Royal Maundy Coins

Each year during the annual Maundy Thursday Service the Monarch (or their representative) presents Maundy Money to a number of recipients. The Money is divided into 2 purses  

The red purse always contains a £5 and a fifty pence commemorative coin. The white purse contains a set of specially minted silver Maundy coins with the equivalent value in pence to the Monarch’s age. (The coins are usually made up of 1p, 2p, 3p, & 4p coins.)

The £5 peice is usually a coin commemorating some royal event. The fifty pence coin is commemorating some British Event. 

The white purse coin's are usually created for that specific Maundy year. And feature the value of the coin on one side under the crown, and the usually picture of the Monarch on the other. 

King Charles III's Reign

 

Year	£5	50p	Value of White Purse	# of Recipients
2025
2024	Tudor Dragon	200th Anniv of Royal National Life Boat Institution	75p	150
2023	Monarch's 75th Birthday	75th Anniv of Windrush Generation	74p	148

Queen Elizabeth II's Reign

Year	£5	50p	Value of White Purse	# of Recipients
2022	Platinum Jubilee	Platinum Jubilee	96p	192
2021*	Monarch's 95th Birthday	50th Anniversary of Decimal Day	95p	190
2020*		-	94p	188
2010s
2019	200th Anniv of the birth of Queen Victoria	-	93p	186
2018	4 Generations of Royalty	100th Anniv of the Representation of the People Act 1918	92p	184
2017	Centenary of the House of Windsor	375th anniversary of Sir Isaac Newton's birth.	91p	182
2016		-	90p	180
2015		-	89p	172
2014	Queen Anne 300th Anniv of Death	20th Commonwealth Games in Glasgow	88p
2013	60th anniversary of the Queen's coronation	-	87p
2012	Diamond Jubilee	-	86p
2011	Prince Phillip's 90th birthday	2012 London Olympics	85p
2010**	-	-	84p
2009		-
2008		-
2007		-
2006		-
2005		-

Note: 

*In 2020 & 2021, the purses and coins were sent out in the mail as the service was canceled due to the pandemic. 

** 800th Royal Maundy Thursday Service