Someone gave me a bunch of awesome acrylic tokens because they don't play anymore. But even more intriguingly, in the pile were two coins and one medal:

• Stele Open, April 25-26, 2015 (one side shows a metal TIE Advanced over a dark blue background, other side is alien language)
• Star Wars X-Wing - 2016 Store Championship (one side is rebel, other empire)
• Star Wars: X-Wing - Summer 2014 medal, one-sided
• image 1 , image 2 They're quite pretty, especially the Stele coin!

I personally don't get excited about challenge coins and medals; I like the ships and tokens more (stuff I actively use all the time). But if these are worth anything, I'd love to sell them to buy more ships, or just trade directly for ships. But I'm having trouble figuring out prices -- google searches don't turn up much. On Ebay I found the Stele coin for $27 but list price isn't always what things actually sell for; it could just be worth a buck and someone's hoping for a bite. The 2016 coin is listed for $15, and the medal could be $6 or $12 based on other years, but 2014 isn't listed anywhere (which could mean it's junk, or maybe extra valuable, hah!).

Does anyone know a good way to find out what these are worth (even ballpark, e.g. $5, 10, 20, 50, 100, etc)? If they're only $5-$20, then I'd prefer giving them away to local players who would cherish them (instead of haggling over a few dollars).

I can't say what they go for now, but I sold several of those circa 2016 (they were in more than one kit) to locals for $5 each. (I kept one of each.)

They run in the $10-$20 range. I gave one of those medals to a new player at the end of our league season. Some people like to collect those X-wing challenge coins just like the military ones.

Okay, if that's the standard price for them then I'd love to just give 'em away. I suspect I know of some players who would be delighted to receive them.

Thank you!

FFG designers: lets make these really great 2.0 tokens where its really clear both what type of token it is and weather or not its extinguished
FFG OP: Lets give everybody impossible to read coins

I realize now the OP means something else but w/e

If the coins are from ancient Greece or Carthage, then probably.

If they are from the United States, then probably not.

For reals, though, I'd give them to locals.

I'm sorry, but I feel personally attacked that people somehow have enough challenge coins and medals to @%#$^ SELL THEM FOR 5 BUCKS A POP. Buddy boi, if I get a single one of those beautiful glory discs in my hands, you can bet a VCX-100 (that you don't actually own) that I will perform a morally ambiguous ritual to seal that coin into the afterlife so I may cherish that sucker for eternity.

I can't give you one of my challenge coins (no more dupes, and I actually like them), but I might have a medal from ... 2014? you can have for the cost of postage.

14 hours ago, Roller of blanks said:

I'm sorry, but I feel personally attacked that people somehow have enough challenge coins and medals to @%#$^ SELL THEM FOR 5 BUCKS A POP. Buddy boi, if I get a single one of those beautiful glory discs in my hands, you can bet a VCX-100 (that you don't actually own) that I will perform a morally ambiguous ritual to seal that coin into the afterlife so I may cherish that sucker for eternity.

With that username, that figures.

27 minutes ago, RedHotDice said:

With that username, that figures.

All the dice usernames around here, haha.

I won a TIE fighter coin way back when, it was the only tournament that I ever took first. I used it as a coin toss for breaking initiative ties instead of a die roll. A few months after winning it, someone swiped it from my box. Bought a replacement for $5 about a year ago, but it isn't quite the same.

19 hours ago, Roller of blanks said:

I'm sorry, but I feel personally attacked that people somehow have enough challenge coins and medals to @%#$^ SELL THEM FOR 5 BUCKS A POP. Buddy boi, if I get a single one of those beautiful glory discs in my hands, you can bet a VCX-100 (that you don't actually own) that I will perform a morally ambiguous ritual to seal that coin into the afterlife so I may cherish that sucker for eternity.

A friend of mine told me about a guy he saw at Worlds or GenCon a couple years ago who was using Regionals coins as shields. I don't know what the list was, but apparently it had a non-trivial number of shields.

I managed to get a couple of coins and a medal before they vanished from the GNK kits. A shame, because I always felt like they were a fun prize. I know they weren't everyone's cup of tea but I liked them.

Rather than selling them off on eBay, I think the correct method of disposal would be to bury them in a box somewhere, so future generations can dig them up and wonder "What the h*ll kind of currency is this?!"

I have two of those that I won a bit back. and a Stele Open one that I was given. I'd suggest the next time you have a local event, donate them to the prize pool. I try to do that in my area with any duplicate or extra swag that I don't want/need. Our local group really appreciates seeing things like that that are uncommon since most don't travel to compete much.

I've also seem someone use them to flip to determine first player rather than roll a die.

So... you think my Mynock Open challenge coin is worth holding onto for more than a memento?

I took them to X-Wing today. We were playing Mario Kart mode, which I was looking forward to today! I had to rush to figure out a ship to fly, so I quickly showed off the coins and asked who wanted them. Many hands went up, especially for the really cool-looking Blue Stele coin. This presented a conundrum, since I wanted to be fair. I put the decision off throughout the game, and at the end we had to determine what to do.

The rebel/empire coin was easy: two people wanted it, so I rolled for who would receive it.

Then came the Stele coin, which was so popular I decided to add it to the prize pool (amongst three dial kits). I also put the medal in there. I'd won first place in Mario Kart by getting ahead with a low init and wonky barrel rolls (Starviper!) and then just zooming away and maintaining a maddening lead, and I didn't want to take my own prize back. That'd just be evil and counter-productive; I grabbed a dial kit. One of the players grabbed the Blue Stele soon after, and the medal was picked last (even after the other dial upgrade kits).

So that turned out to be a great use of the coins & medal! I hope people enjoy 'em!