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Its funny when everyone thinks of Essex , they go errr . but this is Essex and this is my house and view. Terry

All the best mate. Your daughter knows a lot more about pennies than me. She had a good teacher though and nice to see she is taking over

Welcome to the forum and happy 2017. Can't be certain with regard to grades from your photos. Looks like VF to NEF for the silvers, penny looks to be aUNC. There is no right or wrong way to start collecting and the initial purchases depend a lot on one's budget. Buying a starter set like this is perfectly fine (providing it was reasonably cheap) if just to get an idea of the denominations you might like to focus on in the future. But I would advise not buying many more such "sets" as they were put together by dealers using coins that are difficult to sell individually. E.g. GVF is not a very collectable condition for a 1937. Better off spending £20 or £30 on a real UNC coin instead in my view. And if you are changing your mind regularly about what you want, might be it is better to do more reading / research on the internet before buying more. Otherwise, you will accumulate a number of coins you won't want to keep later on.

Here's an 1820 shilling I have for comparison. These are rarer than the price guides suggest.

Excellent idea Dave, well here's a 'where you live' , or rather where I will be living come the Spring, the ancient farmhouse we have just bought in South Herefordshire, a few miles from Abergavenny and Hay on Wye. Lots of work to do, but in a gorgeous isolated setting (apart from the church and country pub 400 yards away!) Has had something of an adverse effect on penny funds though Blue sky in mid October.