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Posted: 1/30/2015 9:07:53 PM EDT
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You sound surprised. This is GD dammit.  Quote HistoryQuoted:
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We got off track here. OP asked for rarest coin and now we are seeing entire collections and in some cases, not coins at all. lol You sound surprised. This is GD dammit. Yeah I should know better, but there have to be some more out there. I don't want to pull out my entire collection. Lol |
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Posted: 1/30/2015 9:10:28 PM EDT
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Tag for eventual photo... I have to find my coins first.
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Posted: 1/30/2015 9:25:32 PM EDT
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The bottom one is my 15,000 jump wings. It just happens to be in the pic. I have a few other coins, this was the only pic I had available. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=44396&prev=1 That's a lot of jumping out of air planes. Shouldn't you have statistically died from it?
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Posted: 1/30/2015 9:29:33 PM EDT
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The bottom one is my 15,000 jump wings. It just happens to be in the pic. I have a few other coins, this was the only pic I had available. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=44396&prev=1 That's a civilian USPA jump pin isn't it? I worked at a drop zone. |
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Posted: 1/30/2015 9:31:07 PM EDT
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That's a lot of jumping out of air planes. Shouldn't you have statistically died from it? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The bottom one is my 15,000 jump wings. It just happens to be in the pic. I have a few other coins, this was the only pic I had available. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=44396&prev=1 That's a lot of jumping out of air planes. Shouldn't you have statistically died from it? No, skydiving is pretty safe unless you purposely do something stupid. |
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Posted: 1/30/2015 9:44:51 PM EDT
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Very few of these floating around and hard to earn:
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Posted: 1/30/2015 9:47:56 PM EDT
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A few of the good ones.
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Posted: 1/30/2015 9:52:56 PM EDT
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A trucker gave me a USMC 1st recon coin once on I20 rest stop outside shreveport where i was having a coffee and minding my own business.He was elite scout sniper of course with many confirmed kills which I didn't want to know or ask about. I guess he saw my dad's vehicle that I was borrowing with the USMC sticker on the back when I backed in to the parking spot. I immediately didn't give a shit because I recently got my DD214 and left it with the tip.
Challenge coins are for pogues and just make Sgt. Grit and their Chinese producers richer. |
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Posted: 1/30/2015 11:03:21 PM EDT
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A trucker gave me a USMC 1st recon coin once on I20 rest stop outside shreveport where i was having a coffee and minding my own business.He was elite scout sniper of course with many confirmed kills which I didn't want to know or ask about. I guess he saw my dad's vehicle that I was borrowing with the USMC sticker on the back when I backed in to the parking spot. I immediately didn't give a shit because I recently got my DD214 and left it with the tip. Challenge coins are for pogues and just make Sgt. Grit and their Chinese producers richer. LOL for pogues huh? Does that mean you didn't get any? There are plenty of non pogue coins out there and most of mine are just that, non pogue. |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 12:47:35 AM EDT
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The bottom one is my 15,000 jump wings. It just happens to be in the pic. I have a few other coins, this was the only pic I had available. http://www.ar15.com/media/viewFile.html?i=44396&prev=1 Gen Lord was the one that coined you after your jump at the NASCAR race, right? |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 1:12:09 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/31/2015 1:19:00 AM EDT
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 From Admiral Mullen |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 1:19:52 AM EDT
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Man you guys have some cool stuff. I have a missile defense one given to me by someone from work it's cool. I'll post a pic when I can .
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Posted: 1/31/2015 1:24:41 AM EDT
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Posted: 1/31/2015 11:45:27 AM EDT
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My rarest coin...
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Posted: 1/31/2015 1:16:25 PM EDT
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This is from the last Fire Dept. I was with. They handed these out at an annual awards banquet. I keep it in my pocket for good luck.
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Posted: 1/31/2015 2:45:55 PM EDT
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Mine is older 68 Vietnam,but I don't know how to post/show it.
