Pantex South End Nuclear Deterrence Challenge Coin Release The Hounds Burns NNSA For Sale

🔥 PANTEX SOUTH END • RELEASE THE HOUNDS 🔥A seriously detailed challenge coin built around the culture, history, and humor of the U.S. nuclear weapons complex and nuclear deterrence mission.One side depicts a worker in PxDT coveralls walking through the industrial South End corridor surrounded by piping, equipment, and building references including B61, B83, W76, W78, and W80, along with the painfully relatable thought:“I’m ready to go home.”Anyone who has worked around an industrial or federal facility will understand that one immediately.The reverse takes the design in a completely different direction with C. Montgomery Burns, nuclear cooling towers, an atomic symbol, Texas, and five charging hounds representing:LLNL • NNSA • DOE • LANL • SNLAcross the top:RELEASE THE HOUNDSAnd beneath the artwork:C. MONTGOMERY BURNS
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EST. 1942The rectangular format, rope-style border, antique-metal finish, deep relief, and selective blue/red enamel make this one especially impressive in person. There is an almost ridiculous amount of detail crammed into this coin, apparently because subtlety took the day off.Features:* Large rectangular challenge coin
* Double-sided design
* High-relief metal detailing
* Antique gold/bronze-style finish
* Selective blue and red enamel
* Pantex / South End inspired design
* Nuclear deterrence theme
* B61, B83, W76, W78 & W80 references
* LLNL, NNSA, DOE, LANL & SNL references
* Texas and atomic imagery
* “Release the Hounds” design
* Excellent display piece for nuclear-history and challenge-coin collectorsIdeal for collectors of Pantex memorabilia, DOE/NNSA items, nuclear weapons history, national laboratory memorabilia, military challenge coins, Cold War history, and nuclear deterrence collectibles.Coin pictured is representative of the coin you will receive.Collector/commemorative challenge coin. Not represented as an officially issued DOE, NNSA, laboratory, or U.S. government coin.