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Custom Football Flipping Coins

A custom football flipping coin gives referees, coaches, and team captains a piece of metal worthy of the moment — pressed with mascots, school colors, dates, and the details that mark your program. The same coin doubles as a challenge coin for players and staff, turning a 50/50 ritual into a lasting symbol of the team.

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Original Designs For Any Team

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Before every football game, a coin is tossed to decide who will have first possession of the ball, and which side of the field each team will play. It is a simple 50/50 chance that has been a tradition through all living memory in several different sports. The visiting team calls the coin toss, while the coin is in mid-air. The winner of the coin toss will either choose to kick or receive the opening kickoff or choose which end zone they would like to defend (choosing wind). The loser of the coin toss chooses from the same options at the beginning of the second half.

Every year, a custom football flipping coin is designed for use in the Super Bowl. Artwork of the two NFL teams competing for the championship is pressed into the metal. Before every game, these unique Super Bowl coins command the attention of millions of viewers for a few precious seconds.

The referee flips the coin in the air, the stadium holds its breath, and then the coin lands, sealing the fate of both teams.

A custom football flipping coin can be used in a variety of different places other than the Super Bowl. University teams use a custom football flipping coin before every game, as do local clubs and youth leagues. Designs incorporate mascots, team colors, school colors, values, and mission statements into each custom football flipping coin, adding to the personal weight of each coin.

Signature Coins has over 15 years of experience handcrafting custom sports challenge coins and sports medals for teams all across the country. Complete dedication to customer satisfaction, high-quality coin construction, and compelling design has earned a trusted reputation for our company. We take special care ensuring that each custom football flipping coin represents the standard of excellence expected of each player on the field. Get started on your free artwork by following one of the links below!

Custom Designs

A Custom Football Flipping Coin For Any Team

Any competitive team or training facility will benefit from using a custom football flipping coin. Signature Coins offers several avenues for creating original and compelling designs that capture the spirit of a team. To see a full list of options, visit our pricing page. In general, our clients can expect to be in control of:

  • Custom Artwork
    • Original mascot artwork, important team mottos, commemorative dates, and other options can be included in a design. Our team of designers will ensure your vision for original artwork will come to life!
  • Size & Shape
    • Most of our clients are looking for medallion-style coins, but we can work with any specifications.
  • Color
    • Use of the Pantone Matching System allows our staff to use the exact shades already in use by teams and organizations. Think of it like picking paint chips at a hardware store.
  • Material
    • Sturdy metals like brass, zinc, and steel ensure that coins resist scratching and maintain their smooth surfaces and vibrant colors.
  • Edging and Plating
    • Dual plating options accentuate designs and add contrast to artwork cues. Custom edging frames each design in a unique way as well. A few of the options are spur, cross-cut, and rope edges.

Whatever you are looking for in custom design, Signature Coins has the tools and experience to make your vision a reality. Give us a call, and our friendly team of specialists can get you started. Or you can follow one of the links below!

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Football Challenge Coins

Accomplishment And Honor

A custom football flipping coin possesses a dual purpose when used as a team challenge coin. Instead of just holding a single coin to use at the beginning of a game, coaches and organizations hand out the custom coins to players and staff as a source of team bonding.

Challenge coins started as a military tradition in the United States Armed Forces. Each coin is a physical representation of the trials by fire a team must endure to survive and succeed. Units and companies forge unbreakable bonds through intensive training, conditioning, and mental strain. Soldiers push the limits of what is possible for the human body to accomplish, and custom military challenge coins honor their dedication, sacrifice, and courage.

Players are soldiers, and the gridiron is their battleground. Teammates must learn to work together to achieve success. Coaches use custom football challenge coins to reward those players that uphold the standards of excellence expected of the team. Each coin is earned through dedication in practice, exceptional performance in games, and by uplifting teammates and encouraging improvement in the group.

Coaches build championship teams when they take a custom football flipping coin and turn it into a challenge coin to be earned. When awarded to the strongest team players, football challenge coins cultivate a culture of shared vision and mutual success. They put an end to players thinking of personal performance and remind them of the importance of ensuring the team reaches success. Only together will a team be victorious.

Get started with your custom artwork today, and honor your team’s dedication, improvement, and success.

