Veteran owned & operated
Service Forged
The military service, design career, manufacturing experience and web systems behind Coinable.com.
The mission
Custom coins shaped by service and design.
Challenge coins are more than pieces of metal. They represent pride, loyalty, respect, service, achievement and memories. Jeffrey Rabenstein’s work combines the perspective of a Navy veteran, the eye of a graphic designer, the experience of a manufacturer liaison and the problem-solving approach of a web systems developer.
USS Wasp LHD-1
Fueled for flight.
As an Aviation Boatswain’s Mate in the Fuels Department, Jeffrey supplied JP-5 to AV-8 Harriers, H-53 and H-46 helicopters, Marine Cobras, Army aircraft, LCACs and anything else aboard or operating from the ship that required aviation fuel.
Navy service • 1993–1995
Life aboard USS Wasp
Born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Alan Rabenstein was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and grew up in the Altoona area.
Altoona Area High School
Graduated from Altoona Area High School in Altoona, Pennsylvania. In high school, completed nearly every available art course, took jewelry making twice, and created molds for casting pewter during the second year.
Great Lakes Boot Camp
Entered Navy boot camp at Great Lakes, Illinois, and served on the boot camp Drill Team.
USS Wasp (LHD-1)
Completed an honorable two-year active-duty tour as an Aviation Boatswain’s Mate in the Fuels Department, supplying JP-5 to AV-8 Harriers, H-53 and H-46 helicopters, Cobras, Army aircraft, LCACs and other equipment.
Operations Near Kuwait
Operated near Kuwait during overseas service aboard USS Wasp.
His Navy Recruiter — In Cuba
Another unlikely connection surfaced in Cuba, where Jeffrey unexpectedly saw the Navy recruiter who had recruited him into the Navy.
Overseas Tour
Liberty stops in France and Spain; travel to or operations around Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Bahrain, Jubail, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and the wider region. The ship crossed the Equator eleven times in one day near Somalia.
A Drill Team Reunion Aboard USS Wasp
Later in the USS Wasp tour, after operations and travel that included Kuwait, Somalia and Saudi Arabia, Jeffrey unexpectedly ran into his Great Lakes boot camp Drill Team instructor again aboard the ship.
Active-Duty Tour Completed
Completed the two-year Navy tour that was the shortest enlistment being offered at the time.
First in the Field
Became the first student in the graphic design program to work in the field through a junior-year internship at a commercial print house.
Signs and Art Direction
Worked at 21st Century Signs in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and served as an art director at an advertising agency before graduating.
Honorable Discharge
Received the U.S. Navy Honorable Discharge certificate recognizing honest and faithful service.
Bachelor of Science — Graphic Design
Graduated from Pennsylvania College of Technology with a Bachelor of Science degree in Graphic Design.
New Horizons — Instructor & Web Developer Courses
Worked at New Horizons Computer Learning Center in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, teaching computers, graphic design programs and other professional software. During this chapter, also completed Web Developer courses and additional software training and certifications.
Returned to Graphic Design
Returned to the professional graphic design industry after two years of teaching.
Coinable.com Founded
Founded Coinable.com, combining artwork, quoting, customer service, sourcing and custom coin production.
Pennsylvania to Arizona
Left Altoona, Pennsylvania, for Arizona and later lived in Peoria.
Pinable.com Founded
Founded Pinable.com and expanded into custom pins and related metal products.
Luke AFB — Glendale, Arizona
Luke Air Force Base, Glendale, Arizona.
Factory Visit in China
Visited a custom coin factory in China, gaining firsthand production knowledge and establishing direct manufacturing relationships.
eMilitaryCoins.com Acquired
Acquired eMilitaryCoins.com from Sylvia Olgesby, including the domain, website, brand, customer records, leads, active orders, inventory and related assets.
eMilitaryCoins.com Legacy
eMilitaryCoins.com began in 1998 under Sylvia Olgesby, with her husband John also working in the business. Its original challenge coin sources were in South Korea.
Woodland Park, Colorado
Moved from Peoria, Arizona, to Woodland Park, Colorado.
La Junta, Colorado
Moved to La Junta, Colorado.
Front End and Back End
Leads the front-end experience and back-end working systems for Challenge-Coins.com and Coinable.com while keeping both platforms completely independent.
Manufacturing reach
Multiple sources. One standard.
Manufacturing relationships have included sources in South Korea, China, Taiwan and the United States, providing options for materials, production methods, specialized products, schedules and domestic or overseas manufacturing.
Today’s development
Two independent platforms.
Coinable.com is the custom-coin manufacturing platform built around Jeffrey’s experience in design, sourcing and production. Challenge-Coins.com remains an independent platform with separate accounts, carts, databases, plugins, sessions and workflows.
A life in service, design, manufacturing and working systems—brought together at Coinable.com.
