Monday 22 October 2012

Rules Of Challenge Coins And Take Challenges


The collection of the Challenge Coins has become the hobby of the persons nowadays. May be it women or men all are ready to accept the challenge and want to get the free drinks or beer. Form the military site there is no more restriction on the challenge coins to use privately which prove the flexible side of the military. So there are most of the people who have no idea about the rules of the challenge coins deeply. So here we are going to tell you about these rules.
For this purpose there are two checks which are visual and verbal checked. The visual check is done by just drop the coin on the plain surface but in the manner full way. In the verbal check you have put your coin in the hand in the air and then tell about your challenge loudly in the crowd which is the symbol of starting and giving your challenge to anyone. If you take the challenge and you have performed it in the right way then you have to present it to the challenger. If you fail to complete the challenge then you have to buy the drink for the challenger and also all the members who participate in the challenge .
The challenge coin is not just the coin which is used as the belt bucket, or as the key chain , or as a paperweight. These coins are just to show the unity and should be in the safe place. There is one objection with those Challenge Coins which are used as the holder or worn as necklace so on these challenge coins rules are applied because these coins are said to be more valuable.
If the members  have done the challenge in the right way then they have to represent it to the challenger and then the challenger will buy a drink for all the participants and if the challenger has failed to buy the drink then it is considered as the crime and coin are turned over to the company from where it is issued. So the challenge can be given to anyone at anywhere or the place where challenger wants to give the challenge.

Friday 5 October 2012

Different Types of Challenge Coins Making



Basically there are two methods to use for making the different types of Challenge Coins. The first procedure is die casting and the second is die struck. The die casting procedure is the hot molded process while the die struck is stamped or minted process.  Form these both procedures 2D and 3D challenge coins can be produced .2D/3D have two or more than two flat plains on the top which is called graduation level. So there are three levels for the graduation which are level 1 level 2 and level three like 1D , 2D , 3D.In the die casting procedure the 2D/3D is mold in the coin metal. All the coins made from this procedure is on metal base.

Enamel challenge coins these are made of metal brass or some type of material like this . After that there is enamel paint coated on the top of the challenge coins. there are father more two categories of it the one is soft enamel coins and the other one is hard enamel coins. In the hard enamel there is a simple coat of paint on the metal while in the soft enamel there is very much decorated and attractive design on the metal of the soft enamel.

There is another type of Challenge Coins which is embossed on the metal. This is made of metal and with the help of machine these coins are embossed and then are painted in a very professional way so that these challenge coins shows their value. There are also some challenge coins which have just printed on it for these types of coins it should be prepare of metal and then there is need to print the design according to the requirement of the customer .So there are many types of the challenge coins which have used the different types of materials as well as different designs are needed to make the perfect design.