Who Orders Custom Football Flipping Coins?

The primary use of a football flipping coin is precisely what the name implies. Therefore, any teams looking to compete can benefit from a custom coin. Some of the places that order sets of these coins include:

  • Colleges and Universities
  • High Schools
  • Independent Football Leagues
  • Clubs
  • Youth Football Programs
  • Sports Retailers

Wholesale challenge coins are the perfect means of ordering a large set of football flipping coins. Sporting goods stores give customers a custom football flipping coin at checkout to promote services. Designs incorporate addresses, contact information, and store logos or slogans. Some stores sell them or use them as incentives for rewards or membership programs.

Youth football leagues and clubs give instructors and coaches a custom football flipping coin at the start of a season. Coaches hand out extra coins as trophies and incentives for players to practice harder and win games.

University and high school athletic programs commission custom designs that incorporate school colors and original character art of school mascots. When hosting rival teams, a custom football flipping coin is a symbol of team organization and professionalism. Opponents see team unity and unbreakable spirit reflected across the home team.

The coins are also given to players to carry on and off the field. Each is a symbol of the struggles endured together, the challenges overcome together, and the championships that lie in wait ahead of them. A player carries their custom football flipping coin as a symbol of camaraderie and honor.

Signature Coins

The Industry Standard in Custom Football Flipping Coin Construction

Signature Coins is committed to excellent service and customer satisfaction. We have put together a simple 3 step system that takes our clients from requesting artwork to holding a custom football flipping coin in hand in as little as 14 business days.

  • First, fill out an order form. Our team will have a free proof of artwork finished within 24 to 48 hours.
  • Second, let us know what you think! We are happy to make any changes you believe will benefit the design.
  • Third, finalize your order!

We are excited to get started on your custom design. Thank you for choosing Signature Coins! Follow one of the links below to get started on your:

  • Free artwork
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  • Free unlimited revisions
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  • 100% satisfaction guarantee
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Custom Challenge Coin Pricing

Color on Both Sides

(Up to 7 Colors per Side)
Size 50
1.5" $6.03

Color on One Side

(Up to 7 Colors)
Size 50
1.5" $6.03

No Color

(Metal Only)
Size 50
1.5" $6.03

Mold Setup Fees

Molds are FREE on all orders over 300 pieces
(on coins up to 2.5")
Size 50
1.5" $6.03

Custom Challenge Coin Edge Options

Standard Flat Edge
Price: per coin
Rope Edge
Price: per coin
Spur Edge
Price: per coin
Flat Weave Bevel Edge
Price: per coin
Oblique Edge
Price: per coin
Cross Cut Edge
Price: per coin
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Custom Challenge Coin Plating Options

Antique Gold
Price: per coin
Antique Silver
Price: per coin
Antique Copper
Price: per coin
High-Polish Gold
Price: per coin
High-Polish Silver
Price: per coin
Dual-Plating
Price: per side per coin
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Additional Challenge Coin Options

Spinner Challenge Coins
Interactive coins where part of the coin is designed to spin or rotate freely.
Pricing depends on size and complexity
Challenge Coin Cut Outs
Not only can the outer shape of the coin be customized, but the interior areas can be “cut out” as well
Price: per cut out
3D Challenge Coins
3D coins have an unlimited number of sculpted levels. We can round edges and create smooth gradations.
Price:
Sequential Numbering
The perfect option for anyone looking for trackable coins or just a fun way to make every coin a little more special.
Price: per coin
Glow in the Dark
Choosing from our selection of glow enamels ensures your design will continue to shine even when the lights go out.
Price: per coin
Edge Engraving
Not only can you design the front and back of your coins, but the true edge can be engraved with messages as well.
Price: per coin
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Common Challenge Coin Questions

A challenge coin is usually a metal coin or medallion, bearing an organization's insignia, emblem or logo and carried by the organization's members. Traditionally, challenge coins were used by the military and displayed by service men and women to prove exclusive membership when challenged, and to enhance the military units' morale.

Historically, challenge coins were awarded by military unit commanders in recognition of special achievement made by a member of the unit. They are also known to be exchanged and traded during recognition visits to different international organizations, bases and service tours. These coins have been heavily collected by active and retired service members and law enforcement personnel for years.

