Coin Guide
Below you'll find information regarding our most commonly ordered coin types. These are the coins you can select to turn into pendants as shown when browsing our online shop. If you are ordering a pendant design and would like a specific year, please use the information on this page to choose a particular coin/year combination provided. If you are interested in a coin which is rare or in an unavailable year, please contact us and we will try our best to accommodate you.
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Old One Penny The classic British penny, sometimes abbreviated to just 'd'. For the 'rare or unavailable' years we can often source the same penny from a different Mint, in another country (i.e. an Australian penny). Material: Bronze Diameter: 31mm Coin Years: E.g. 1895-1967 Rare or Unavailable Years: eg 1933, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1950, 1951,1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960
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Old Halfpenny This is a good size for a smaller pendant design. Material: Bronze Diameter: 27mm Coin Years: 1900-1967 Rare or Unavailable Years: 1934, 1940, 1941 |
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Non-Silver Half Crown Made from Cupro-Nickel, this is the last half crown design made pre-decimalisation. Material: Cupro-Nickel Diameter: 32mm Coin Years: 1947-1967 Rare or Unavailable Years: eg 1952 |
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Non-Silver Sixpence The 'lucky' Sixpence, previously hidden in Christmas Puddings for the unlucky recipient, is smaller than most of the coins we work with, hence not all designs can be cut in to this coin. Ideal for cufflinks. Material: Cupro-Nickel Diameter: 19mm Coin Years: eg 1947-1967 Rare or Unavailable Years: eg 1952 |
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Old Ten Pence These florin-sized coins are no longer legal tender and are much larger than the modern ten pence. Diameter: 28.5mm Material: Cupro-Nickel Coin Years: Eg 1968-1992 Rare or Unavailable Years: none |
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New Ten Pence As well as the Nickel-Plated version of this coin, the Mint also produces a Sterling Silver version which can be obtained from the Mint, contact us for more information. Diameter: 24.5mm Material: Nickel Plated Steel Coin Years: eg 1992-Present Rare or Unavailable Years: None |
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Old Fifty Pence Larger than the New Fifty pence this seven-sided coin makes a great coin pendant. Diameter: 30mm Material: Cupro-Nickel Coin Years: 1969-1997 Rare or Unavailable Years: None |
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New Fifty Pence Smaller than its predecessor this coin can also be obtained in solid Silver or Gold, contact us for more information. Diameter: 27.3mm Material: Nickel-Plated Steel Coin Years: 1997 - Present Rare or Unavailable Years: None |
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Old Five Pence Same size and weight as the Old Ten Pence, this coin is no longer legal tender and is considerably larger than the new five pence pieces, which are too small to be cut, but not large enough for every design. Ideal to be used for cuff-links. Diameter: 23.59 Material: Cupro-Nickel Coin Years: 1968-1990 Rare or Unavailable Years: None |
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Non-Silver One Shilling This coin comes in both English and Scottish versions. Please let us know if you have a preference. Diameter: 24mm Material: Cupro-Nickel Coin Years: 1947-1966 Rare or Unavailable Years: 1952, 1956, 1958 |
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Non-Silver Two Shilling (Florin) A very nice sized coin to use for a pendant (we think!) and ideal design for rings keeping the outer writing of the coin intact. Diameter: 30mm Material: Cupro-Nickel Coin Years: 1947-1967 Rare or Unavailable Years: 1950, 1951, 1952, 1958 |
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Half Silver Sixpence The 'lucky' Sixpence, previously hidden in Christmas Puddings for the unlucky recipient, is smaller than most of the coins we work with, hence not all designs can be cut into this coin. Ideal for cufflinks. Material: Half Silver Diameter: 19mm Coin Years: 1920-1946 Rare or Unavailable Years: 1923 |
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Half Silver One Shilling Similar to the non-silver version but containing fifty percent Silver. Ideal for women's size rings. Diameter: 24mm Material: Half Silver Coin Years: 1920 - 1946 Rare or Unavailable Years: None |
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Half Silver Two Shilling (Florin) Similar to the non-silver version but containing fifty percent Silver. Ideal for men's ring sizes. Diameter: 30mm Material: Half Silver Coin Years: 1920-1946 Rare or Unavailable Years: 1924, 1925, 1926, 1932 |
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Half Silver Half Crown The coin that most of our pendant designs are based around. Only slightly bigger than the old One Penny. Diameter: 32mm Material: Half Silver Coin Years: 1920-1947 Rare or Unavailable Years: 1924, 1925, 1926, 1930 |
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Solid Silver One Shilling Dates for this coin can go back further than 1890, but due to variations in price you will need to contact us for quotes. Diameter: 24mm Material: 925 Silver Coin Years: 1890-1919 Rare or Unavailable Years: 1903, 1904, 1905, 1908 |
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Solid Silver Florin (Two Shillings) Dates for this coin can go back further than 1900, but due to variations in price you will need to contact us for quotes. Diameter:30mm Material: 925 Silver Coin Years: 1900-1919 Rare or Unavailable Years: 1905, 1908, 1909, 1913, 1917 |
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Solid Silver Sixpence The 'lucky' Sixpence, previously hidden in Christmas Puddings for the unlucky recipient, is smaller than most of the coins we work with, hence not all designs can be cut into this coin. Ideal for cufflinks. Material: 925 Silver Diameter: 19mm Coin Years: 1900-1919 Rare or Unavailable Years: 1904 |
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Solid Silver Half Crown Dates for this coin can go back further than 1900, but due to variations in price you will need to contact us for quotes. Diameter: 32mm Material: 925 Silver Coin Years: 1900-1919 Rare or Unavailable Years: 1903, 1904, 1905, 1908 |
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Maria Theresa Thaler 1780 Weighing one ounce of Solid Silver. These coins allow the space for intricate and highly detailed pendant designs. Perfect for the Tree Of Life designs. Available only on a 1780 coin as they are re-strikes. Diameter: 40mm Material: Fine Silver Coin Years: 1780 Rare or Unavailable Years: None
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Solid Silver Crown The Daddy of British Silver Coins. Weighing one ounce of Solid Silver. These coins allow the space for intricate and highly detailed pendant designs. Same size as a modern Solid Silver £5 coin (which we can also obtain for you on request). Diameter: 38mm Material: 925 Silver Coin Years: eg 1887-1900 Rare or Unavailable Years: None |
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Farthing Beautiful as cufflinks, but a little small for pendant designs. Diameter: 20mm Material: Mostly Copper Coin Years: 1900-1956 Rare or Unavailable Years: None |
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Threepence This coin weighed 6.6 grams and the diameter was 21 mm across the sides and 22 mm across the corners. Coin years 1946-1967 Rare or Unavailable Years: 1946, 1949 |
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Copper Canadian One Cent Perfect for transformation into oak-leafed rings. Diameter: 19mm Material: Copper Coin Years: n/a Rare or Unavailable Years: n/a
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