Custom FBI Challenge Coins

The Highest Quality Coins for the Highest Quality Special Agents

We’ve made coins for the Bureau’s field offices, task forces, and training programs — including the first challenge coins earned by members of an FBI internship class. We are honored knowing that a coin like that becomes a symbol of someone’s personal achievement and the start of their career in the Bureau.

Custom coins like these are collected after crucial points in a special agent’s career like promotions, successful missions, celebrations and even for small steps like completing an internship program. When all is said and done, a personal collection is a narrative of your service in the Bureau. Each one tells a special story and has value so much more than just the precious metal plating the coin. They are earned through struggle and conflict, but also through excellence. They symbolize your right to be a member of the FBI and your ability to serve our nation with distinction.

We understand the importance of creating meaningful, high-quality designs that do justice in representing the Bureau and the men and women who serve the United States, and it shows in our work. We take pride in every project and work carefully with each client to ensure each coin comes out perfectly suited for their needs. If you are looking for a set of custom coins for your team, you have come to the right place.

Creating Custom Coins With Authentic FBI Designs

Our design team can recreate the FBI seal with complete accuracy. As you can see, we are careful not to miss a single piece of the familiar seal and even use the standard 281C Pantone blue paint to ensure every coin matches the Bureau’s established image down to the smallest decimal.

The pair above shows both sides of the same idea. One face carries the Department of Justice seal in Pantone 281C blue with a high polish silver rim; the other is entirely the squad’s own — the California grizzly and state flag colors behind a San Diego counterintelligence banner. Besides the entire Pantone color wheel and a variety of metal plating choices, we offer customizable options like edging, sequential numbering, 3D and 2D design and so much more. You can lead with the Bureau’s seal, or change up the formula completely and build the coin around the work your unit actually does.

Some of our favorite FBI projects have gone the second route: a Special Agent Bomb Technician coin built around a nuclear trefoil, a state-shaped coin for a Special Agent in Charge, and task force coins that name every partner agency on the rim. Whatever you’re looking for in custom design, our team is sure to bring your inspirations to life and add a little personality to your coins. Just send us your ideas, and we will be happy to get started.

Adding Personality to Your Custom Designs

The Albany Joint Terrorism Task Force coin above is a good example of how far a design can move from the standard seal. Black nickel plating, a single red enamel mark, and arrows naming each partner agency give the coin its own visual identity while still reading as Bureau work at a glance. The reverse names every agency in the task force around a city skyline — a detail that turns the coin into a record of who worked the case together.

According to the FBI, the agency employs over 35,000 people in a variety of different roles operating all over the country. With this large scale comes an equal number of unique opportunities to create meaningful and personal designs that capture the spirit of a team. You can design something for an internship program like the New York office has done in the past, for a team of seasoned special agents, or for any of the roles in between.

To see how different two FBI challenge coins can be, look at the ones in the gallery above. Artwork, color, size, and shape all change from office to office: some use an intricate 3D mold to recreate a badge and a state outline, others stay flat 2D with a single accent color, and cut-to-shape coins drop the circle entirely for a state silhouette. Each one has a distinct personality, and shows how much is possible in design with just a little imagination.

No two coins are the same, and the process of creating an original design is simple and fun. As long as you know something about your team, you have enough information to make something special. The FBI is broken up into branches like National Security, Intelligence, Science and Technology and even Human Resources. Each branch and each team has their own history, and coins are minted to reflect their character and heritage.

Tactical and crisis-response components go the other direction. CIRG, HRT, SWAT, and the crisis negotiation and tactical aviation units tend to order subdued designs — black nickel or antique silver, little or no colour, a motto and a component abbreviation instead of a full unit name, and sometimes sequential numbering so each coin is tied to one operator. Those coins are not meant to read across a room the way an office coin is, and the artwork gets built accordingly.

Even simple design cues like inspirational quotes or mission statements can make a difference in how a coin makes people feel. One coin we made carries a famous Theodore Roosevelt quote and a passage from Proverbs on the reverse, with raised lettering set against a textured gold plating so the text stays legible against the bright metal. The seal on the front is smooth to the touch; the flip side has a grainier, textured feel.

These were given out to remind people of their responsibilities to our nation and the importance of their work. The FBI is full of men and women who never back down and stop at nothing to make sure the job gets done right. When designs are made with a specific team in mind, they become a small piece of shared identity. Unique designs like these are only made possible by including some personal touches that define the team members all throughout the Bureau.

Trust Our Team to Get It Done Right

Since the year 2000, we have been refining our methods and perfecting our abilities. We have a written quality guarantee that ensures every client receives the highest standard challenge coins on every order, and our experienced art team has all of the tools necessary to bring your ideas to life. Custom coins are meant to make a difference in someone’s life. They are a physical piece of an identity shared among team members and symbol of personal achievement. If you need a personal and meaningful gift for your team, you have come to the right place. Get started today and see what kind of unique designs we can create for you!

Just send us some ideas on what type of design you would like, as well as a little insight as to what makes your team unique, by filling out our free quote form. Once that’s done, we will deliver your first free proof of artwork in 24 to 48 hours. After that, we encourage our customers to make as many free revisions as you need to make sure the artwork is perfect! Whatever kind of design you are looking for, you can trust our team to get the job done right.

FBI Coin Customizations

When agencies come to Signature Coins for their challenge coin customizations, they can expect to get their challenge coins created in three easy steps:

• First, send us your ideas through an online form submission anywhere on our website, or by giving us a call. We will then contact you and send you a free proof between 24 and 48 hours, along with a free price quote.
• Second, review your challenge coin for any possible spelling errors, or other modifications you would like to add and get free unlimited revisions during this phase.
• Third, when your coin passes your approval, submit an online order form, and we’ll start the custom coin creation and shipping phase. Standard production takes 3–4 weeks; shipping is additional (free, typically a few days).

As an optional follow-up — we’d appreciate it if you reviewed our work on Google and Facebook. We take great pride in our artwork and designs and hope our customers do too. Show off a picture of your challenge coins on social media and review us to show your appreciation.

At Signature Coins, we provide the easiest, friendliest way to create high-quality challenge coins online — period. With more than two decades of experience helping law enforcement agencies, military units, schools, and corporate organizations create custom challenge coins, we’ve learned the likes and dislikes of each type of customer. With that experience, we’re able to create the perfect challenge coins for every customer — ones they can take pride in.