Modern challenge coins are made in a variety of sizes and often include popular culture references such as superheroes as well as known characters in a parody. Many companies today are using them to build morale in teams, link people with similar interests and even to promote their brand. Challenge coin designs today are pushing the boundary of what a challenge coin could mean or be used for. One thing is for sure, personalized coins further strengthen the sense of bond within people that both give and receive them.

Challenge coins are often used as a physical token or symbol to represent membership to an organization, unit, or team.

Challenge coins also serve as a lasting personal award for anyone that has received one. Since they are custom and long lasting, challenge coins serve well to commemorate the time and experience put in to overcome overwhelming obstacles or the extraordinary effort and sacrifice needed to reach a given achievement. These keepsake coins become a life long reminder of the achievements made.

Our bravest first responder services also have a history of using challenge coins. Whether for fire departments, emergency medical technicians or law enforcement officers, challenge coins have been used to award bravery, acts of heroism and department camaraderie.

Many companies today have been started by veterans, or are veteran owned and are beginning to use the challenge coin tradition to help represent accomplishments in their businesses. This modern approach to awarding challenge coins has garnered some criticism from the traditionalists. Signature Coins has been making challenge coins for 20 plus years, and we see more and more companies joining in on awarding custom challenge coins to customers, staff, and volunteers. They are using them to build morale in teams, link people with similar interests and even to promote their brand or charities.

Generally speaking you give someone a challenge coin when you want to honor them for a good deed or for their hard work.

Challenge coins still play a major role in the military today, much like a "Thank you Plus" or "Great Job Plus". In the armed forces not every action rates an honorable medal or certificate, for those moments when someone is deserving of more than a thank you, awarding them with a challenge coin fills the gap.

As a very simple miltary example. You're out on a 3 day field op. One of your guys or gals busts their butt during a particularly stressful couple hours of it. Shows great attitude, effort, and was overal top notch. If you tried to write it up, it wouldn't "quite" be "award worthy" but definitely deserved "recognition."

Now even if you're not a veteran or a member of the armed forces, you can still recognize and award someone with custom challenge coins.

You can use challenge coins to reward employees after the completion of a special project or if huge accomplishments have been made company wide. The coin design can be representative of the achievement, the employee or the company goals. Studies show when employees are recognized for a job well done, they feel more satisfied with their job performance, are more likely to reach for higher goals, and are more loyal to their organizations.

Finding the right time and place to give someone a challenge coin can be, well, a bit challenging.

  • Military tradition has a few ways of approaching this honor. One being "The Secret Handshake" where commanding officers, department officials or the president himself would shake a soldiers hand and "slip" them the coin via the handshake. Transferring the coin shouldn't be dramatic or obvious, like a quiet wink and a nod, this honor is more personal to the people giving and receieving the award and less ceremonial. Although a bit more obvious, another military tradition is to hand them out in front of a formation or during a meeting, but it's more commonly done one on one.

  • As more civilians and businesses use challenge coins, they have taken a more ceremonious and inclusive approach to awarding them. When looking to give a challenge coin to an employee or team member most businesses will do it during a team meeting. Some businesses have even integrated their employee award recognition into their annual and quarterly ceremonies. Awarding their employees in front of others can be a great way to show the rest of the team that you too can be "recognized" if the effort is there.

  • Modern marketers are also finding that custom challenge coins make for great business cards, so many high end service providers, such as lawyers, accountants and commercial developers are now giving their custom coins out as a means of promoting themselves or their business offerings.

Challenge coins typically cost $3.00 -$5.00 per coin for a full production run of 100 coins generally speaking.

More specifically though, it depends. Challenge coin pricing is dependent on a variety of factors including size, quantity, and coloration. Your organization's insignia or logo, as well as the brand standards surrounding it, will often dictate coloration. The level of complexity, industry standards, and personal preference will dictate the size of the coin.

You can view our challenge coin pricing here.

Designing challenge coins is a lot of fun, but there's also a ton of things to think about before getting started. Luckily, we have years of experience making custom coins, and we're happy to help you every step of the way.

We have put together a how-to guide that will tell you everything you need to know about challenge coin design.

Challenge Coin Design 101: A How-To Guide For Creating Challenge Coins

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