tradition continued on throughout the war and for many years after the war while surviving members of the squadron were still alive. We proudly continue this tradition today with the challenge coin.
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