was sworn in he had a sampling of his challenge coin collection displayed on a credenza behind his desk in the oval office where it is visible in photographs alongside a frederic remington sculpture of a cowboy riding a rearing broncothe challenge coin for the trump campaigns private security detailimagecreditjared soares for the new york timesimagecreditjared soares for the new york timesthe numismatic side of mr trumps presidency elicited unwanted headlines after images of two coins the republican national committees make america great again coin and one issued ahead of mr trumps meeting with the north korean leader kim jongun were publishedreplacing the nations motto with his campaign slogan is kind of tacky the comedian stephen colbert said riffing on the republican national committee coin on his cbs latenight show but he quipped it beat the first choice good for one free drinkthe north korea coin ordered by white house communications agency personnel drew umbrage across the political spectrum for a different reason senator chuck schumer democrat of new york urged the administration to remove mr kims likeness he is a brutal dictator and something like the peace house would be much more appropriate mr schumer wrote on twitter referring to the site used for negotiations between north and south korea in the demilitarized zone separating the two nationsbut the coin incited a surge of interest in challenge coins like nothing that collectors could recall spawning a host of knockoffs and creating an opportunity for a private company based in central pennsylvania the white house gift shop the shop which was once affiliated with the federal government quickly ordered nearly 100000 copies of a version of the coin from the company that had designed and produced the original challenge design consumers seeking to buy the coins crashed the white house gift shops website and jammed its phone lines the coin which differs substantially from the original is listed for 49 on the companys websitethe north korea coin produced for white house communications agency membersimagecreditwhitten sabbatini for the new york timesimagecreditwhitten sabbatini for the new york timesthe north korea summit meeting coin produced for the white house gift shopimagecreditwhitten sabbatini for the new york timesimagecreditwhitten sabbatini for the new york timesthe white house gift shop plans to sell two additional north korea coins in what it bills as a historic art coin series the second coin will have a side showing mr trump flanked by mr kim and president moon jaein of south korea in front of their nations flags with a dove holding an olive branch in its beak the reverse side is essentially a paean to the singapore summit meeting depicting the resort at which it was held and a banner that lists the date and the words diplomatic historythe third coin will seek to capture the outcome of the talks possibly including the nobel prize should mr trump or mr kim win it said mary h harms the owner and creative director of challenge designwhat we try to