Soft back, 52 pages, Illustrated B&W, 15cm x 21cm

This book, also known as Small change V, is an easy to use guide illustrated with photographs and line drawings. Small silver covers the end of both the farthing and the halfpenny as silver coins, and also documents the issue of the three farthings, a coin struck only during the reign of Elizabeth I.

On the back cover:

Identifying small silver coins 1509-1660

• Easy to use guide illustrated with enlarged photographs and line drawings
• For the absolute beginner and the advanced collector
• A new classification based on the latest research
• Legends quoted in full for each type and sub type
• Previously unpublished varieties included
• London and provincial mints
• Concordance with Whitton, North and Seaby/Spink
• Historical introduction
• Essential for the archaeologist, curator, collector and metal detectorist