The cover is wrapped in fine white vellum with pressed decoration on the covers. There is light darkening on the cover along the outer edge and a brown spot on the lower edge. There is beautiful script on the backstrip and ex-libris stickers. The back cover is good. There is an ex-libris sticker on the left endpaper and a penned notation on the right endpaper that is scribbled out in pencil. The interior pages are white and lightly textured with many fine printed details in the text with varying fonts and decorative details. There is heavier foxing tanning over the print on the pages. There is a large fold out diagram of coins at page 106. There is another beautiful fold out diagram at page 174, 216, 274, 282, and 296. 296 pages.