Obama made over 50 foreign visits during his Presidency. As Commander-in-Chief he was provided with custom challenge coins with unique designs specifically tailored to identify each of these visits. He would have given them to Military Commanders greeting him during the course of the visit.
So, for example, in July 2009 when President Obama visited Russia - I’m certain that the Pentagon had custom Russia/US July 2009 challenge coins made up exclusively for him as Commander-in-Chief IN ADVANCE to exchange with top US and (maybe?) NATO military officers that greeted him during his trip.
Yes, Clinton started the modern era of Presidents giving them out. Look at the NYT link.
Point was that the Kim/Trump coin is not a 'challenge' coin. So just say ok, I was in error there and move on.
Obama's coin (pic from ebay).
Trump's ugly and non-round 'coin', it is really thick also.
https://boingboing.net/2017/12/23/demoralization-strategy.html
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