Customer Testimonials
Phoenix Police Department
“The coin is designed with our unit shield front and center so it's a lasting source of pride for the whole team.”
Design 689
“As a result of this contest and the publicity from it, we saw over three million new visitors to our website...”
USS Mesa Verde
Despite being battered by the fiercest hurricane in American history, the USS Mesa Verde is still going strong and on schedule to meet her official launch in June 2007.
The Hunt for the USS Alligator
About the coin commemorating the “Hunt for the Alligator,” Chief Hogge hopes that it will continue to spark interest in what he believes is “...one of the best stories in U.S. Navy history.”
Winning the Army-Navy Game Toss
Northwest Territorial Mint was selected to design and strike the “Anchor’s Aweigh” coin at the request of the U.S. Naval Academy Band, which in turn, became the game coin for the 2006 Army-Navy football game.
Joint Task Force Katrina
Once NEXCOM officially approved the design, Northwest Territorial Mint’s production team faced the challenge of being able to mint, package, and deliver the commemorative Katrina coin in a very tight schedule.
Finding Pride in Coins
“Coins are part of a tradition in the military. I have a growing collection from my time in the Navy that I plan to display for the rest of my life.”
Pleiku-Ia Drang Veterans
“I was impressed that the company had over twenty years of experience in creating specialty coins for America’s military.”
Marines Mt. Rainier Memorial
Members of the Mount Rainier Marine Corps League take heart from the fact that a medallion commemorating the tragedy is now in the hands of family members and close friends.
173rd Airborne
173d Airborne Brigade creates a stunning medallion that captures the unit's unique identity and commemorates the Sky Soldier Memorial.


During most of the 5th century BC, Athens was the greatest power of the Aegean world. During that time, owl coinage became ubiquitous, featuring the goddess Athena on one side and an owl, with the letters “AQE” on the other. Athens restricted the issue of independent coins at most of the cities within her sphere of influence, creating an imperial currency. But as Athens declined and then was defeated by Sparta in 404 BC, the currency was increasingly pressed in bronze and clad in silver. 