Snoopy Chicago Cubs 125th Anniversary 1901-2026 Wrigley Field Commemorative Challenge Coin

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Snoopy Chicago Cubs 125th Anniversary 1901-2026 Wrigley Field Commemorative Challenge Coin

Why the Snoopy Chicago Cubs 125th Anniversary 1901-2026 Wrigley Field Commemorative Challenge Coin is a Must-Have

The Snoopy Chicago Cubs 125th Anniversary 1901-2026 Wrigley Field Commemorative Challenge Coin crosses 75 years of Peanuts baseball strips ?” Charles Schulz first published the comic on 2 October 1950, and Snoopy’s sandlot team has been losing to or beating Charlie Brown’s nine ever since ?” with the Chicago Cubs counting their line back to 1901 as a charter American League founding member before moving to the National League’s predecessor. Inside those 125 years sit the 1908 World Series win that started the 108-year drought, the Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance double play infield, Ernie Banks’ 512 home runs from “Let’s Play Two” Mr. Cub, Ron Santo’s heel-click run down the third base line, Harry Caray’s seventh-inning-stretch “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” tradition, and the 2016 World Series win against Cleveland that finally broke the curse with Theo Epstein’s front office and Joe Maddon in the dugout. This Snoopy challenge coin pins the whole Wrigley Field story onto a single piece of metal.

The challenge coin is struck in polished silver with deep Cubs royal blue, red and green enamel detailing. The hero face features Snoopy at centre ?” Charles Schulz’s iconic Peanuts beagle rendered in raised colour relief with his white body, black ears, black nose and the classic open-mouth dog-grin ?” wearing the Cubs home pinstripe uniform with the bullseye Cubs logo on the chest, a royal blue Cubs cap with the white “C” logo over his floppy ears (one ear tucked under the brim), white batting gloves wrapped around a brown wooden bat held mid-swing follow-through. The bat barrel carries a small “125” anniversary number stamped in white. Woodstock, his yellow bird sidekick from the Peanuts strips, stands at the foot of the figure on a white baseball, watching the swing. Behind him in raised colour relief rises the iconic Wrigley Field marquee ?” the bright red “WRIGLEY FIELD ?” HOME OF CHICAGO CUBS” sign that’s stood at the corner of Clark and Addison since the 1934 installation, with the modern white “C” Cubs logo painted on the centre. Famous Wrigley ivy growing wild on the outfield walls (the ivy was planted by Bill Veeck Jr. in 1937) wraps around the inner rim of the coin face. A “W” pennant flag ?” the same one flown after every home win at Wrigley ?” sits in raised silver relief at the 10 and 2 o’clock positions, with the “C” Cubs logo at the 12 and 6 o’clock positions. The outer rim wraps in deep royal blue enamel with raised silver lettering reading “CHICAGO CUBS” across the top arch and “125TH ANNIVERSARY 1901-2026” across the bottom arch, framed by silver stars and miniature baseball icons running the full circumference. A royal blue “EST. 1901” banner ribbon arches across the lower foreground. The coin finishes with a beveled rim, knurled milled edge and a heavy struck-metal weight that gives it the feel of an actual military challenge coin rather than a flat commemorative token.

Set it on the desk in a clear display case next to a framed 2016 World Series Game 7 ticket stub from Progressive Field, hand it across as a 125th-anniversary gift to a Cubs season-ticket holder who’s been on the Wrigley Field rooftop view list since the Sandberg years, or give it as a Christmas piece to a Bleacher Bums regular who knows every word of “Go Cubs Go” by heart. Also lines up as a Father’s Day gift for the North Side dad who took his kids to their first Wrigley game during the Cubs’ 2016 championship summer.

⚾ Why You’ll Love It

• Crosses 75 years of Peanuts baseball strips with the Cubs’ 125-year line ?” two American institutions in one piece
• Wrigley Field marquee relief shows the iconic red sign that’s stood at Clark and Addison since 1934, the most recognised stadium signage in baseball
• Famous Wrigley ivy border on the inner rim of the coin ?” the ivy Bill Veeck Jr. planted in 1937 that’s still climbing the outfield walls today
• “W” pennant flags raised at 10 and 2 o’clock match the actual win flag flown above the Wrigley scoreboard after every home victory
• “125” anniversary number on the bat barrel turns this into a one-season-only collectible rather than a generic team coin

🐶 Features

• Polished silver challenge coin with deep Cubs royal blue, red and green enamel detailing, beveled rim, knurled milled edge and heavy struck-metal weight
• Snoopy sculpted in raised colour relief with the iconic Peanuts white body, black ears, black nose and open-mouth dog-grin
• Cubs home pinstripe uniform with bullseye Cubs logo on the chest, royal blue Cubs cap with white “C” logo over floppy ears and brown wooden bat held mid-swing
• Woodstock sidekick at the foot of the figure on a white baseball, with Wrigley Field marquee relief and outfield ivy in the background
• “W” pennant flags and “C” Cubs logos at the cardinal positions, “Chicago Cubs” top arch, “125th Anniversary 1901-2026” bottom arch and “Est. 1901” banner ribbon across the lower foreground

🎁 Perfect For

• Crossover collectors who keep Peanuts comic strip collections and MLB memorabilia on the same shelf
• Wrigley Field season-ticket holders and Bleacher Bums regulars marking the Cubs’ 125th anniversary year
• North Side households who took the kids to their first Cubs game during the 2016 championship summer
• Christmas presents for Chicago-born families now scattered to the suburbs, the West Coast or the Sun Belt still humming “Go Cubs Go”

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