Sheriff Police Academy Challenge Coin
Academy Class Coins

Custom Academy Class Coins
Where the career begins

Custom challenge coins designed for police academy, sheriff academy, fire academy, and military academy classes — built by a law enforcement-owned team in California. Premium hard enamel. Museum-grade detail. Designed to last a career.

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500+ Coins Produced
4–6 Week Turnaround
100% Hand Inspected
2" Standard Size

Who Academy Class Coins Are For

An academy class coin isn't just a souvenir — it's a tribute. It honors the people who carried you through the academy and marks the start of a career you'll spend the rest of your life building. Whether you're graduating from a police academy, sheriff academy, or fire academy, a class coin captures that moment permanently.

Friends & Family

For the people who stood behind you through every early morning, every long night, and every doubt. A police academy coin or fire academy coin gives them something tangible to hold onto.

Staff & Cadre

For the instructors who pushed you harder than you thought you could go. The ones who helped mold you into the officer or firefighter pinning on a badge.

The Class

For every recruit who made it to graduation day. A memento of the beginning of a great career and a reminder of what you accomplished together as a class.

What You Get

Custom Artwork

Our team creates a professional design file from your sketch, badge, patch, or idea. No finished design required to start.

Digital Proof & Revisions

You receive a detailed proof for review before production begins. Revisions continue until you're fully satisfied with every detail.

Hard Enamel Build

Glass-based enamel fired at high heat and polished flush with the metal. Smooth, scratch-resistant, built to last decades.

Custom Packaging

A branded insert card designed for your class at no extra cost. Can include your badge, motto, QR code, or message.

Quality Inspection

Every single coin is inspected by our team before it's packed and shipped. No exceptions.

Reorder Anytime

Your mold is kept on file. Future reorders of the same design ship with no additional mold fee and faster turnaround.

Materials & Finish Options

The standard academy class coin is 2 inches in diameter, hard enamel, with a polished metal finish — the best balance of quality, durability, and cost per unit.

Hard Enamel — Our Standard

Glass-based enamel fired at high heat and polished flush with the metal lines. Produces a smooth, flat surface with a jewelry-grade feel. Resists scratching, fading, and daily wear. This is the finish we recommend for academy class coins because these pieces are kept for decades.

3D Relief

Deep relief engraving creates raised metal details with visible depth and shadow. No enamel fill — the design is expressed entirely through sculpted metal. Best suited for bold insignias, weapons, crests, and high-detail emblems.

Hybrid

Combines enamel color with dimensional metal engraving. Raised details provide structure while enamel sections add color. A strong option when your design includes both detailed imagery and colored elements.

Metal Finishes

Gold, silver, copper, black nickel, antique gold, antique silver, antique copper. Dual-tone plating available.

Edge Options

Flat edge, rope-cut, cross-cut, oblique line. Edge text available — class number, year, motto.

The Process

Every academy class coin order follows four steps.

01 — Submit Your Idea

Send us your concept: a sketch, badge image, class patch, or written description. Use our order form or email us directly at team@inservicehq.com.

02 — Confirm Details

We confirm size, quantity, timeline, finish, and design direction. If you have a budget range, we'll recommend the best configuration to meet it.

03 — Approve Your Proof

An invoice is sent to begin the design phase. You receive a detailed digital proof. Revisions continue until you approve. No production begins until you sign off.

04 — Production & Delivery

Production takes approximately 3–4 weeks. Every coin is inspected, packaged with your custom insert, and shipped directly to you. Full turnaround: 4–6 weeks for new designs. Reorders are faster.

Custom police academy class coin — hard enamel challenge coin by In-service

Academy Class Coin Pricing

Based on the standard 2" hard enamel coin: our most common configuration for academy classes.

Quantity Per Coin Mold Fee Estimate
100 $5.50 $140 $690
200 $5.25 $140 $1,190
250 $5.10 $140 $1,415
300 $5.00 Waived $1,500
500 $4.75 Waived $2,375
1,000 $4.50 Waived $4,500

The mold fee is a one-time charge. All future reorders of the same design ship with no mold fee. 3D designs: $200 mold fee. Final pricing depends on size, finish, and add-ons like edge text or dual-tone plating. For a full breakdown including patches and pins, see our pricing page.

Use Your Academy Coins as a Fundraiser

Many police academy and fire academy classes sell coins to family, friends, and department staff at a markup. A class ordering 500 coins at $4.75 each can sell them at $15–$20 and generate significant funds for class events, equipment, or memorials.

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Frequently Asked Questions

No. You can submit a sketch, a badge photo, a class patch, or just a written description of what you want. Our design team will create a professional design file from whatever you provide. Many of our best police academy and fire academy coins started as a rough idea on paper.
There is no hard minimum. However, because the mold fee is a fixed cost regardless of quantity, very small orders may not be the best value. For most academy classes, we recommend at least 100 coins to get a reasonable per-unit cost. If cost isn't the main concern, we're happy to produce smaller runs.
A typical new order takes 4–6 weeks from submission to delivery. This includes design time, your approval of the proof, mold creation, production, quality inspection, and shipping. Reorders of an existing design take 2–3 weeks.
Yes. We can recreate or adapt existing designs, including badges, patches, and logos — even from old or blurry photos. Our designers rebuild artwork and bring it to production quality. This is especially common with sheriff academy and police academy class coins.
We never begin production until you are fully satisfied. Reply to the proof with your requested changes, and we'll revise until it's right. There is no limit on revisions during the design phase.
Yes. Many academy classes use custom coins as a fundraising tool by selling them to family, friends, and department staff at a higher price. A class ordering 500 coins at $4.75 each can sell them at $15–$20 each and generate significant funds for class events or memorials. See our fundraising page for details.

Ready to Design Your Academy Class Coin?

Submit your idea and our team will guide you through artwork, sizing, pricing, and custom packaging. From police academy graduations to fire academy classes, we build coins that last a career.

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