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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jwt708, post: 2513566, member: 32619&quot;]As a few of the regular exo-numismatists here know, I collect challenge coins, and I would like to talk about these for a moment. Today eBay is littered with them and they&#039;ve made their way outside the military into law enforcement, fire departments, and even businesses. Challenge coins are a way of recognizing individual accomplishments, showing organization pride, fundraising, or commemorating an event or thing. Numismatist and author Ray Bows places the origin of challenge coins (essentially unit coins) in World War I from U.S. Army infantry units. Bows goes on to write, &quot;The first unit coin made mandatory to be in a soldier’s possession was the Buffalo Nickel of the 17th Infantry Regiment. It was issued during the Korean War – and subsequent issues were dated all through the fifties, while the 2d Infantry Division penny and the Pathfinder nickel followed.&quot; These coins were often holed to be worn with dog tags. Until recently my challenge coin collection has been very personal by relating to the units I&#039;ve been a part of or events I&#039;ve attended this latest addition was purchased as an example of an early type of challenge coin, the 2nd Infantry Division penny.</p><p><br /></p><p>Normally I don&#039;t like to post things that I don&#039;t have in my posession but I&#039;m making an exception here today. It&#039;s been a while since I&#039;ve posted anything here so here it is:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]534992[/ATTACH] </p><p>I like it because it&#039;s one of the early unit coin types that would go on to inspire future challenge coins and because it has a date! The photos belong to the seller, I just edited them together. I&#039;ll shoot it when I have it in hand. Oh, and here&#039;s a modern unit type challenge coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]534993[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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