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Message:: [QUOTE="sylvester, post: 34379, member: 708"]The Noble was first struck in Edward III's reign to replace the Florin (Double Leopard or whatever you want to call it). The Noble was discontinued in the reign of Edward IV, and was replaced by a Ryal (or Rose Noble). If i remember rightly the Ryal was valued at 10/- rather than 6/8d that the noble always had been. The angel was introduced shortly afterwards as a new 6/8d coin to help fill the void left by the absence of the Noble. The Ryal came and went over the next century or so, Edward VI struck them, Henry VII had then, Queen Mary I and the demomination ceased in James I's reign if i remember rightly. A somewhat patchy, sporadic and totally unsuccessful existance for that 10/- coin. The Angel was later revalued to 10/- anyhow and circulated alongside the gold half sovereign of the same value.[/QUOTE]