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To start this off, you'll need to know what a challenge coin is. So, go to Wikipedia and enjoy this article: Challenge Coin

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Great! Now that you're back, aren't challenge coins cool? It turns out that I knew what they were, just not... well, what they were. I remember my dad having some and playing with them as a kid (yes, Toby, before he cheated on my mom. I do remember).

It turns out that not only are challenge coins a military tradition, they're also a police department tradition, and ours decided to jump onto the bandwagon. So, at staff meeting last week, they were looking for someone to work out some designs, and I volunteered. So over the weekend, I worked out 2 designs (1 with 2 variations, so I guess a total of 3). The requirements were few - it would have our badge logo in the center, our value statements around the side, and it had to look nice.

I brought in my ideas today, and the one below was picked to go to the company that makes them for a quote. It's be awesome if it actually gets produced! The back side of the coin has already been decided - it will be Colorado's state seal. I didn't need to make an image for that since the company making the coin has made some other coins with the state seal (including the sample coin we were sent).