About Prenoa

Prenoa is a luxury jewellery brand founded by Rebecca Addison in 2011. With generations of coin collectors in her family, Rebecca combined her passion for metalsmithing and design with a love of the natural world, to create cherished pieces from timeworn coins.

Today, Prenoa offers heirloom quality coin jewellery and accessories for all kinds of milestone moments.

Rebecca has an art/design and teaching background, and working with people has always been a pleasure for her. In 2017, when the business really took off, Rebecca left teaching (Oil Painting and Print Making at a local Post 16 college), to pursue Prenoa full time. 

In 2019, Rebecca's step-father Paul came on board after his retirement from engineering. Paul was a perfect fit to Prenoa - a coin enthusiast and collector from the age of 9, an engineer and draftsman, with a hobby of forty years building custom motorbikes. Silversmithing seemed like the ideal post-retirement interest and his skills have created the workshop of dreams in this humble little nook of the world, making Prenoa very much a family run, artisanal business.

Prenoa offers a range of gifts for occasions like birthdays and anniversaries - but also believes in recognising the more subtle milestones like a new home, new job, graduation and acts of friendship. There is a bespoke service for those extra special gifts, all handcrafted in Stamford UK and time is taken to really consider each element, at every stage of the creation process. 

Prenoa means 'being true to what has been (Pre) and all that is (noa or now)', paying homage to the coins and their history, as well as the story that is being added by you and your loved ones. It is also a way of recognising the journey of life, the connection between coins and people, between people and people, along with the sacred act of storytelling and giving. There is a wonderful feeling in taking something that is forgotten, and revitalizing its meaning through connection and tradition, and sharing it around the world with like minded people and their loved ones - so the cycle continues.

 

With every touch, every rub, every exchange, we all add an energy to our treasures that transcends time and captures a single moment. Coins can transport us to our childhood, our holidays and day to day life with loved ones passed. So many coins are special for unique reasons and Prenoa hopes to bring those associations to life once more, for as many people as possible. 

This is our legacy.

Watch Becky talk more about what Prenoa means to her:

Watch Paul's interview about his connection to coins and his role in the business:

 

To learn more about how Prenoa expands legacy through its work to preserve the natural world in the present day, and think about the future we shape, read on through our Sustainability page and via our blog.