Robert Pennington 
How to Progress as a Coin Collector: Building Focus and Expertise The Moment Everything Changes Most coin collectors can point to a single moment when a casual interest became something more serious. For many it happens quietly – you are sorting through your grandfather’s old tobacco tin, or emptying a jar of loose change before … Read more
Insuring a Coin Collection in the UK You’ve spent months, maybe years, hunting through car boot sales in Lincolnshire, bidding on Heritage Auctions, and carefully adding to your collection of British sovereigns, pre-decimal pennies, and commemorative crowns. Your collection has grown into something genuinely valuable — not just financially, but personally. And then it hits … Read more
How to Value Your Coin Collection Whether you have inherited a tin of old coins from a relative, picked up a few interesting pieces at a car boot sale, or spent years building a carefully curated collection, understanding what your coins are actually worth is one of the most important skills you can develop as … Read more
Thematic Coin Collecting: Animals, Ships and Landmarks Introduction: Why Collect by Theme? Coin collecting – known formally as numismatics – can feel overwhelming when you first start out. Walk into any coin fair at the Birmingham NEC or browse the shelves at a specialist dealer on London’s Cecil Court, and you will quickly discover that … Read more
How to Research the History Behind a Coin There is something quietly thrilling about holding a coin that has passed through dozens — perhaps hundreds — of hands over the centuries. A Georgian penny, a Victorian shilling, a hammered silver groat from the reign of Edward III. Each one is a small, solid piece of … Read more
Celtic Coins of Ancient Britain A World Hiding in Plain Sight There is a moment that every Celtic coin collector remembers. For many it happens in a museum – standing in front of a small glass case at the British Museum or the Ashmolean in Oxford, peering at a handful of gold staters no bigger … Read more
UK Coin Collecting Clubs and Societies: Your Guide to Joining the Community One of the best things you can do when you start collecting coins is to find your people. And in the UK, there are plenty of them. From small local clubs meeting above a pub in a market town to national societies with … Read more
How to Sell Coins in the UK: Getting a Fair Price Before You Sell Anything, Do This First A friend of mine – a retired schoolteacher from Derbyshire – inherited a biscuit tin full of coins from her late father. There were Roman denarii rattling around next to Victorian pennies, a handful of pre-decimal shillings, … Read more
Where to Buy British Coins: Dealers, Auctions and Online Starting a coin collection can feel like standing at the edge of a very large, very old ocean. There are centuries of British history minted into metal, thousands of dealers and auction houses, and an internet full of listings that range from genuine bargains to outright … Read more
Coin Storage at Home: Temperature, Humidity and Light You have just received your first coin from a dealer at a coin fair, or perhaps you have pulled a handful of interesting old pieces from a relative’s biscuit tin. Either way, you are now the custodian of something that may be hundreds of years old, and … Read more