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Posted: 1/31/2015 2:51:34 PM EDT
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Thread winner
 Quote HistoryQuoted: This is one of the least "fancy" of mine but the one I keep one me and value the most. It's the coin I got at Sniper School for being honor graduate. http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a279/lifeguardhall/38172467-0C1D-4559-969F-DCFDE6B152AE_zpsonro1mpb.jpg |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 3:01:00 PM EDT
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That sucks
When he was Ranger camp he gave me a coin to give to my Son for his Eagle Scout ceremony. I just hope one day he understand how lucky he was.  Quote HistoryQuoted: I got 1 during my first 3 or so years then a crap load in my last since I was sent to be a tour guide at the pentagon lol. I also keep a keychain nexxt to my coins. I took I think he was the bosnian equivalent of the chairmen of the join chief of staff for a tour he didn't have a coin so he gave me a keychain of their national crest I guess. I-potatoed, the cat likes to walk on them hence the disjointed nature of the setup. Plus not all of em are coins, my cockade, OSD badge, JSAM, and a patch a random department we gave a tour to is there http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c13/_Pax_Parabellum_/Arfstuff/photo11_zps5959377c.jpg The one coin I wanted but I never got  he was out of em by the time I took a picture with him on his last day in office.http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c13/_Pax_Parabellum_/Arfstuff/Untitled_zpsaa310195.png Wee Man!  .http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c13/_Pax_Parabellum_/Arfstuff/WeeManandtheTourGuides_zps793b2d68.jpg |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 3:06:18 PM EDT
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I don't know which is the rarest, I just got them for doing my job.
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Posted: 1/31/2015 3:10:57 PM EDT
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not a coin, X took them all....
this guy bought me a beer at the JAG school back in 89 
he gave me this as a "they won't believe you"
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Posted: 1/31/2015 3:18:47 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/31/2015 3:22:58 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/31/2015 3:26:51 PM EDT
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Thx. Honor Grad in this case meant that I shot ONE round better than one other student. We were tied at the end and did the final shot on the last day. I hit my target on the first shot, he hit it on his second. It was a close one. lol Quote HistoryQuoted:
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This is one of the least "fancy" of mine but the one I keep one me and value the most. It's the coin I got at Sniper School for being honor graduate. http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a279/lifeguardhall/38172467-0C1D-4559-969F-DCFDE6B152AE_zpsonro1mpb.jpg bad ass  Thx. Honor Grad in this case meant that I shot ONE round better than one other student. We were tied at the end and did the final shot on the last day. I hit my target on the first shot, he hit it on his second. It was a close one. lol Very cool. Cold bore shots? |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 3:28:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThe trump card. I'll have to see if I can find mine. 
ETA: Glad to see this thread, I meant to start one a while ago, but forgot 
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Posted: 1/31/2015 3:29:59 PM EDT
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Received mine from a USMC Vietnam veteran for a service done for him. Honored to have it.
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Posted: 1/31/2015 3:43:26 PM EDT
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Gordon r. Sullivan and I have the same alma mater
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Posted: 1/31/2015 3:48:41 PM EDT
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Admiral Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Stafff:
General Petraeus: 
LTG Rodriguez 
The collection: 
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Posted: 1/31/2015 4:32:42 PM EDT
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I got one from Petreus, and a couple other decently cool ones.
They are somewhere in my basement I think. Maybe I'll go look later today. |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 6:14:27 PM EDT
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Only one I have. 
