AY Honor Pin Trading Answer Key

Pin Trading

Skill Level

1

Year

2014

Version

02.11.2025

Approval authority

South American Division

1

Explain the origins of pin trading, and how it got started in the Pathfinder Club.

2

Define the following terms:

2a

Button

2b

Clutch

2c

Etiquette

2d

Lanyard

2e

Pin

3

Identify the two most common types of pin backs, and demonstrate or describe how to safely attach and remove them.

4

Know where you can get pins for trading, including free or inexpensive pins. Collect at least three pins for trading.

5

Discuss at least five different methods of displaying your pins for trading. Choose a method you like and arrange your pins for trading.

6

Name three venues or events where pin trading is a popular activity.

7

Discuss the three “F’s” of pin trading etiquette:

a. Fun

b. Fair

c. Friendly

8

Trade pins with at least five people you don’t know at a venue or event where pin trading takes place, using the “Fun, Fair, Friendly” principles of etiquette. Share with someone else or in a group any interesting stories or people you met while trading pins.

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