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Sell Coins Online

Get the best price for your coin collection when you sell with our safe and trusted postal coin buying service, run by coin experts.
We buy hammered, silver, gold, modern, bullion, ancient and milled coins at The Britannia Coin Company.

Our Postal Coin Buying Service

At The Britannia Coin Company, we buy all coins, from large collections of historic currency to Royal Mint collectables, as well as gold and silver bullion like Sovereigns and Britannias. Our prices are competitive and transparent, informed by decades of experience buying and selling collectable coinage.

Thousands of Brits have taken advantage of our secure and simple postal coin buying service, which connects you to our friendly team of experts, without travel time, pushy direct sales tactics, or low-ball offers.

Submit Your Details

Fill in our simple online form and get a unique claim reference number

Send Us Your Coins

Pack up your coins securely and post via a tracked and insured delivery service

Get Paid Fast

Our experts value your coins and pay you the same day you approve our offer

Get Started: Complete Our Claim Form

Account Information
Create an account to track your valuation online
About Your Coins
Address Information

What Happens Next?

Once you have submitted your form, we will send you an email with your unique claim number and detailed instructions on how to post your coins to us. The email includes a printable form - if you're unable to print it, please handwrite your details instead.

We recommend sending your coins via Royal Mail Special Delivery®, a fully tracked, signed-for service with compensation available up to £2,500. If your collection is worth more than this, consider splitting it across multiple parcels, or contact us to discuss alternative options.

Once your parcel arrives at our valuation centre, we will email you to confirm safe receipt. We aim to complete valuations on the same day we receive your coins, though larger collections may take a little longer.

We will never process your payment without your approval first. Once you have reviewed our valuation, simply confirm by email or give us a call, and we will issue your payment the same day.

If you chose to create an account when completing your claim form, you can log in at any time to track the progress of your sale, from the moment we receive your parcel through to payment.

Prices We Pay

We aim to offer market-leading prices for all types of coins, and we are transparent about the rates we pay. To help customers compare our prices with other buyers, we publish our live rates for many common types of coin on our website.

If you are interested in obtaining a valuation before posting your coins or visiting our shop, we recommend contacting our team by email. You will need to send clear photographs of your coins or a detailed list of the items you wish to sell.

To finalise your valuation, we do need to see your coins in person. Often, a closer examination of your coins means that we can pay more than our initial quote.

Please note that our indicative valuations are not a substitute for a probate valuation or insurance valuation, though we are pleased to offer these services upon request.

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Visit Our Valuation Centre

If you would rather sell your coins in person, we offer free valuations by appointment at our main office in Royal Wootton Bassett, Wiltshire.

Our valuation centre is secure and discreet, with on-site parking available for customers. You'll be introduced to one of our friendly specialists, who will assess your coins in a comfortable, private room.

When you visit us, it's important that you bring a form of identification: either your photo ID driving license or your passport, plus a letter that confirms your address (e.g. an energy bill). We cannot complete your sale without viewing your ID.

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We strongly encourage you to compare our reviews (and our prices!) with other popular online antiques buying services. That’s the benefit of selling your coins with the experts.

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Frequently Asked Questions

We buy all coins from historic British milled coinage through to modern proof coins, gold and silver bullion, pre-decimal coins, foreign currency and more. Don't know what you have? We'll identify your coins and provide a no-obligation valuation.

No, we do not offer free post bags. Other antiques and gold buying companies advertise these packs as free, but their cost will actually be deducted from the price you are paid. We do not believe in hidden fees or deceptive marketing, and we trust you to post your coins via a postal company of your choice.

We generally recommend that people looking to sell their coins choose Royal Mail Special Delivery®. This is an insured and fully tracked service. It's the same service that most free post buying companies use, but you can keep more of your profit by shipping yourself.

When you choose Royal Mail Special Delivery®, you can opt for compensation for loss up to a value of £2,500. If your coins are valued at more than this, we recommend splitting them into separate parcels or choosing a different courier who offers higher insurance.

Yes, that's no problem. Please contact our customer service team by phone (the number is at the top of this page). They will be able to help you set up a customer account and talk you through alternate options for selling your coins, including booking a private home visit.

If you are looking for an indicative valuation before you post your coins, please call or email our customer service team. We can usually provide an approximate value based on photos or an inventory, but we can only confirm our final valuation after we have seen your coins in person.

Yes, you are welcome to book an appointment at our valuation centre in Royal Wootton Bassett or drop your coins off with us for assessment. If you would rather deliver your coins personally, then please reach out beforehand so we can make sure someone is available to meet you.

We aim to pay fair, market-leading prices for all kinds of coins. For common coins, we publish our current live prices, making it easy to compare our rates with other buyers. For more unusual pieces, we value based on market trends, condition and rarity - assessing each coin individually.

Our coin experts use their decades of experience to identify and authenticate your coins and provide informed valuations based on market rates. Current prices for gold and silver do inform our valuations, but we also take into account condition, collector demand and our current stock.

Once you have accepted our quote, we will authorise a bank transfer or cheque to the account details listed on the form included in your package. Bank payments are made the same day that you accept our quote (Monday to Friday, before 4pm). We do not offer payment in cash.

If our quote does not meet your expectations, we are happy to return your coins. Unless directed otherwise, we will post back to the address supplied on your paperwork using Royal Mail Signed For® 1st Class or Royal Mail Special Delivery®, depending on the value.

If you can't print out your paperwork, please handwrite your details on a sheet of paper - we need your claim ID, name, address, phone number, your bank details (name, sort code, account number) and a signed declaration that you own the items you are selling.

Yes, we do buy old holiday money, including currently circulating currency and old demonetised, defunct coinage. If you have recently exchanged your money, some retailers offer 100% buyback rates, so it's worth checking whether this is available before selling to us.

We buy all British 'Old Money' coins from before decimalisation in 1971. Halfcrowns, Shillings, Florins, Sixpences and Threepences made before 1947 are particularly valuable as they contain silver. You can accurately estimate their value using our free, online pre-decimal calculator.

We do not specialise in old banknotes, but our auction partners, RWB Auctions, are pleased to consign collections of notes to their regular general and specialist sales. Please contact the auction team to discuss selling your banknote collection.

We offer formal probate valuation for items like coins, fine jewellery and watches. We do not recommend posting items to us to value for probate using our postal coin buying service. Instead, reach out to our customer service team to discuss.

We also buy a range of precious metal items, including gold and silver jewellery, watches, pocket watches, silverware, bullion bars, military medals, masonic medals and scrap metal. If you have a mixed collection that you want to sell, then our valuers are keen to make you an offer.