The Coin Atlas Handbook is a richly illustrated reference to the history and development of coinage around the world. Joe Cribb, together with Ian Carradine and cartographer John Flower, traces the story of coins from their origins in the 7th century BC through the modern era.

Rather than being a catalogue of every individual coin, the book explains how coinage developed in different countries and civilizations, connecting coins with rulers, political events, trade, economics and cultural changes.