Guide

Guide to Collecting Proof Sets - Royal Mint Proof Sets are very popular with collectors. Prices can start low, but some sets can have relatively high prices.

Guide to Collecting Shillings - The Shilling (written 1/-) is one-twentieth of a pound, worth 12 old pence (5 new pence). Shillings are old coins and the English shilling has been around since about 1549

Guide to Collecting Queens Beasts - The Queens Beasts is a series of 10 designs issued by the Royal Mint to represent the ten heraldic statues that were present at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Guide to Collecting Gold 3-Coin Sets - Gold 3-Coin Sets have been made by the Royal Mint since the early 1980s. They are popular and can be a good investment.

Guide to Collecting Silver Britannia - The Silver Britannia is a one ounce silver coin minted in the UK by the Royal Mint and generally available both in proof and bullion versions. Very popular with collectors and silver-stackers.

Guide to Collecting Half-Crowns - The Halfcrown was a British coin first issued around 1549. Due to it's long history, Half-Crowns are great to collect.

Guide to Collecting Gold £5 - There are two basic kinds of gold five pound coin: the gold £5 (quintuple sovereign) type and the gold Crown. They are the same weight of gold.

Guide to Collecting Half-Sovereigns - The Gold Half-Sovereign is a gold coin, being as it suggests, half the value and half of the gold weight of a gold sovereign.

Guide to Collecting The Snowman coins - The Snowman coins are usually issued every year around Christmas, as 50p coins, BU, silver and gold. Often colourised.

Guide to Collecting 10p - The Ten Pence coin (10p) was introduced in 1968 as a prelude to replacing the Florin (2 shilling) after decimalisation in 1971.