-
distributes small silver coins known as "
Maundy money" (legally, "the King's
Maundy money") as
symbolic alms to
elderly recipients. The
coins are
technically legal...
- In King
William IV's
reign (1830–37),
maundy coins were
produced in 1831–37, and
identical circulation coins were
produced for the colonies, identifiable...
- the UK also
mints commemorative decimal coins (crowns) in the
denomination of five pounds,
ceremonial Maundy money in the
denomination of 1, 2, 3 and...
-
Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday,
among other names, is the day
during Holy W**** that
commemorates the
Washing of the Feet (
Maundy) and Last
Supper of...
- had come
mostly to be
coined to be
given as
ceremonial alms at the
Royal Maundy service. It was
resurrected as a
circulating coin in 1836, as the Royal...
- an
elephant appearing on some
coins each year from 1663 to 1665 and 1668, and the
elephant with a
howdah on
other coins minted from 1674 or 1675 onwards...
-
general circulation,
instead being minted as
Maundy money. The
prohibitive cost of
minting silver coins had
meant the size of
pennies had been reduced...
-
produced bronze proofs in 1868. The
obverse of the
coins used
William Wyon's
obverse die for the
Maundy t****ence,
bearing a left-facing
portrait of Queen...
- May 2006 the pre-1992 (97% copper)
coins contained 3p
worth of
copper each. In May 2006,
about 2.55
billion such
coins remained in circulation, and the...
- In King
William IV's
reign (1830–1837),
maundy coins were
produced in 1831–37, and
identical circulation coins were
produced for the colonies, identifiable...
