Police Challenge Coins

Right now there are a lot of opportunities to get into trading police coins all around the nation. Challenge coins are becoming one of the hottest things going on right now. We are constantly hearing from police officers and collector’s alike talking about the lack of opportunity to be able to trade the department coins with other departments. We can easily get around this buy finding a location or two that trades can happen. One particular site Challenge Coin Trading is one of the best site to allow you to post what you are trading and everything.
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OMG! (sarcasm of the adoption of this term I learned this week) How can your unit not have a coin? Well we blame you for not getting the word out for only the best hobby out there today. Challenge coins are spreading like no other hobby in our eyes. We hear all the time from people saying they just found out about a challenge coin and how do you get started. There is so much information on the net today to help you find out some great stuff about collecting police coins, or making some coins.

Our pick, U.S. Challenge Coins .com, makes all of the police coins we see come through this site just because of the quality and the care. You can easily get one made and at the prices to do so you have no reason. Spreading the word is one of the most important thing a collector can do to contribute back. Whether you homicide unit, S.W.A.T. team, or your meter maids needs one, you should be out there helping them find out where to get them started. If you are reading this that means you already are in the right direction of doing so.

Coin auctions are awesome because you can get some great deals on some pretty incredible items like Air Force Coins or some coins from WWII. Either way it’s a great way for a seller to unload excess coins and a buyer to find something they have been wanting for a while. This auction style for challenge coins have been around for a while and it’s easy; a great reason it is so popular. The biggest question is where and what auction to jump on.
eBay has been around for a long time and no doubt they are a monster of their craft. Other auction sites have sprung up to try to compete and only died in the unrealized awe inspiring wake of failure. Those sites died because they were in competition instead of trying to supplement an area of the industry. U.S. Challenge Coins .com is the next in line to try their hands at the auction arena. They are offering a general military auction site that will hold uniform items, military patches, pins, books, challenge coins, and anything else related.
USCC has a fair amount of traffic already but what makes this system different is that it is free, they are the specific site for trading collectibles, they boast a large support forum and community, and host a wide range of other dynamic tools collector’s can use. eBay cannot support this specific area because it’s too small to make eBay enough money to be interested it. It’s not always about fighting for position, sometimes it’s about what you get out of it.
These auctions are free, and you heard that right…FREE. We recognize some veterans need to earn extra money off of what they sell and not just 60% of what they sell. USCC has introduced this service free of charge for sellers and will also help reduce rates the products would normally sell for because sellers no longer have to include the fees they would normally pay within the price. What are you waiting for? Get out there and try the new auction zone!

One of the biggest coins done in 2007 police wise was from the Miami-Dade Police Department, Homeland Security section. They had many troops deploy and when they needed to raise funds to send care packages they turn to the only custom challenge coin maker they could find that would donate to the cause. in conjuction the one and only MDPDHS coin was produced. This was an exciting coin to do and all the media got to buzzing about it.

The story was first featured in the Miami Herald then it spread over to Fox News and NPR. Everyone was so impressed with the efforts the Major and his team of Officers put behind this mission. They sent hundreds of care packages to the med serving over in support of Iraq and Afghanistan. For this they are recognized as our “Police Department of the Year”. I know they have some good things up their sleeve for next year so be prepared for another great run!