Most veterans have a few. A unit coin. One from a first sergeant or a chief. One pressed into a palm at Fort Sill or Tinker or Vance, at a change of command, at a retirement, or on the far side of a deployment. Some go back further, to a father or grandfather who came home from Korea or Vietnam with something in a pocket that meant more than its weight in brass.
Each one was given for a reason, and the reason is the part that matters. It is also the part that gets lost. The coin sits in a desk drawer or a shadow box for thirty years, and when the veteran passes, it goes to a son or a granddaughter who can read the crest but not the story.
AllCoin exists to write it down. A veteran, or a family member helping, photographs both sides of a coin they already own, adds a few lines about how it was earned, and it lives in a searchable Coin Library a grandchild can find decades from now. Uploading existing coins is always free for veterans.
To take part, go to allcoin.braav.co and create a free account; an email address is all that is required. Photograph the front and back of a coin in good light. Write the story: who gave it, when, where, and what it meant. Once your account is set up, you can also text a photo of a coin, with your account name, to (805) 395-6805. Then ask the veteran next to you at your post about theirs.
Questions are welcome at [email protected].
