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1 Penny - Elizabeth II Maundy pre-decimal, 1st issue
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1953 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1970) |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing laureate effigy of Queen Elizabeth II, after the portrait modelled by Mary Gillick, with the legend encircling the bust. The inscription includes the abbreviation BRITT:OMN, denoting Queen of all the Britains, a form used exclusively on this first Elizabethan Maundy issue. The field is plain and the lettering is rendered in a crisp, neo-classical style characteristic of Gillick's early coinage designs. |
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| Mintage | 1953 - Prooflike; St. Paul`s Cathedral - 1,050 |
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Maundy coinage occupies a peculiar corner of British numismatics — struck annually for the Royal Maundy ceremony in which the sovereign distributes specially prepared coin sets to elderly recipients, one coin per year of the monarch's age. The 1953 issue marks Elizabeth II's first Maundy distribution as queen, held at Westminster Abbey on April 9th, coinciding with her coronation year. These pieces never circulated in any commercial sense; recipients historically treated them as keepsakes, which explains why surviving examples almost invariably appear in exceptional condition.