Micronational Challenge Coins

This week, I'm focusing on several different micronational "trappings" (including challenge coins, currency, and stamps) that I've managed to build small collections of over the years - they might give you some idea about the depth and breadth of creativity that micronations can pursue.

Challenge coins aren't too common in the micronational world yet, but that's slowly starting to change. One of the elements in the "swag bag" at MicroCon 2025 was a challenge coin, in fact. Here's the ones I have collected in the last few years. This includes the aforementioned MicroCon 2025 coin from the Aerican Empire, one presented to me by Jordan Farmer, the former prime minister of Westarctica, and one from the Chief of Staff of Karnia-Ruthenia, as well as a commemorative coin I had made and distributed to signatories of the CHICAGO Agreement (see note below) and my personal challenge coin.

Top Row: MicroCon 2025, Prime Minister of Westarctica, Karnia-Ruthenia Chief of Staff
Bottom Row: CHICAGO Agreement commemorative coin, my personal challenge coin

Same coins as above, just flipped over!

NOTE: The CHICAGO Accord (or Agreement) is short for the Cyber Hostility Intervention Comprehensive Agreement Covering Offense. It's a treaty I drew up in conjunction with my talk at MicroCon 2023 (which was held near Chicago!) about cyber warfare and micronations. Effectively, signatories of the CHICAGO Accord promise not to engage in offensive cyber warfare against other micronations. A list of signatories of the CHICAGO Accord can be found here.

Edited to add: if you're wondering what the deal is with challenge coins, Howard Tayler wrote a pretty good guide on his Schlock Mercenary web comic some years ago.