A very fine small silver George II (reigned 1727-1760)silver filigree box inset with a one penny silver maundy coin. Royal Maundy is a religious service in the Church of England held in Maundy Thursday, the day before Good Friday. At the service, the monarch (today, Queen Elizabeth), distributes small silver coins as a symbolic alms to elderly recipients. The name Maundy and the ceremony itself derive from an instruction, or mandatum, of Jesus Christ at the last supper that his followers should love one another. Now sold.