The Coinage of Ethiopia, Eritrea & Italian Somalia by Dennis Gill is designed to give the reader a "telescope" back into time to view the progression of monetary development in the area of the Horn of Africa, focusing on Ethiopia & the former Italian colonies of Eritrea & Italian Somalia. It also provides a catalogue (including valuations) of the coins, commemorative medals, tokens & paper money of these areas. It concludes with a brief historical overview of these entities from earliest times up to the present.