Challenge Coins

These challenge coins are the sign of honor and pride and you can realize this with the President and Ex-Presidents act as well; they place these coins at the Oval Office Desk in honor of the slain brave soldiers Initially the basic aim behind the distribution of these coins was to instill the feeling of brotherhood and solidarity among the air force and army units but now this trend has been expanded in the other organizations as well. In whichever way they are used, these challenge coins serve the purpose of boosting the morale of the members and increase loyalty towards the organization.

How it all began
Though there are number of stories related to these coast guard coins but no one knows the exact origin of them. Some says that this started during the World War II, when the air force pilot was able to save his life with the help of one of his medals. At that time the US military force was posted at the occupied Germany; there the West German Pfennig coin was considered as the sign of a penniless person as the value of it was too low as compared to the US dollar. For ensuring every service person carries these coins, the tradition of challenging was made according to which any member may challenge the other for showing the Pfennig. If this coin was found in anyone's pocket, he was considered a broke and was not required to buy drinks. Those who could not produce them had to buy next round of drinks.

In whatever means this custom started, but now this tradition has become the part of all the military organizations and these challenge coins are carried by the members with full confidence and pride.

Coast Guard Coins
The air force have the coast guard coins that are same as the challenge coins in army; as the air force is also the branch of army that serve for the country. If you are an officer at USCG, then obviously you will like to improve the environment of the unit and that's you can do by distributing the coast guard coins among the members so that the instill the feeling of solidarity and loyalty among them. These coins may also be distributed for the purpose of honoring any of your unit members for performing well and maintaining conduct during his service.

Though it has become really easy to get these coins but it is not going to devalue the importance of challenge coin. There are various coin makers all around the country who are expert in carving the signs over the metal coin. Due to increased popularity of these coins, this business is also becoming common and so you can easily find the coin maker, even you only need to search over the internet.

Now these coins are not only manufactured in US but other countries have also started this business like the China and South Korea who are even offering coins at less price than US.