† half-angeln.
Obs.
An English gold coin, worth at different dates, from 3s. 9d. to 5s.; issued from Henry VII to James I.
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1503–4 Act 19 Hen. VII c. 5 Thangell and half Angell..shall go and be curraunt in payment through all this his Realme.
a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 121 The olde noble, the Aungels and the halfe aungels, is fyne golde.
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