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| Picture No | 10510771 |
| Date | 10th April 1952. |
| Description | Princess Elizabeth distributes Maundy money, 1952. |
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Queen Elizabeth II being greeted on arrival at Westminster Abbey, when she distributed the Royal Maundy money. In the year of this picture, 1952, 26 elderly men and women-once for each year of the sovereign's age-will recieve the silver pence, specially struck at the Royal Mint in leather purses. The coins still bear the impression of the head of King George VI.
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| Source | Photograph from the Illustrated London News Archive, October 1951. |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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