Octavo. 25, (3)pp. The full title of the book reveals that this Numismatic Version of the text contains "an account of this legendary republic and its connection with the Bird & Bull Press," along with "a description of similar numismatic rarities and special mention of Martin Coles Harman, King of Lundy Island." Expanding on the 1977 April Fool's joke originating from The Guardian newspaper in the UK, Henry Morris imagined private presses, booksellers, a postal service, and, in this book, currency for the imaginary island nation of San Serriffe. This numismatic version shortens the text of the regular edition, and centers information on the San Serriffe corona and other unofficial currencies of the world, including Harman's "Puffin," coinage he had minted for Lundy, the island he owned in the Bristol Channel. Two 25-corona banknotes are laid in, "to pay your taxi fare into town from Bodoni International Airport," as described in the prospectus; however, this copy also contains a genuine Lundy One Puffin coin, offered separately for sale by Morris, as well as a variety of Lundy stamps, seals, and tickets laid in. A silver 100 corona piece, together with an antique bronze version and a proof aluminum specimen, are all encapsulated in plastic and held in a separate portfolio. Fine in terra cotta wrappers housed together with the portfolio in a paper half-slipcase. Prospectus and previous owner's bookplate laid in.