The Angel was an English gold coin introduced by Edward 1V in 1465. It was patterned after the French angelot or ange which had been issued since 1340. The name derived from its representation of the Archangel Michael slaying a dragon. As it was considered a new issue of the noble, it was also called the angel noble. [It took me yonks to write the above as I can't do...
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