Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
January 1782
Primary Source Reference:
Du Simitière Memorandum Books, Library of Congress, fol. 65r
Notes:
Pictured here is a 1681 Charles II silver maundy twopence. Maundy money is struck in denominations of one penny, two pence, three pence, and four pence. In Britain, following Royal Maundy (a religious service in the Church of England held on Maundy Thursday, the day before Good Friday), the monarch or a royal official ceremonially distributed small silver coins known as "Maundy money" as symbolic alms to elderly recipients. The coins were legal tender but did not circulate because of their silver content and numismatic value.
