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  • 3 Pence 1920-1927, KM# 813a, United Kingdom (Great Britain), George V
  • 3 Pence 1920-1927, KM# 813a, United Kingdom (Great Britain), George V
Description

The Royal Maundy is an ancient ceremony, inspired by The Bible. The first Maundy money ceremony took place in the reign of Charles II, when the king gave people undated hammered coins in 1662. The coins were a four penny, three penny, two penny and one penny piece. By 1670 the king started giving out a dated set of all four coins.

Today’s recipients of Royal Maundy are elderly men and women, chosen because of the Christian service they have given to the Church and the community. The ceremony takes place every Maundy Thursday. There are as many recipients as there are years in the sovereign’s age. At the ceremony, the monarch hands each recipient two small leather string purses. A red purse contains ordinary coins, while a white one contains silver Maundy coins, amounting to the same number of pence as the years of the sovereign’s age.

Sp# 4026 (1920-1926): struck for domestic circulation
Sp# 4029 (1921-1927): Maundy Money (Prooflike)

Obverse

Bare head of the King George V facing left; below on neck engraver's initials.

The legend is an abbreviated translation of “George V by the Grace of God, King of all the Britains, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India”.

Engraver: Edgar Bertram MacKennal

GEORGIVS V D.G. BRITT:OMN:REX F.D.IND:IMP:
B.M.

Reverse

Crowned denomination dividing date within oak wreath.

The Tudor Crown, also known as the King's Crown or Imperial Crown, is a widely used symbol in heraldry of the United Kingdom. While various crown symbols had been used for this purpose for many years previously, the specific Tudor Crown design was standardised at the request of Edward VII. It was never intended to represent any actual physical crown, although in shape it bears a close resemblance to the small diamond crown of Queen Victoria.

Engraver: Jean Baptiste Merlen

19 3 26

Edge

3 Pence

Maundy Money, 2nd issue
KM# 813a Sp# 4026/9
Characteristics
Material Silver
Fineness 0.500
Weight 1.41 g
Diameter 16.26 mm
Thickness 0.9 mm
Shape round
Alignment Medal
Alt # Sp# 4026, Sp# 4029
Mint
Royal Mint

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With IND:IMP

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Without IND:IMP

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