Old Pennies Mixed Date Bronze Coins

We sell old British bronze Pennies in large quantities for interiors projects and tiling. When you buy with The Britannia Coin Company you'll receive UK Pennies dated 1895-1969 in good condition, making it easy to add a vintage industrial flair to your home. We'll post your coins so you can get started quick.

The easiest way to clean Pennies is using a combination of salt and vinegar. Try immersing your coins in a half a cup of vinegar with 15 grams of salt, leaving for a while before washing the mixture off. You can also try metal cleaners like Brasso or Barkeepers Friend to get your Pennies looking shiny again.

Penny floors are actually be cheaper in material costs than lots of other flooring options like stone, tile and wood. The big cost of a Penny floor is the time it takes to lay it. This can be a time consuming process, especially if you need to sort your Pennies by colour for a geometric design.

It might be technically illegal to deface an image of the Queen but it's very unlikely you'll get in trouble for creating a Penny floor or using UK coins for other crafts, particularly when you used old, out of circulation Pennies. We wouldn't advise using old Pennies for any offensive purposes but otherwise we say have fun.

You’ll need approximately 2,400 old British Pennies to tile a square meter of floor, assuming you leave no gaps between the coins. Each of the bronze Penny measures 30.86 millimetres in diameter (less a little for wear). They’re machine made to exacting specifications so you can easily calculate the amount you’ll need.

Most old British Pennies are made from bronze. It’s only recently that steel-plated copper has been used to make these coins. Our bulk bags of pre-decimal Pennies contain only bronze coins: that’s a copper alloy with small amounts of zinc and tin. Earlier English coins were made of silver and pure copper.

We sell old copper-coloured Pennies in large quantities for interiors projects and tiling. These coins are actually made from a bronze alloy which is primarily copper with small amounts of zinc and tin for toughness. When you buy with The Britannia Coin Company you'll receive UK Pennies dated 1895-1969.

If you've laid your coin floor right including securing each coin to the floor with adhesive, carefully grouting and covering your mosaic in an epoxy resin layer then a Penny floor can be extremely durable. We advise calling in a professional to ensure your Penny floor is laid properly for a long lasting finish.

You'll need to grout between each coin when you lay a Penny floor and then coat the whole floor in several layers of epoxy resin. This can be a time consuming process but there's lots of step-by-step guides available online to walk you through the job which is made easier with out bulk bronze coin bags.

Covering a floor or wall in coins can be a time consuming process involving arranging and sticking down each coin with adhesive, grouting then covering in epoxy resin. The process takes longer if you're saving coins from your change for the job. Make things easier by buying our bulk bronze Penny bags, containing thousands of coins ready for your coin floor project.

There's all kinds of things you can do with old coins like Pennies including Penny floors, making jewellery and lots of other craft projects. If you've got old coins you want to sell for cash then contact The Britannia Coin Company. We buy all old coins. Get a free, no obligation quote via our Sell Your Coins page today.

A newly minted penny weighed 9.45g when struck. As these coins are circulated and have received some wear, we'd suggest ordering 110 coins to receive a kilo.