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PROTOTYPE Coin - Ballston Spa
When my son graduated Prototype in BS I was able to purchase 2 coins there. One is a "spinner coin". (There's 2 coins in the picture, right now I'm just talking about the round one.) I bought a few (for myself & family) & when I got home I noticed one of them was broken.
Long story short I contacted the maker of the coins and they were able to replace my coin for me. (I've sent them another email to ask about the other coin but haven't heard back yet). My question is, would anyone be interested in ordering them since we would have to order 25 coins? Here's what they told me:
"We can do another run of them for you guys.
The coin we sent was our archival coin (we typically have one or two for every order).
To do another production run, the minimum would be 25 coins.
They would be $7.50/each for that QTY ($187.50 total). Shipping included.
Let us know if you'd like us to produce a batch for you.
Alex"
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Permalink Reply by B'sNukeMoM⚓️MMN(Vet) on
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Nukemom - I "bumped" the discussion about Challenge Coins. Look in the discussion forum and it should be at the top now. It gives a little background about the coins!
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Permalink Reply by jkayr on
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Hi All,
Sorry it's taken me so long to post again (having some medial issues). B'sNukeMoM⚓️MM2(CVN75)
Anyway, was very lucky to be able to make graduation in NY. Purchased the spinner coin and asked the very nice Officer for contact information for the Mom's who could not make the graduation. He gave me his card. It doesn't have an email address, but it does have a phone number :)
YN1(SS) Joseph T. Earomirski
Administration Department, Leading Petty Officer
(518)884-1252
Naval Nuclear Power Training Unit
PO Box 300
Ballston Spa, NY 12020-0330
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Oh jkayr - that's awesome that you got this info (I still haven't received a response to my emails). Hopefully anyone who wants a coin can contact YN1 Earomirski directly. I hope it's ok with you if I also post this info on the Ballston Spa page as I started a coin discussion there too!
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I am sure that would be ok, I specifically asked him for contact information for the Mom's and family members who were interested in coins and could not attend the graduation.
Love all the time you spend to help us Mom's ❤ B'sNukeMoM⚓️MM2(CVN75)
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Permalink Reply by UBU'sMom on
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Has anyone heard from Craig about the coins he was making for the nukes?
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I've sent several messages to Craig & even posted on his page - no response at all! I'm not sure what happened to the coin he was making :(
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Permalink Reply by boconavymom on
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I would buy about 6 of them.
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boconavymom - if you are able to go to the graduation you should be able to buy the coins there. They had a table right inside the door when we went & they had plenty of coins. I would suggest getting there early & buying them right away - and take cash! If you aren't able to go for graduation look above at the post from jkayr - she gave the contact info for the LPO that was handling the coins sales.
We still don't have any info from Craig on the coin he was going to design for us :(
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