We don’t just collect challenge coins, oh no it’s goes way beyond that. We do in fact honor them for the beauty, distinction, memories, activities they represent, the people they enshrine, and for many other reasons. Challenge coins are fast becoming a staple in today’s collecting world be admired in local newspapers, national magazines, and even on national news like NBC Nightly News. The coins themselves multiplied by the hundreds of thousands each year tend to make their mark on each collector in form or fashion.
One of the coins I honor so much that stays upfront in my collection is the U.S. Challenge Coins’ challenge coins. You have seen it, the one plated in black nickel. Sure I would pick this one you might say but really if you look at the history and the meaning you can surely understand why this coin is the most valuable to me. Do you know our company history? Well, let me give you a brief overview real quick. I started my coin company in 2003 via patch sales. I started with a $20 without any kind of outside seed money. In 7 years I have accomplished a multi-million dollar value in our company and that coin was the result of almost 3 years of development.
So I honor this coin because it’s a symbol of the 20 hour days, the years of struggling to get a profit from selling on eBay, being laughed at for starting a challenge coin company, and much more. This coin is not only has its own level of badassery, but manages to capsulate everything I have gone through to be the company we are today.
Of course there are certainly other coins in which I honor greatly but none that match the struggle that I went through for 7 years. So think about which coins you honor the most. Which is the coin that if you lost today you would be saddened by? Everyone has one coin they truly appreciate and cherish. If by some chance you don’t have one yet then you are bound to get one before you know it. I am one of many collectors’ that have the passion to be called a challenge coin collector. Many share this same feeling and I hope if you don’t have that already then you will before to long.
