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 Posted 05/05/2023  11:02 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Genlou to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Need some help on the history of this coin thanks in advance!

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 Posted 05/05/2023  11:21 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add captainmandrake1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
That's a coin from a Maundy set. It is a very old English tradition during which the monarch gives a select number of elderly individuals a set of coins (4 denominations). It dates back to the time of King John. The coin is distributed on Maundy Thursday right before Easter. They're highly collectible and very pretty, especially the ones of Victoria. This particular coin is often referred to as the "young head" type since it shows a younger portrait of Victoria.
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 Posted 05/05/2023  11:55 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Tom Goodheart to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
As captainmandrake says. Maundy money. Yours is a penny Genlou.

The sets are made up from four possible coins. A penny, twopence, threepence and a fourpence. Originally made up from currency, nowadays specifically struck for Maundy sets. The recipients receive the equivalent to the sovereign's age in pennies. So it helps if the king or queen is older!
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Thanks for the welcome and the info I love the old British coinage and this has a special history to it!
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Value ? - perhaps $40
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Is it just my eyes or is the first A in Britanniar much larger than the other A's?
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