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Built on craft.
Driven by passion.

Badgecoins started as one person's fascination with metalwork — and grew into a 50-person factory dedicated to making coins that people keep for a lifetime. We're factory direct, independent, and genuinely love what we make.

2014
Founded
50+
Team members
10+
Years of craft
50+
Countries served

A passion that became
a profession.

It started simply — a deep, almost instinctive love for metal craft. The weight of a well-made coin, the texture of a hand-finished surface, the way light catches a high-relief design. These things captured our attention long before Badgecoins existed.

That fascination turned into a serious study of the craft — the metallurgy, the die-striking process, the chemistry of antique finishing. In the spring of 2014, we took the leap and founded Badgecoins near Shanghai, in Kunshan — a city with deep manufacturing roots and access to world-class tooling.

"We didn't set out to build a coin factory. We set out to make things worth keeping — and coins turned out to be the perfect medium."

Over the years, the team grew. So did our capabilities, our client base, and our understanding of what a challenge coin means to the people who carry one. A unit coin isn't just metal — it's a piece of shared history. A retirement coin carries a career's worth of service. A collector piece represents something someone truly cares about.

We've never forgotten that. Every order we take, from a single sample to a run of thousands, gets the same attention to detail.

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Sean Gao
Head of International Sales

I lead the international team at Badgecoins, and I'm usually the first person you'll talk to when you reach out. My job is to make sure the distance between you and our factory disappears — that you feel like you're working with someone down the road, not across the world.

What I love most about this work isn't the logistics or the numbers — it's the clients. Over the years, some of the people we've worked with from our earliest days are still with us. They've become more than customers; they've become friends. We've made things together, watched each other grow, and shared in each other's milestones. That kind of relationship is why I show up every day.

If you have an idea — even a rough one — I'd love to hear it. Send me a message and let's see what we can build together.

What we stand for

Three things that never change.

01
Craft over shortcuts

We could cut corners on materials, on finishing, on QC. We don't. Every coin that leaves our factory has been inspected by hand. If it doesn't meet our standard, it doesn't ship — simple as that.

02
Honest pricing

We're factory direct. No agents, no middlemen, no markups passed down a chain. The price you get from us is as close to the source as it gets. We believe good work should be accessible, not inflated.

03
Relationships over transactions

Some of our clients have been with us since the beginning. That doesn't happen by accident — it happens because we treat every order as the start of something longer. We're in this for the long game.

Clients who trust us
to get it right.

Our clients range from small unit orders of 50 coins to large institutional runs of tens of thousands. They come from military commands, police and fire departments, veterans organizations, collector communities, and international brands.

We maintain strict confidentiality for all clients — no names, no designs, no details are shared without explicit permission. Several of our ongoing partnerships involve NDAs, and we honor every one of them.

All client relationships are treated with full confidentiality
Military Units Special forces, infantry battalions, aviation squadrons, command staff
Law Enforcement Police departments, sheriff offices, federal agencies, K9 units
Fire & Rescue Fire companies, EMS teams, rescue units, pipe bands
Veterans & Memorial AMVETS posts, memorial organizations, commissioning events
Collectors & Brands Limited edition series, international brands, corporate recognition

Kunshan, China —
close to Shanghai.

Our factory is based in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province — a major manufacturing hub 40 minutes from Shanghai with direct access to international freight and logistics. It's one of China's most established precision manufacturing regions, and it's where we've been building coins since 2014.

The distance between Kunshan and North America is about 7,000 miles. With tracked international shipping, most orders reach US and Canadian clients within 5–8 business days of dispatch.

Kunshan, Jiangsu
40 min from Shanghai · Est. 2014
Region Kunshan, Jiangsu Province
Nearest hub Shanghai (40 min)
Founded March 2014
Shipping to US/CA 5–8 business days
WhatsApp +86 189 1326 2329
Contact danny@sydcrafts.com
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