Challenge coins category

Hi

With regard to new structure (see here https://en.numista.com/forum/topic144308.html) I am playing some days now with a thought of branching out the sub-category of Challenge coins. I have been writing on this forum before on this topic, but only as a distinct subgroup. I know for a fact, that at least Slovenian Army has issued around or maybe even well over 2000 different pieces of Challenge coins (US is another ball game, way upper league). Based on these numbers I would propose to divide even further this subgroup into these sub-categories:

• Military Challenge coins (may also be divided by as general Air Force, Navy, Marine, Coast Guard and Army and specific as Commanders, Events…)
• Historical Challenge coins (military missions, operations, wars…)
• Police Challenge coins
• Firefighter Challenge coins
• Patriotic Challenge coins
• Spiritual Challenge coins

Other?

• University Challenge Coins
• Sports Challenge Coins
• Custom Challenge Coins (all others)

Some more links to get more familiarized:

https://militarybest.com/military-challenge-coins.html 

https://www.pinprosplus.com/post/types-of-challenge-coins

https://www.challengecoins4less.com/blog/an-honor-and-tradition-the-different-types-of-military-challenge-coins

https://www.elitecustomcoins.com/different-types-of-challenge-coins/

I guess these “specialized” sites should know better…

I would also question the sub-category type “Membership medals”, whether is it a good name for a group.

LP

We only have 147 challenge coins in our catalogue so far. I feel it might be too early (and unnecessary at this point) to create many sub-categories.

Xavier

We only have 147 challenge coins in our catalogue so far. I feel it might be too early (and unnecessary at this point) to create many sub-categories.

I am surprised by that, I would have thought there were many more.

Actually its 147 plus (at least):

• some 500 from here https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?ct=exonumia&se=Slovenska+vojska&e=slovenie (also many more to add)
• 10 from here https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?ct=exonumia&se=Slovenska+policija&e=slovenie
• I have also added some firebrigade challenge coins https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?e=slovenie&r=gasilska&st=147-150-149&cat=y&im1=&im2=&ru=&ie=&ca=3&no=&v=&a=&dg=&i=&b=&m=&f=&t=&t2=&w=&mt=&u=&g=&c=&wi=&sw= and others (it may happen that this week I add some more 50 of these).

All these only from Slovenia. I also have more military medals (challenge coins) from abroad.

From the beginning I was adding Slovenian army medals as military medals. I would not like to change all these first to Challenge coins and then after a while again further down to another sub-category. I would just like to avoid double work shift 😎.

LP

Lately I have added some 50 firefighters medals for Slovenia. Is there any new decision on proposed expansion?

LP