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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 6 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANGEL , a See also:

gold See also:coin, first used in See also:France (angelot, ange) in 1340, and introduced into See also:England by See also:Edward IV. in 1465 as a new issue of the " See also:noble," and so at first called the " angel-noble." It varied in value between that See also:period and the See also:time of See also:Charles I. (when it was last coined) from 6s. 8d. to 1os. The name was derived from the See also:representation it See also:bore of St See also:Michael and the See also:dragon. The angel was the coin given to those who came to be touched for the disease known as See also:king's evil; after it was no longer coined, medals, called See also:touch-pieces, with the same See also:device, were given instead.

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