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What is a Challenge Coin?
The Challenge Coin is a coveted treasure, meant to be carried at alltimes. Modeled after U.S. military challenge coins, the Challenge Coin is theequivalent of gold stars for top bartenders and connoisseurs in the know. Likemilitary coins, they are given to those with exceptional talent and knowledge.
This is inspired by military tradition where you get a coin fordifferent missions. If you go to an officer's club or people are out inuniform, you pull out your challenge coin. Anyone in the group missing theirswould have to buy a round. If everyone has one, the person who issued thechallenge would have to pay. There are some rules. You have to have it on youat all times. You must be able to produce it in less than 4 steps.
The Challenge Coin is a rare item to begin with and this is the onlytime Basil Hayden’s produced them, only a couple hundred were ever minted...