Publication date: February 2008 It can easily be ordered by all UK based book shops and will hopefully be appearing on lots of shelves too!

Check Your Change 2008 (6th Edition) ISBN: 0-948964-80-4. Retail price: GB£5.95 (approx US$10.00) Britain's standard guide to circulating coins and banknotes, including gold and silver commemorative proof coins, sovereign based gold coins, Maundy money and circulating Bank of England banknotes.  Full coverage of decimal coins from 1968 to now. Now with full coverage of circulating Bank of England Banknotes (Lowther/Bailey £5, £10, £20 and Kentfield/Lowther/Bailey £50 notes). Learn about the 2p worth £500, the 1992 10p type that is much scarcer than the rest and see lists of the early and experimental serial numbers for all circulating Bank of England banknotes. See a page illustration. e-Book sample version of "Check Your Change 2007" (7mb, pages 16 to 27. You may need to right click and 'Save as..' )  *Check Your Change*

The first modern decimal edition of the most popular book on British money, ever!

• The rare coins and banknotes that you might find in your change.
• Every single decimal British coin type is illustrated at actual size and in full colour.
• There is a 2p worth £500. It's incredibly rare, and there is confusion about which one it is. This book puts the public straight.
• Banknotes with early or experimental serial numbers.
• Mintage numbers by date.
• Coins and Banknotes that are rarer and therefore might be worth hanging on to. 
• Every single coin value has been checked and amended where necessary.
• Summaries of each coin type, including accurate weights and sizes.
• Newly reported varieties have been listed.
• Express permission granted by the Bank of England to illustrate the current circulating banknotes.

During the 60s and early 70s Check Your Change sold 1.75 million copies, making it the biggest selling book about coins ever. Forty years later there are now some decimal coins that are considerably scarcer than others. Rumours about rare British coins frequently circulate and occasionally public hype and word of mouth creates false or misleading information. This book puts it all straight and reveals the true British coinage and banknote rarities. The actual 2p worth £500 (frequently the public get it very wrong), the 10p types that are only 1% of the total mintage, and was there any truth in the rumour about the £2 coin with the Queen wearing a necklace?

Every type of British decimal coin is illustrated in full colour and at actual size, so apart from being a guide to the scarce types, it's also an excellent companion to any members of the public or collectors that want to try to obtain a representative collection of British decimal coinage. Did you know for example, that since 1972 there have been 21 commemorative Crowns and 12 Commemorative 50p coins? Or that since 1983 there have been 14 different types of £1 coin reverse? 

The 2005 End of WWII £2 coin. The Silver proof version of this coins exists with the wrong edge lettering, and with no edge lettering!