4 Pence - George V 1st Maundy issue (1911–1920)

One row for each year the 4 Pence - George V 1st 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 1911 4 Pence - George V 1st Maundy issue

The 1911 4 Pence - George V 1st Maundy issue is a collector 4 pence coin issued from 1911 to 1920 in the Maundy Money series, struck in 92.5% silver. It weighs 1.89g and measures 18mm across. Reverse design: Crowned denomination dividing date within oak wreath.

A mintage of 6,007 is recorded for one date of this type; figures for each year are not held.

Common questions

History and design

Maundy money is struck for the Royal Maundy service on the Thursday before Easter. The Royal Mint Museum explains that each recipient is handed a white purse of silver Maundy coins holding as many pence as the monarch has years, alongside a red purse of ordinary money given in place of food and clothing. The fourpence, or groat, is the largest of the four coins.

This first George V type was struck in sterling silver from 1911 to 1920. Wikipedia records that until 1908 Maundy sets could be bought through banks, but from 1909 they went only to recipients and officials, which keeps sets of this period scarcer than Victorian ones. CoinVarieties records 1,768 fourpences for 1911. The 1911 coins were also included in that year's twelve-piece proof set.

The type ended when Maundy coins followed the circulating silver down to 0.500 fineness, which Wikipedia dates to 1921.

The obverse is Bertram Mackennal's bare-headed portrait of George V facing left. The Royal Mint Museum describes Mackennal as an Australian artist whose portrait, though attractive, proved technically awkward for coinage. TreasureRealm notes his initials BM on the truncation of the neck.

The reverse is the traditional Maundy design: a crowned numeral 4 dividing the date within an oak wreath. Wikipedia credits it to Jean Baptiste Merlen, who introduced it in 1822, with the crown altered in 1888 by Leonard Charles Wyon.

Collecting notes

Maundy fourpences are usually collected as part of a four-coin set, and Tony Clayton notes that coins struck for the ceremony since the 1820s seldom turn up in worse than VF condition. Toning, edge knocks and signs of mounting matter more than wear. Clayton's value list includes a 1911 proof beside the ordinary 1911 coin.

No recognised varieties or mint errors are documented for this coin. From 1921 the 50% silver Maundy fourpence took over with the same design.