Coins

The Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame, being from the Battle Born state, strongly supports the centuries-long tradition of the challenge coin dating back to the Roman Empire who rewarded soldiers by presenting them with coins to recognize their achievements. The Office of Strategic Services, now the Central Intelligence Agency, first used challenge coins during the Hitler Era by personnel deployed in Nazi-held France. The coins were merely a local coin used as a "bona fides" during a personal meeting to help verify a person's identity. There would be specific aspects such as the type of coin, date of the coin, etc. that were examined by each party. This helped prevent infiltration into the meeting by a spy who would have to have advance knowledge of the meeting time and place as well as what coin was to be presented, amongst other signals, as bona fides. Quoted shipping rates apply to sales within the USA only. NVAHOF offers challenge coins identifying those units or organizations earning enshrinement into the Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame so that you can acknowledge further them should you be challenged with a loudly announced "Coin Check,� hoping to nail you for a round of drinks for those producing their coin.

2013 NVAHOF Challenge Coin featuring the US Air Force Thunderbirds
2013 Thunderbird Challenge CoinThe 2013 NVAHOF Challenge Coin features the US Air Force Thunderbirds Demonstration Team enshrined into the Nevada Aerospace Hall of Fame. Quoted shipping rates applies to sales within the USA only. $15.00
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2018 MiG Challenge CoinNVAHOF producted its MiG Challenge Coin to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the first Soviet MiG-21 flying at Area 51 in Nevada, and to commemorate the enshrinement into NVAHOF the 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron - Red Eagles, CMSG Richard Sinclair of the 6513th Flight Test Squadron, and 2013 enshrinee Col. Gail Peck who formed Constant Peg, the Red Eagles. $15.00

2019 NVAHOF U-2 Challenge Coin
2019 U-2 Challenge CoinThe 2019 NVAHOF U-2 challenge coin symbolizes the CIA and USAF U-2 programs and the 14 USAF, Lockheed, Hycon, and CIA personnel who perished in a C-54 crash on Mt. Charleston, Nevada while commuting to Area 51 for the 2d flight of the CIA's U-2 reconnaissance plane. $15.00