Department of Education Challenge Coin with velvet case..

This is a great looking United States Department of Education challenge coin. Coin has reeded edges and is about 1 9/16" in diameter. All details are raised lettering and gold plated. Coin is contained in an acrylic airtight holder and displayed in an attractive black velvet presentation box which will make this a very impressive gift or presentation.

The United States Department of Education (ED or DoED), also reffed to as the ED, for (the) Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States. Recreated by the Department of Education Organization Act (Public Law 96-88) and signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on October 17, 1979, it began operating on May 4, 1980.

The Department of Education Organization Act divided the Department of Health, Education and Welfare into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services. The Department of Education is administered by the United States Secretary of Education. It has approximately 4,400 employees and an annual budget of $68 billion (2016).

The agency's official abbreviation is "ED", because "DOE" instead refers to the United States Department of Energy. It is also often abbreviated informally as "DoEd".