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2 Pence - George IIII Maundy issues
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1822-1830 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1158-1970) |
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| Obverse description | Laureate and draped bust of King George IV facing left, wearing a fillet tied with a ribbon at the nape, after the design by Benedetto Pistrucci. The king's hair flows in loose curls beneath the laurel wreath, rendered in finely detailed high relief. The surrounding legend reads GEORGIUS IIII D.G. BRITANNIAR. REX F.D., divided around the effigy. The entire design is enclosed within a finely toothed milled border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Maundy money under George IV continued the centuries-old Royal Almonry tradition in which the sovereign distributed specially struck silver coins to a number of elderly poor equal to the monarch's age — George IV turned 60 in 1822, the first year of this run. These pieces were never intended for circulation, struck in limited numbers for a single annual ceremony at Whitehall Chapel or, later, various cathedrals across England.
George IV's Maundy sets are notable for retaining the bare-head portrait throughout his reign, a consistency unusual given his well-documented vanity and the several portrait revisions imposed on his currency coinage.