The record behind the story
Service led to design. Design led to manufacturing. The archive shows what followed.
The personal timeline explains where Coinable came from. The manufacturing record below preserves the earlier artwork, supplier relationships, finished production, people, tooling and production evidence that became part of the knowledge carried into Coinable.com.
Coinable.com Manufacturing Archive
Manufacturing Heritage
The documented manufacturing record carried forward through eMilitaryCoins.com and Coinable.com — the production history behind the modern Coinable flight deck.
1994 — About 1998
The Beginning
eMilitaryCoins.com began as a laser-engraving business before challenge coin manufacturing became part of the operation.
During those early years, mail was the primary method for exchanging artwork, proofs, correspondence and order information. These materials moved physically between the customer, designer and manufacturer rather than through email, online ordering or searchable digital systems.
Because those earliest transactions were conducted and recorded primarily on paper, no original digital record from that period has been located in the surviving business files. The surviving early history is therefore documented through physical archive material, photographs, finished coins and other records that were retained and later preserved digitally.
About 1998, challenge coin production developed through multiple South Korean factory relationships. Those sources established the early production record around tooling, dies and repeat manufacturing.
1999
Surviving Early Production
Six surviving archive images document three two-sided eMilitaryCoins.com challenge coins dated 1999. Each coin is shown as one record with Side A and Side B.
375th Airlift Wing — Help From Above
375th Support Group — Mission Support
Scott Air Force Base Heritage Coin
People in the surviving company archive
The archive includes two photographs and a signature image for Sylvia Oglesby, and one photograph and a signature image for John Olgesby.
Later Years — 2009 — Today
The Manufacturing Network
China is added
eMilitaryCoins.com added a China source while South Korean production remained part of the manufacturing network.
eMilitaryCoins.com is acquired
Coinable.com began with China-made challenge coins. The 2009 acquisition of eMilitaryCoins.com brought the surviving South Korean source, historical die work and production records into the combined manufacturing history.
One original South Korean source remains
Of the multiple South Korean factories used by eMilitaryCoins.com, one remains available today.
Archived manufacturer comparison
An eMilitaryCoins.com comparison sheet documented differences between China-made and South Korean-made challenge coins. The sheet presented similar overall coin thickness while showing the South Korean source with deeper cut relief and more aggressive sculpting.
Production Archive
From Artwork to Metal
The surviving production archive includes South Korean relief, finish and edge examples, factory 3D visualization, a rendering-to-finished-product comparison, and an artwork-to-production record.
3D visualization before production
Both sides of the custom coin are shown before physical production, including portrait relief, lettering, architectural detail and recessed fields.
Relief and finish detail
The same two-sided design is shown in antique gold and shiny gold with sandblasting.
Surface and edge treatment
The archive image shows the same coin with and without sandblasting and includes a side view of the reeded edge.
Rendering and finished South Korean production
The Elijah's Cry archive pair records the factory 3D rendering and the finished physical piece.
Artwork translated into production
The archive sheet shows finished coin photography, line artwork and a dimensional color rendering from one project. No factory source is assigned to this example.
Archive Photographs
Finished Coins in Service
Surviving photographs show challenge coins being held and presented in military settings.
Historical Tooling
Die Retention and Reorders
At the surviving South Korean source, historical dies can remain available for ten years or more. Some older coins can therefore be reproduced from original production tooling.
China and Taiwan production programs commonly recycle inactive dies on a shorter cycle.
Production Record
Documented Scale
Strongest surviving record period
QuickBooks exports and historical production databases provide the strongest surviving production record for this period.
Later production
Production continued across eMilitaryCoins.com and Coinable.com. The surviving historical databases do not fully capture the later years. The current working estimate is approximately 200,000 additional pieces.
Published lifetime production figure
The public figure is rounded from the surviving production record.
Coinable.com — the modern continuation
The history did not stop at manufacturing. It became a working system.
Coinable.com carries the service, design and manufacturing experience forward in software. The current flight deck connects the customer's creation, configuration, quantity, quote, project history and reorder path instead of treating them as unrelated steps.
The customer shapes the coin while Coinable's current tools turn those decisions into a usable flight plan.
MINI BOSS
The fastest starting point for a custom coin: product direction, size, shape, quantity and budget before moving deeper into the build.
START MINI BOSSPRI-FLY 2.0
The full configuration and quote workspace: features, quantities, pricing and budget decisions kept together as the coin takes shape.
ENTER PRI-FLY 2.0AIR BOSS 2.0
The deeper decision layer behind the signed-in custom build, keeping full options, comparisons, quantities, budget and customer project continuity connected.
OPEN AIR BOSS 2.0AIR BOSS 3.0
For a known coin coming back into the system, where established project specifications, quantity and budget can drive the next production decision.
OPEN AIR BOSS 3.0Different tools. Same mission.
