posted 12-28-2017 05:50 PM
Who collects challenge coins and what cool ones relating to the space program do you have?
denali414 Member
Posts: 860 From: Raleigh, NC Registered: Aug 2017
posted 12-28-2017 07:24 PM
I have a growing collection. There is quite an array of coins, from not just the various armed services, but many contractors for the space program.
JBoe Member
Posts: 995 From: Edgewater, MD Registered: Oct 2012
posted 12-28-2017 07:33 PM
I have a few DoD shuttle support, Orion EFT, USAF and Navy space related coins. I have a large quantity of contractor coins/medallions detailing the space program and from the last four programs (Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and shuttle).
I really don't have a specific program or theme that I'm going for. I have been seeing the space station expedition medallions and wouldn't mind collecting them.
BMckay Member
Posts: 4080 From: MA, USA Registered: Sep 2002
posted 12-28-2017 07:36 PM
I just picked up challenge coins from the Astronaut Office, for the NBL anniversary and from Scott Tingle. They are all really cool.
JBoe Member
Posts: 995 From: Edgewater, MD Registered: Oct 2012
posted 12-28-2017 07:42 PM
That's cool! If you can post some pictures that would be great! I wouldn't mind getting one of them!
BMckay Member
Posts: 4080 From: MA, USA Registered: Sep 2002
posted 01-01-2018 11:06 AM
quote:Originally posted by BMckay: ...from the Astronaut Office, for the NBL anniversary
Jonnyed Member
Posts: 617 From: Dumfries, VA, USA Registered: Aug 2014
posted 01-01-2018 12:02 PM
Wow. Those are really cool / beautiful. Love the Astronaut Office one in particular.
JBoe Member
Posts: 995 From: Edgewater, MD Registered: Oct 2012
posted 01-01-2018 06:42 PM
I like those! I would love to own each one!
Jim Behling Member
Posts: 1906 From: Cape Canaveral, FL Registered: Mar 2010
posted 01-03-2018 06:43 PM
quote:Originally posted by BMckay: Who collects challenge coins and what cool ones relating to the space program do you have?
I have around 300 or so space related challenge coins. I have ULA, LSP and Air Force 30th/45th Space Wing and 4th/5th SLS launch coins. I try to get the spacecraft program coins for the same launches.
I also have Air Force space organization collections from Hq Air Force Space Command; 45th, 30th, 50th and 460th Space Wings; various Space and Missile System Center program offices; range, tracking sites and other groups.
I have a large NRO organization collection, both overt and covert groups.
I have some NASA organization coins, as well as commercial companies, Army and Navy space orgs.
BMckay Member
Posts: 4080 From: MA, USA Registered: Sep 2002
posted 05-21-2018 04:20 PM
I just picked up a Flight Operations coin that has writing all around it unlike the patch that does not.
Discipline, Competence, Confidence, Responsibility, Toughness, Teamwork and Vigilance.
BMckay Member
Posts: 4080 From: MA, USA Registered: Sep 2002
posted 03-22-2019 05:08 AM
How rare are they and I was hoping people will share what are their favorites and how they display them?
NeilPearson Member
Posts: 182 From: UK Registered: May 2013
posted 03-22-2019 07:57 AM
Not space related but I thought people might like to see how my challenge coins are displayed.
I have a collection of coins that I've been given while working with military air arms, mostly the US Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. They sat in a box for years until I decided to get them on display. You can buy challenge coin display frames but mine is a DIY job!
I started with a wooden deep box frame and painted it black inside and out. I bought some lengths of pine stripwood, the same width as the internal depth of the frame, painted them black and added the loop (soft) side of Velcro to each cut length before gluing them to the backing board to make shelves. The Velcro is to stop the coins from rolling around on the shelves and to allow them to be angled backwards slightly without sliding forward at the bottom. I then glued the backing board with shelves to the outer frame.
I added some small hinges to the top so the front so the frame stays on the wall and I can open the front (frame + glass) to access the coins. I'm no handyman but I'm very pleased with the outcome and will soon make another one for my smaller collection of space coins.
BMckay Member
Posts: 4080 From: MA, USA Registered: Sep 2002
posted 03-22-2019 12:24 PM
Cool job! Keep the photos coming...
tnperri Member
Posts: 512 From: Malvern, Ohio Registered: Jun 2011
posted 03-23-2019 07:27 AM
Well I have a large collection of commemorative medals (not really challenge coins). Though I need to update my pics in the future, you can see my collection here.
p51 Member
Posts: 1784 From: Olympia, WA Registered: Sep 2011
posted 11-02-2022 06:34 PM
From my Army days, I have a bunch of really neat ones, but few that are space-related.
I have one from the chief of Marshall Space Flight Center, long story behind that one.
This one, too:
sts205cdr Member
Posts: 756 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Jun 2001
posted 11-02-2022 07:31 PM
Wow, Lee, I love your Astronaut Office Challenge coin! I collect Space Camp challenge coins. I saw a new one that was gifted last month to my Team leader, but have yet to snag that version. Don't RTLS without one!
TLIGuy Member
Posts: 251 From: Virginia Registered: Jul 2013
posted 11-03-2022 05:13 AM
Here is a challenge coin I received from Captain Cassidy.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52464 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-26-2022 08:34 PM
I received this challenge coin from an agent at the McAllen, Texas office of the FBI when Donn Eisele's Omega Speedmaster was returned to the Smithsonian in 2017. (collectSPACE had assisted in the watch's recovery.)
It is, in a way, space-related. The coin includes a depiction of SpaceX's Starship. The coin represents the FBI's offices in San Antonio, Rio Grande Valley, McAllen and Brownsville, which has responsibility for the area that includes Boca Chica and SpaceX's Starbase launch facility.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52464 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 02-26-2023 11:36 PM
Crew-3 commander Raja Chari, serving as a NASA TV commentator for the Crew-6 launch, showed off his crew's "round metal object" (or challenge coin, though as he explained, in the military, they avoid even saying the "c" word, hence RMO), which flew in space:
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52464 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 11-18-2023 12:24 PM
A software engineer at Blue Origin shared a photo on X of the challenge coin made for the company's Integrated Ground Systems software development team:
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52464 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 12-10-2023 02:02 PM
NASA Ground Controller (GC) Bill Foster shared on Facebook this photo of the latest edition of the GC medallion.
The next GC Commemorative Medallion...
This features the 2022 update to the GC emblem and the 2023 update to the FOD emblem. The final version is 1.75 inches in diameter which made the emblems a bit on the small side, but they came out very legible.
As was the case for my previous two versions of GC Commemorative Medallions, these were created for current and former GC's, and only a limited number were produced. The only way for others to obtain one is as a swap of coins, or as a gift from a GC, in the grand tradition of Challenge Coins.
Robert Pearlman Editor
Posts: 52464 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999
posted 05-31-2024 01:21 PM
Towards the end of this video, Today show host Al Roker is presented an Astronaut Office challenge coin by the Artemis II crew and then later shows that coin along with a Ground Control coin (as pictured above) and a Space Vehicle Mockup Facility challenge coin, as well:
Also, last month, I purchased a hard shell case to organize my small collection of challenge coins (and a few event medallions). I filmed this quick video for some family and friends, but maybe some here will enjoy seeing it, too.
posted 12-28-2017 05:50 PM
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