For close to a century the United States military has participated in one manner or another in the challenge. The challenge of challenge coins. From the early days of World War 1 to the present day, the US military has been involved with challenge coins and it has defined generations of Soldiers, US Marines, Sailors, Airmen, Coast Guard guardsmen and more. Custom challenge coins have become a new direction for coins because of the accomplishments of our military and men and women in uniform they mean even more when it comes to morale and a job well done.
Earned Never Given
Truer words were never spoken. When a US Army Soldiers is given a challenge coin by their commander it is because the unit has been on deployment, done something significant, have had a chance in command or a senior enlisted NCO or commander wishes to acknowledge the actions of their troops. Custom challenge coins is one way to do this and create a stronger bind among our Soldiers and Sailors. At Vision Strike Coins we work with, design, craft, produce, mint and ship tens of thousands of custom challenge coins every year. Why? Because of the quality and level of design they produce which is far apart from others who offer similar coins.
Challenge Coin Art
No coin worth its salt is produced without the very best artwork. Original military art defines the coin and it brings together all the elements that are important to a military unit from the platoon to the division, warship squadron or special team or association that deems these elements incredibly important. The military art takes each design element whether its weapons, ranks and chevrons, officer ranks, slogans, vehicles, dates and quotes or more and puts the craft and art together so it displays correctly all the important details for your custom challenge coins.
If it’s designed right it will sell
No question about it. The better the art the more effective a coin will sell. We have been developing and crafting coins for over 15 years and this singular truth has never changed. Great art produces the best coins and the best coins produce the most sales for your command or association.
MWRs, CPOAs, FCPOAs, JEAs, CPO365 and FRG programs and the variety of associations that use challenge coins for fundraising are an important part of US military life. These incredible group of men and women work hard with coin companies like Vision Strike Coins for the purpose of making incredible custom challenge coins to be used for their fundraising efforts. If done right they can raise the morale of the association, bring much needed funds to their coffers and bring a sense of accomplishment to a creative task of building a coin that will help unify their connections to one another. It’s called teamwork and an essential part of the military and where the bonds that are formed.
The Core Ingredients to Making a Custom Challenge Coin
- Know what you want. Plan it out. Have your team on board and in agreement.
- Have references, links and attachments sent over to our email at hq@vision-strike-coins.com. The better the references and organization the better the design will be and the best results will happen for you.
- Make sure to let us know about the shape and size, overall layout, metal colors and if you want them with or without enamel coloring
- Special effects like glow in the dark or sequential numbering is nice to know.
- What is your timetable and are you trying to make a special date for an event?
- Send the name, address and command information so we can get shipping and costs laid out and have everything ready to go when the coins are ready to ship.
Think Of an Artist as Your Platoon
It seems funny but we love taking instructions from our clients. We want to march to the same step and beat as you and there is no better way to do that than with incredible communication. Let’s face it most Soldiers and Sailors didn’t join the US military to design a coin but here we are so let’s make the experience a really good one and creative.
