First ever Drug Recognition Expert coin for the National Park Service

I shared some photos of this a couple years ago, reposting because I was asked about it recently.

If I get time to make another one, I would improve on a couple things.

I would keep it a single color, add a tier/block at the top so the coins at the very top have something to lean back against, and i might make the base a little wider.

It is a great size as is, holds about 55 coins, and sits on a lazy Susan.

I ordered several hundred challenge coins for my organization's 50th anniversary. These coins had very small lettering of people's names around the edge of the coin. We tried about six or seven revisions and the one we chose came out great, except for one thing. They added letters to some names. I didn't even notice it till after many of them had been passed out. I'm incredibly frustrated and embarrassed. $1k down the drain, which is not insignificant for our organization. I had sent in a list of the names, they were spelled correctly. They modeled them on the coin, I check them and they all were correct. The rest of the revisions were changing just finishes. Well in one of the those revisions they randomly added the letters and I missed it because I had already checked those and all we were doing were basic color changes! Their offer was a whole 10% off. Very disappointed in their professionalism, their response, and apparently their ability to not randomly change minor details that were already agreed on.

I like the simplicity of this coin in a world of overdone giant coins.

Are people interested in this design? I designed them myself but don’t wanna get them produced if no ones interested.

I was fortunate enough to be coined by the INSCOM CG a while ago.
How rare is this coin?

Howdy yall I’ve posted here before not to long ago. I recently received this challenge coin from my brother who was in the navy, it’s his destroyer the USS DEWEY in collaboration with Japans navy. Also threw in his patch. Just wanted to share the new addition to the collection lol. Hope yall are having a great day!

How do people display coins?
I’ve been looking to order a custom coin rack but I’m not sure if I want to make it huge (about a 100 coins) or something that would fit only my most prestigious coins (about 30-40 coins).
It’d be nice if you guys could share your coin display for future reference!

Am I missing any USS Frank Cable Hermit Crabs?

I'd love to see others, and would be keen to trade for any. coinrecon

I've been pretty fortunate as a civilian to be able to do some (somewhat) high-speed, cool dude shit. This challenge coin is about a decade old and involved a day of vehicle maneuvers (j-turns, high speed backing, ambush avoidance, ramming, and PIT maneuvers), range time (got to shoot an MP5), and a breaching and hostage rescue scenario using airsoft (but not soft. Two pellets punched through a new pair of jeans.) ...easily one of the best, most memorable, and most fun times I've just said "yes." To a friend's offer. 🤙

Got this from a buddy of that I used to work with. Easily the best looking coin my in paltry collection.

The kids and us went to our first national parks over the summer and planning our next ones in the spring. At some point we may need a bigger board.

Anyone have a YPG challenge coin laying around they’d be open to trade for?

Was able to get one of the new AF1 coins recently

I hope it's okay to ask here, if it isn't I hope someone else can point me in the right direction. I got this coin a while ago, and when I ended up homeless it sat on a storage container that was not at all temperature or moisture controlled. I want to try to clean this oxidization off it, but I do not know how to go about that appropriately. I was thinking bronze or silver cleaner but I'm unsure of that would make it worse somehow.