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2 Pence - Victoria 2nd portrait, Maundy issues
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1888-1892 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Obverse description | Crowned and veiled effigy of Queen Victoria facing left, rendered in the so-called Jubilee Head style as engraved by Joseph Edgar Boehm. The queen wears a small imperial crown and a veil, with the portrait presented in high relief against a flat field. The circumferential legend reads VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT:REGINA F:D:, interrupted at the base by the coin's lower rim. The design is characteristic of the second portrait type introduced in 1887 for the Golden Jubilee coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | VICTORIA DEI GRATIA BRITT:REGINA F:D: (Translation: Victoria by the Grace of God Queen of Britain Defender of the Faith) |
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Maundy money never circulated. Distributed annually by the monarch at the Royal Maundy ceremony — a tradition rooted in Christ's washing of the disciples' feet — these pieces were struck to a higher standard than currency coinage and typically passed directly into the hands of elderly recipients, one coin per year of the sovereign's age. Victoria's second portrait, the so-called "Jubilee head" by Joseph Boehm, replaced the earlier young head following the 1887 Golden Jubilee. Boehm died in 1890, mid-series, leaving the portrait in use without its creator.