A Guide to Heirloom Gifting

Meaningful Gifts for a Lasting Legacy

In a world increasingly shaped by fast fashion and fleeting trends, heirloom gifting offers a return to what truly matters: story, sentiment, and sustainability. At Prenoa, we believe a gift should outlast the moment—it should whisper history, carry energy, and be cherished for generations. Whether you're celebrating a milestone, marking a birth year, or honouring someone you love, heirloom jewellery is a powerful way to make meaning tangible.

What Is Heirloom Gifting?

Heirloom gifting is the art of choosing a gift that is designed to be kept, treasured, and passed down. Unlike mass-produced items, heirloom pieces are made with intention—each one infused with craftsmanship, symbolism, and a timeless aesthetic. They are the antithesis of throwaway culture: sustainable, soulful, and storied.

Why Choose an Heirloom Gift?

  • Sustainability: Heirloom jewellery is made to last, reducing waste and promoting mindful consumption. At Prenoa, all our coins are no longer in circulation, so are saved from house clearances, antique stores and landfill. The metal used for chain, wire and other components is all eco - meaning it is recycled pure metal and not mined.

  • Emotional Depth: These gifts carry meaning—whether through a birth-year coin, a family crest, or a symbolic gemstone. A lot of our coins hold a traditional or sentimental meaning to our customers and we bring these together with their own forever coin. It may also be starting a new tradition or journey, with a grandchild or friend. 

  • Legacy: A well-chosen piece becomes part of a story—a token passed from one generation to the next. Who knows what a piece of jewellery will remind a loved one of, perhaps a place, feeling, moment or holiday. For example, I know a lady who wears her sixpence necklace on her grandmother's birthday. Her grandma used to always give sixpences as 'sweetie money' to her and her cousins.

When to Give an Heirloom Gift:

  • Milestone Birthdays: Celebrate with a coin from the year they were born, married or had their children.

  • Christenings & Naming Ceremonies: Offer a silver pendant or charm as a timeless keepsake. Silver is a very traditional gift at this time and much more budget friendly than gold.

  • Weddings & Anniversaries: Mark enduring love with jewellery that’s as lasting as your bond. Wear a sixpence as a reminder, and allow beautiful memories to come flooding back.

  • Graduations & New Beginnings: Commemorate achievements with meaningful symbols of luck and legacy.

Dainty Coin, Silver Necklace, Coin Jewellery Gifts for Her, Acorn Necklace, Oak Tree Necklace, Silver Pendant, Sterling Silver Chain.

Choosing the Perfect Heirloom

At Prenoa, our jewellery is crafted using real coins, many of them rare and/or discontinued, each one chosen for its design, traditional connotations and history, as well as its quality. We blend historical resonance with modern design—offering:

  • Solid sterling silver, solid 9ct gold, 9ct white gold, gold vermeil, rose gold vermeil and gold filled

  • Real birth-year coins from Britain, Ireland, France, the Commonwealth and beyond

  • Charms such as pearls (purity), moonstones (intuition), angelite, lapis lazuli and rose quartz

  • Customisable options for a personal touch 

Your chosen piece will arrive beautifully gift-wrapped, complete with a keepsake card that tells the story of the coin and its meaning.

Prenoa gift cards tell the story of your coin jewellery

A Sustainable Alternative to Fast Fashion

Heirloom jewellery offers an eco-conscious alternative to trend-led gifts. Every piece is made in our small UK studio, using quality materials that stand the test of time. No plating that rubs away. No mass production. Just honest craftsmanship and a reverence for story.

Heating a sixpence to anneal it and attach a sterling silver pin. Badges and brooches are created in the same way as they have for thousands of years.

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Explore Prenoa’s collection of heirloom-worthy gifts and create something truly unforgettable. Because the best gifts are the ones that never stop giving.

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