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Creating lapel pins is all design, color and content.  Usually when a customer calls to work with a designer on making the perfect pin, the last thing on their mind is the attachment.  This is fine of course, as what people at large will really be seeing is the lapel pin front itself.  This is really what we want to shine. Once the design phase ...

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Recently, a military customer wanted a 3-D design of a helicopter for one side of his new challenge coin. He didn’t have a drawing that he could send, but he had a photograph. “No problem,” said Paul Stark, president of The Monterey Company, a leading custom-made lapel pin and coin manufacturer. “Send us your photo and we can turn it into a workable design, perfect ...

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Lettuce growers beware!

by montereypins on February 15, 2008 · 0 comments

From dragons and eagles to presidents, clipper ships and vintage cars, nearly every image has been featured on a coin nowadays. Yet, when a wholesale grocer from Houston, Texas, asked Monterey’s President Paul Stark to feature a head of lettuce on a coin, he was initially puzzled. “How can we make it look classic and realistic?” he asked.

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The old adage, “Good things come in small packages” is true at The Monterey Company. Take a look at all the lapel pins that are featured on our website. Most lapel pins are a standard size, 1-1 ½ inches, but others, ¾ inches or smaller, can be just as effective for your organization. (See pin inset with ruler). You might think that you couldn’t put ...

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Dragon Coin

For centuries, the subject of Chinese painting includes flowers, birds, fruit, vegetables, fish, animals—and in particular dragons. Generally, the dragon was considered to be a benevolent creature, a bringer of rain and emblem of the emperor. It also represented male fertility and as such is associated with water. The dragon may be rising from the waves or writhing between misty clouds. This 2-inch dragon coin, ...

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