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The fifth Challenge Coin is here!

Get the new 2025 Museum Challenge Coin - between now and September 30, join our Plankowner crew by setting up a monthly recurring gift and we’ll send you our latest Museum Challenge Coin honoring the Coast Guard's Aids to Navigation (ATON) mission and the USCGC Smilax, the "Queen of the Fleet."

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The ATON mission is essential to maritime safety, economic stability, and national security, ensuring the safe and efficient movement of commercial and recreational vessels by maintaining buoys, waterways, and other critical navigation markers.

Simply establish a recurring monthly donation of $5, $10, $25, $50 or an amount you deem appropriate ($5 minimum) and maintain your support through to Museum commissioning (opening day in 2026). In recognition of your support, you will receive a temporary Plankowner certificate and once the Museum is open, an official signed and stamped certificate, suitable for framing, will be delivered to you. Thank you for joining our crew and for supporting the campaign to build the National Coast Guard Museum!

Plankowner Certificate