Coast Guard
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What are Coast Guard challenge coins?
A crew wants its coin to look like its own unit and nobody else’s, so you reach for the name it already answers to. Coast Guard challenge coins set that name and the home port around the rim. Units often add something only their town or waters would recognize, like a local landmark. That way the coin reads as theirs.
The commanding officer or the officer in charge presses Coast Guard challenge coins into someone’s hand after a hard case or a rescue. You see the same thing when the command turns over. A transfer or a retirement is another time you pass one out. People keep the coin because it marks the place and the crew that went out on the water together. It goes onto a desk or into a shadow box.
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Carry the
place home
A station coin lets a crew remember the station and its waters. They want it remembered because it was their post and the years there matter to them. People who served there will know it at a glance. It travels with its owner and still points back there.
Show the
team character
A specialty team that answers spills and hazardous material calls can put what the team calls itself on a coin. Those folks see themselves in the nickname, so they ask for the coin. They know it is theirs the day it arrives. They keep it as the record of the work they share.
Give the coin
for excellence
A commander gives the coin to a person who took part in rescues. It goes out at a change of command, or when someone leaves the unit. You can put a line on the back about who gave it. They add it to the coins from earlier duty.
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These are the questions that come up when you design and order a coin for a Coast Guard unit.
We offer gold, silver and copper platings standard with our orders. We also offer upgraded antique finishes that give an aged look to your coins. Antique finishes help greatly when your design is mostly metal (die struck) as the darker recessed areas provide a greater contrast for text and fine lines. We also offer some specialty colored metals that have a similar appearance to powder-coating (no charge), black nickel (a shiny gunmetal appearance), and now an iridescent rainbow plating (price on request).
The minimum order is 50 coins, but we always recommend ordering 100 due to the quantity discount at this quantity. Typically ordering 100 coins is only ~20% more expensive than ordering 50.
Our coins are made from brass metal if they are round. If the coins are a special shape or feature a high-relief 3D design, the material is a zinc alloy. We can also make coins out of copper, iron, and aluminum depending on your needs.
We keep your coin’s mold for a period of 3 years. If you reorder in that 3 year period, the 3 year storage period starts over!
We have multiple options for production location depending on your design choice and budget. We have manufacturing here in Florida and also overseas. Please consult with one of our sales professionals about what will work best for your challenge coin order.
You do not pay for a mold fee again on a reorder as long as the previous mold is still on file (kept for 3 years from the latest order date).