Creating custom coins is great, but the truth of it all comes down to this: you need a company with experience in creating them. Otherwise, your coin might not be what you expected or wanted which will leave things feeling less than satisfactory for both sides involved (the customer). There are definitely rules about making these types of challenge tokens though; if someone knows how to break those then they can make anything happen!
Custom minting large coins is not something every coin design company can do. When working with a new company, you have to ask, what is the maximum size of a challenge coin you can offer? Fortunately, by choosing to work with vivipins, the only limits to your challenge coin design are your imagination and budget.
On average, custom coins can range in size from 1 inch to 3 inches, but even 1-inch sizes are on their way out. The most common size for a challenge coin is 1.75 inches. These average size ranges mean that anything less than 1.75 inches is considered a small coin, while anything over 2.5 inches is considered a large challenge coin.
As is known to all, all more than 2.5 inches of COINS is thought to be the big size of the challenge COINS, but the number should not be your design challenges currency restrictions, you should know, if you have the need, most of the company can also provide 2.5 inches or more challenge COINS, so design, size is the most should not worry about a problem, but, as the size increases, More materials will be used, which will increase the cost, but 98% of people will think it's worth it.
There are several factors to keep in mind when considering ordering mega Challenge coins:Cost - The larger the coin, the more materials are needed to make it. So the bigger the size, the higher the unit price.
Thickness - The average thickness of the challenge coin is 2-3 mm. When you choose an oversized coin design, the thickness must also be increased to ensure there is enough metal to accept the details of the larger design.
Display - Custom coins are mainly for display in a place and we offer a number of different display options. The display method of challenge coins of different sizes is different. If the challenge coins of too large size are not suitable to carry around.
Production time - Depending on the other design elements you use, oversized challenge coins up to 3 inches in size should not change your production time. However, larger challenge coins require a longer turnaround time and mold-making time.
As long as you keep these things in mind when ordering larger coins, your end product is sure to be impressive.
The challenge coins given to soldiers are oversized in order to honor their accomplishments. However, competition is another incentive for ordering these types of medals and thus military units will often increase the size on future orders making them feel better about earning it from other branches or organizations that come into contact with captured prizes during battle conditions. For this reason, all branches have had some type of Oversized Challenge Coin made especially if they engage an enemy force more powerful than themselves so not only do you get credit but also bragging rights!
Military challenge coins tend to be large, but that doesn't mean they're the only ones who can make them. Corporate challenge coins also require larger challenge coins. Although corporate coins are usually used for promotion or service life and other occasions, the successful completion of a very large project is very worthy of celebration, so in this case, enterprises also have the need to customize large-size challenge coins.
Ordering oversized challenge coins may take longer to complete, but all with Vivipins will go into production as soon as you approve the final design. As a result, we can guarantee faster turnaround times than others in the industry.
Minting larger-than-average coins is a bit of a technical job, but we love a challenge. So, when you order a set of large-size challenge coins, please don't hesitate to send your ideas directly to our designers.
Thank you for choosing Vivipins, we look forward to our first cooperation with you, wish you a happy life!