All in the world was media giants silent about the infamous challenge coin hobby that slept in the dark of underground traditions it seemed. Until January 14th, 2009 challenge coins had not seen the light of day on a nationally syndicated program. NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams decided to do a segment about the history and opinions about the marvelous coin. As he shared scenes from the actual minting process at the Highland Mint to cut away scenes of actual military members, or friend at U.S. Challenge Coins, Adam …

2009 has led us with the economic crisis, a poised increase in the Fedral Gas Tax, corrupt politicians, and much more. However, there is one thing positive coming from all of this. We are getting penny auctions to kick off the New Year it seems. A couple websites have listed true Penny Auctions for challenge coins and this is something that breaks our normal thinking when it comes to picking up some beauties for our coin racks. This could be something big to celebrate as it’s an introduction into some …

In the challenge coin world many sellers depend on eBay to bring them through in profits and inventory. Unlike most years eBay treated coin sellers with the worst season for sales yet in 2008. There were peaks from some but most seen a down turn in their overall sales. The economy is no doubt have an effect through the sales even with gas prices hovering at their lowest prices in three years. Don’t worry St. Nick is still coming but it will be with a lot less coins than previous …