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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 1712962, member: 4910&quot;]Navy budgetary belt-tightening may have reached a new - if temporary - low. Officials have frozen the purchase of commanders’ coins - also known as &quot;challenge coins&quot; - using Defense Department dollars.</p><p><br /></p><p>In a May 13 message to the fleet, the Navy said commanders may no longer use appropriated funds to buy the coins or other unofficial gifts and morale boosters. The brass coins, emblazoned with a unit designation and handed out by commanders for a job well done, or simply because, have routinely been ordered at every command level - on up to the President - for years.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.dodbuzz.com/2013/05/20/navy-freezes-funding-for-challenge-coins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dodbuzz.com/2013/05/20/navy-freezes-funding-for-challenge-coins" rel="nofollow">http://www.dodbuzz.com/2013/05/20/navy-freezes-funding-for-challenge-coins</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Somebody posted this to the article:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;I wonder if these coins will become rare collectors items in the future&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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