What is an FBI challenge coin?

An FBI challenge coin is a custom coin made for a Bureau field office, task force, division, or program and given to the agents, analysts, and staff who serve on it. Some carry the FBI seal in the Bureau’s Pantone 281C blue; others are built entirely around a squad’s own artwork — a joint terrorism task force emblem, a counterintelligence motif, a state outline, or a special agent’s name and dates of service.

They are earned rather than sold: coins mark promotions, closed cases, task force assignments, academy and internship completions, and retirements. See real examples on our FBI challenge coins page.

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