Royal Maundy

As Maundy Set or Maundy Money is referred to specially embossed silver coins, distributing the British rulers for centuries for Holy Thursday as a set of poor citizens. This tradition has its origins in the medieval church ritual of washing feet of poor who came in remembrance of the Lord's Supper and washing of the feet of Jesus with his disciples, together with the then pronounced by him commandment, " that you are to love you"; the term Maundy comes from the Latin mandatum, the first word for the washing of the feet.

Probably the members of the royal family attended this ceremony since the 13th century. They distributed this money and gifts and remembered by washing the feet of the poor in Christ's act of humility. Maundy Money, it was the first time in years in 1662. The coins are minted in values ​​of 1, 2, 3, and 4 pence, and in more recent times the age of the sovereign plays a role in the ceremony. So Queen Elizabeth II in 1992, has presented a set of coins at the age of 66 years to 66 men and 66 women, whose nominal value amounted to the sum of 66 pence. Meanwhile, those coins are sought-after collector coins.