Not your average military challenge coin

edix2001

This was a surprise for me on Christmas, something I've been wishing to have for quite a long while.
The dies were engraved by Ron Landis of the Gallery Mint Museum about ten years ago.
For the full story, check out the link below on Verne Walrafen's site:
http://www.gmmnut.com/gmm/gmm27.html#257th

StampAlarm

Definitely not what I expected! I like it and the article too. Yours doesn't
look to have the mistake. I'm still confused who is entitled to the coin.
Just the 257th or all companies under the 55th along with those attached
to just the Group? The Brigade has to go get it's own coin.

I recently sold a couple pounds of the pellets to ASCB.



Jerry

edix2001

By the mistake, you mean the one that didn't get a full strike?
One could imagine a group of inexperienced minters having to bash the silver buttons scores of times, that it would be very difficult to get a perfect strike on a large number of them.
I'm not sure either who got them in the military. But there are three subjects on the medallions, including the first one I list above:

http://www.gmmnut.com/gmm/gmm27.html#257th
http://www.gmmnut.com/gmm/gmm07.html#hardway
http://www.gmmnut.com/gmm/gmm15.html#medical
and listed in Lot 144 for a 2004 GMM auction:
http://www.gmmnut.com/gmm/gmmp1.htm

ricko

Very nice.. I have a collection of challenge coins... but not that one... Cheers, RickO