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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;weryon, post: 848728, member: 17622&quot;]<b>1895</b></p><p><b>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </b>Mintage: 8,877 </p><p>KM# 778 4 Pence (Groat) 1.8851g., 0.9250 Silver .0561 oz. Ruler : Victoria</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a groat (four pence) that was part of a Maundy set given out on maundy thursday</p><p><br /></p><p>Wiki on the money &quot;<b>Maundy money</b>, legally called &quot;the Queen&#039;s Maundy money&quot;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maundy_money#cite_note-0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maundy_money#cite_note-0" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> is money in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" rel="nofollow">British</a> silver coins given to deserving <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty" rel="nofollow">poor</a> people in a religious ceremony performed, in many periods with the participation of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch" rel="nofollow">monarch</a>, on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maundy_Thursday" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maundy_Thursday" rel="nofollow">Maundy Thursday</a> (the Thursday before <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter" rel="nofollow">Easter</a>).&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I really like it because there is only a mintage of 8877 and the tonning is very nice</p><p><br /></p><p>thanks Dime</p><p><img src="http://www.anythinganywhere.com/commerce/coins/coinpics/gb-ms-1895-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.btinternet.com/%7Esbishop100/vic44.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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