2 Pence - George V 3rd Maundy issue (1928–1936)

One row for each year the 2 Pence - George V 3rd Maundy issue was struck. Prices are medians of verified sold listings matched to that year from the listing: circulated is worn condition up to Extremely Fine, uncirculated is About Uncirculated or better. A count in brackets means fewer than three sales behind the figure; a grey figure marked "type" is the median across every year, shown where that year has no sale of its own yet. Most types have been searched year by year only since October 2026, so later years are still filling in. Use the grade table below for a price by condition across all years.

About the 1928 2 Pence - George V 3rd Maundy issue

The 1928 2 Pence - George V 3rd Maundy issue is a collector 2 pence coin issued from 1928 to 1936 in the Maundy Money series, struck in 50% silver. It weighs 0.94g and measures 13mm across. Reverse design: Crowned denomination divides date within oak wreath.

A mintage of 1,706 is recorded for one date of this type; figures for each year are not held.

Common questions

History and design

The twopence is the second of the four Maundy coins handed to recipients at the Royal Maundy on the day before Good Friday. The Royal Mint Museum explains that the white purse holds silver Maundy coins totalling as many pence as the sovereign's age, and that there are as many men and as many women recipients as he has years.

Coinstrail's catalogue gives 1,706 twopences for 1928 and between 1,862 and 2,066 in each year from 1929 to 1935, the peak coming in 1933. 1936 fell to 1,365. Wikipedia records two notable services in this period: in 1932 George V made the distribution in person for the only time in his reign, at the suggestion of Princess Marie Louise, and in 1936, the year of his death, Edward VIII made it.

The obverse carries Bertram Mackennal's bare head of George V facing left, the portrait the Royal Mint Museum credits to him. Tony Clayton's tables show it in two forms on these coins: a modified effigy for 1928 and 1929, and an obverse modified again from 1930 to 1936.

The reverse is the crowned figure 2 with the date inside an oak wreath. Wikipedia credits the wreathed design to Jean Baptiste Merlen in 1822 and the 1888 redrawing of the crown and the 2 to Leonard Charles Wyon. The coins are .500 silver.

Varieties and errors

The two obverses noted by Clayton are the only recorded distinction within this type. No mint errors are documented.

Collecting notes

Clayton records that Maundy sets have been issued only to recipients and those involved in the ceremony since 1909, so George V sets are much scarcer than Victorian ones, and the four coins of a year are not always equally easy to find singly. A full date run of this type needs both obverse versions.

Maundy coins remain legal tender, counted in new pence since 1971. The 1928 to 1936 Maundy penny is the matching smallest coin of these sets.