New Colour version of The Standard Guide to Grading British Coins

[Chris Perkins]

The Standard Guide to Grading British Coins has been in print since 2009, initially as a colour hardback and then since 2014 as a black and white (greyscale) paperback. Some have criticised the black and white images over the years, and rightly so, but re-printing in colour was very costly and I always felt the price of the finished product was too high.

But I always felt it deserved to be in colour again, so now, for the first time in about 13 years, a colour version of The Standard Guide to Grading British Coins is available. Price is £20.95 (£2 off the normal £22.95) and it can be pre-ordered here, with delivery later this month and free postage within the UK:

https://coinpublications.com/product/the-standard-guide-to-grading-british-coins-colour/

 

[Peckris 2]

My 2009 first edition has some colour pictures it's true, but the majority are black and white. Is this new edition all in colour, or is it the same as the 2009?

 

[Chris Perkins]

The 2009 should be colour throughout but some of the silver coins can certainly appear like greyscale. Give me a few sample page numbers and I'll compare.

[Peckris 2]

 

On 9/13/2026 at 6:43 PM, Chris Perkins said:

The 2009 should be colour throughout but some of the silver coins can certainly appear like greyscale. Give me a few sample page numbers and I'll compare.

I think that must be it.

[Chris Perkins]

I think even a couple of the brass threepences came out very washed out, almost greyscale like, but everything was colour and the content is the same for this new colour p/b version.

[wlewisiii]

I really need to buy a copy of this. Do you remember the postage to the US so I can budget it in? 

[Chris Perkins]

11 hours ago, wlewisiii said:

I really need to buy a copy of this. Do you remember the postage to the US so I can budget it in? 

It should calculate it as £2 flat-rate for all deliveries to international addresses. I send the international ones from Germany as it's much, much cheaper than from the UK.

[wlewisiii]

Thanks, I'll try to work it into my next paycheck.