angel noblen.
/ˌeɪn(d)ʒ(ə)l ˈnəʊbl/, U.S. /ˌeɪndʒəl ˈnoʊbəl/ Numismatics. Now historical.
A fuller name for: the angel (angel n. 10). Cf. noble n.1 2a.
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noble1350
shipc1410
Harry noble1456
angel1469
rose noble1473
angel noble1488
George noble1526
gunhole angela1577
angel piecea1665
rose royal1688
1488 in T. Thomson Coll. Inventories Royal Wardrobe (1815) 12 In a canves poik within the said box tuelf hundreth & sevin angel nobilis.
?1535 tr. Erasmus Lytle Treat. Maner & Forme of Confession sig. M.iijv One of ye company..dyd bost..that he had solde an horse for .vj. aungell nobles, whiche he confessed not to be worthe .vj. pence.
1622 G. de Malynes Maintenance of Free Trade v. 87 King Henry the eight..caused in the 18. yeere of his Raigne, The Angell Noble to be valued from 6 shillings 8 pence, vnto seuen shillings and foure pence.
1797 J. Pinkerton Hist. Scotl. II. xi. 41 Henry allows only fifteen thousand marks, each angel-noble being worth but half a mark, upon a connubial alliance with the Scotish monarch.
1899 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 20 May 1234/2 The angel noble was the smallest gold coin in circulation.
2008 S. Rose Calais vi. 102 There were three different gold coins, all called nobles: the old noble,..the rose noble,..and the angel noble.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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