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Posted: 1/31/2015 6:22:31 PM EDT
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The following thread got me thinking: Airborne Challenge Coin What is your rarest Challenge coin or the one that means to most to you that your received from a service member? This one was given to me by my father at his retirement ceremony after serving 30 years in the USAF as a SERE instructor. <a href="http://s1177.photobucket.com/user/Jeremycox482/media/Coin2_zpshefxvumj.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x350/Jeremycox482/Coin2_zpshefxvumj.jpg</a> <a href="http://s1177.photobucket.com/user/Jeremycox482/media/Coin1_zpsnj8jmgkg.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i1177.photobucket.com/albums/x350/Jeremycox482/Coin1_zpsnj8jmgkg.jpg</a> 
Bottom right two. Former SecDef Rumsfeld, the NSA, or the SF shiny gold colored one in the upper left: 
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Posted: 1/31/2015 6:51:05 PM EDT
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 I got a couple. Looks like just about everyone here has an adm mullen coin |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 6:55:13 PM EDT
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A trucker gave me a USMC 1st recon coin once on I20 rest stop outside shreveport where i was having a coffee and minding my own business.He was elite scout sniper of course with many confirmed kills which I didn't want to know or ask about. I guess he saw my dad's vehicle that I was borrowing with the USMC sticker on the back when I backed in to the parking spot. I immediately didn't give a shit because I recently got my DD214 and left it with the tip. Challenge coins are for pogues and just make Sgt. Grit and their Chinese producers richer. +1 |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 6:58:35 PM EDT
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http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y258/_desdinova/coin_zps089132bc.jpg I got a couple. Looks like just about everyone here has an adm mullen coin 
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Posted: 1/31/2015 7:06:14 PM EDT
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First coin is pretty beat up from carrying it around for a year or so in Germany (4-7 Cav). I took better care of the other two.
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Posted: 1/31/2015 7:39:21 PM EDT
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I have a few, these mean the most to me though.
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Posted: 1/31/2015 7:45:43 PM EDT
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Here are the ones I received.
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Posted: 1/31/2015 8:23:20 PM EDT
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Very few of these floating around and hard to earn: http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb324/Snake_driver/ChallengeCoins_01a.jpg I would LOVE TO KNOW THE STORY BEHINF THE BLUE MAX COIN |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 8:52:03 PM EDT
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We have a forum for frigging "Amazon Deals", maybe we could get one for military patches and coins?
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Posted: 1/31/2015 9:02:22 PM EDT
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Top this
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Posted: 1/31/2015 9:11:18 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/31/2015 9:20:02 PM EDT
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These are the two that hold the most meaning to me even though both came after I got out. Both are for helping get some equipment upgrades into the hands of guys heading to some shitty places overseas. Left one is self explanatory, right is from the head of the Ambassadors Diplomatic Security Service detail.
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Posted: 1/31/2015 9:26:35 PM EDT
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Alright, you got me to come out of hiding. I often lurk (on and off since 2003 if I remember correctly), but I never felt the need to post so I didn't setup an account until 2013. Oh noes! A 13'er!!!
Anyway, this is what I consider the coolest coin in my collection. It was given to me by a soldier in the Korean Engineer unit that worked with my unit in Afghanistan in 2003. I dig it because it is a coin from an Afghanistan deployed South Korean unit. How cool is that!? |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 9:41:28 PM EDT
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I'm going to have to pull rank on y'all's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs because, Marines.
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Posted: 1/31/2015 9:47:38 PM EDT
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Hey 5-5 ADA!!! I was in HHB 5-5 in 2000-2001. What year is your coin from? Here are mine. |
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Posted: 1/31/2015 9:56:18 PM EDT
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I'm going to have to pull rank on y'all's Chairman of the Joint Chiefs because, Marines. <a href="http://s127.photobucket.com/user/rock711/media/40c23393-40e4-43fb-ba30-043a4b3e9e01_zps6b56237c.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p123/rock711/40c23393-40e4-43fb-ba30-043a4b3e9e01_zps6b56237c.jpg</a> Pace is senior to Mullen but my Shelton is senior to Pace so it pulls rank on yours.
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Posted: 1/31/2015 9:59:39 PM EDT
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http://i.imgur.com/HncyjGZl.jpg?1 He looked like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders. I have the same one from the same man but I dont think mine had his signature on it. Ill have to look one of these days. |
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