Special challenge coins are being distributed among US Secret Service personnel and their families, who are expressing frustration at the requirement they work without payduring the partial government shutdown.

The coins are paid for by agents or other personnel on their own -- they are not official and use no government money. "DON'T WORRY, YOU'LL GET BACKPAY," isprinted on one side of the coins, according to a photo obtained by CNN's Jake Tapper. The other side has "UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE" and "ESSENTIALPERSONNEL" printed on it.

Challenge coins are historically collectable pieces of recognition that originated in the military, but have recently become more popular with civilian agencies.

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