Angel (Manx coin)
Isle of Man | |
Value | 1 Angel |
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Mass | 31.1 g (1.0 troy oz) |
Diameter | 32.7 mm (1.28 in) |
Thickness | 2.8 mm (0.11 in) |
Edge | Reeded |
Composition | 99.99% Au |
Years of minting | 1984-present |
Obverse | |
Design | Queen Elizabeth II |
Designer | Ian Rank-Broadley |
Design date | 1996 |
Reverse | |
Design | Facing left, Archangel Michael is slaying a dragon |
Design | The upright Archangel Michael, facing right version |
Specifications
The gold coins contain various amount of fineness. Depending on the year and the coin's size, it could contain 91.7% gold (.917 fine), 99.9% gold (.999 fine) or 99.99% gold (.9999 fine). The silver coins either contain 99.9% silver (.999 fine) or 99.99% silver (.9999 fine). The following table lists the coin's gold weight in troy ounces and the total weight of the coin in grams.
Specifications[1][2] | ||||||
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Composition | Weight (troy oz) |
.917 fine | .999 fine | |||
Weight (grams) |
Diameter (mm) |
Weight (grams) |
Diameter (mm) |
Thickness (mm) | ||
Gold | 20 | 678.67 | 75.2 | - | - | - |
15 | 508.96 | 65.4 | - | - | - | |
10 | 339.34 | 56 | - | - | - | |
5 | 169.67 | 50 | 155.5 | 50 | ||
1 | 33.93 | 33 | 31.1 | 32.7 | 2.8 | |
1⁄2 | 16.94 | 27 | 15.55 | 27 | 2.2 | |
1⁄4 | 8.48 | 22 | 7.78 | 22 | 1.8 | |
1⁄10 | 3.39 | 16.5 | 3.11 | 16.5 | 1.25 | |
1⁄20 | 1.7 | 15 | 1.56 | 14.5 | 0.8 | |
1⁄64 | - | - | 0.5 | 11 | 0.8 | |
Silver | 1 | - | - | 31.1 | 38.6 | 3.0 |
Design
History and mintages
The Isle of Man has used three private mints to make their Angel coins, the English Pobjoy Mint from 1984 until 2016, Liechtenstein's Coin Investment Trust (CIT)[3] and the English Tower Mint for coins after 2016 .[4][5]
Several bimetallic coins have been minted. A 1995 quarter-ounce gold centered, platinum ring coin. A 2007 one-ounce gold coin with a silver ring. A 2011 one-ounce with the ring made of gold and the center platinum.
A two-ounce silver coin was produced in 2017 and 2018 with 999 minted each year. The 2015 silver coin had
The following table shows mintages of proof coins unless noted with a (b).
NR - Mintage numbers not released
(b) - Brilliant uncirculated finish. Not a proof coin
Year | Gold | Silver | ||||||||
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1⁄64 oz | 1⁄20 oz | 1⁄10 oz | 1⁄4 oz | 1⁄2 oz | 1 oz | 5 oz | 10 oz | 15 oz | 1 oz | |
1984 | - | - | - | - | - | NR (b) | - | - | - | - |
3,000 | ||||||||||
1985 | - | - | 17,000 (b) | 2,117 (b) | 1,776 (b) | 28,000 (b) | 104 (b) | 79 (b) | - | - |
3,000 | 51 | 51 | 3,000 | 90 | 68 | |||||
1986 | - | - | NR (b) | 1,000 | NR (b) | NR (b) | 89 (b) | 47 (b) | - | - |
NR | NR | 3,000 | NR | 250 | 250 | |||||
1987 | - | - | NR (b) | NR (b) | NR (b) | NR (b) | 150 (b) | 30 (b) | 150 (b) | - |
NR | 2,500+ | NR | NR | 27 | 150 | 18 | ||||
1988 | - | - | NR (b) | NR (b) | NR (b) | NR (b) | 250 (b) | 250 | - | - |
1,000 | 3,000 | 1,000 | ||||||||
1989 | - | - | 250 | NR (b) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
3,500 | ||||||||||
1990 | - | - | 1,000 | 2,000 (b) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2,450 | ||||||||||
1991 | - | - | 400 | 710 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1992 | - | - | 100 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1993 | - | - | - | NR | - | - | - | - | - | - |
1994 | - | - | NR | NR | NR (b) | NR (b) | - | - | - | NR |
NR | NR | |||||||||
1995 | - | - | NR (b) | NR (b) | NR (b) | NR (b) | - | - | - | - |
NR | NR | NR | NR | |||||||
1996 | - | - | NR (b) | NR (b) | NR (b) | NR (b) | - | - | - | - |
NR | NR | NR | NR | |||||||
1997 | - | - | NR (b) | NR (b) | NR (b) | NR (b) | - | - | - | - |
NR | NR | NR | NR | |||||||
1998 | - | - | NR (b) | NR (b) | NR (b) | NR (b) | - | - | - | - |
NR | NR | NR | NR | |||||||
1999 | - | - | NR (b) | NR (b) | NR (b) | NR (b) | - | - | - | - |
NR | NR | NR | NR | |||||||
2000 | - | - | NR (b) | NR (b) | - | NR (b) | - | - | - | - |
NR | NR | NR | ||||||||
2001 | - | NR (b) | NR (b) | NR (b) | - | NR (b) | - | - | - | - |
NR | NR | NR | NR | |||||||
2002 | - | NR (b) | NR (b) | NR (b) | - | NR (b) | - | - | - | - |
NR | NR | NR | NR | |||||||
2003 | - | - | NR (b) | NR (b) | - | NR (b) | - | - | - | - |
NR | NR | NR | NR | |||||||
2004 | - | NR (b) | NR (b) | NR (b) | - | NR (b) | - | - | - | - |
NR | NR | NR | NR | |||||||
2005 | - | NR (b) | NR (b) | NR (b) | - | NR (b) | - | - | - | - |
NR | NR | NR | 500 | |||||||
2006 | - | NR (b) | - | - | - | NR (b) | - | - | - | - |
NR | NR | |||||||||
2007 | - | NR (b) | - | - | - | NR (b) | - | - | - | - |
NR | NR | |||||||||
2008 | - | 1,000 | - | - | 500 (b) | NR (b) | - | - | - | - |
NR | ||||||||||
2009 | - | 1,000 | NR (b) | 20,000 | - | NR | - | - | - | - |
2010 | - | 1,000 | - | - | - | NR (b) | - | - | - | 50,000 |
NR | ||||||||||
2011 | - | 1,000 | - | - | - | NR (b) | - | - | - | - |
NR | ||||||||||
2012 | - | 1,000 | NR (b) | - | 999 (b) | NR | - | - | - | - |
2013 | - | 1,000 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
2014 | - | 1,000 | 2,016 | - | 999 | NR (b) | - | - | - | NR (b) |
2015 | - | 1,000 | - | - | 999 | NR (b) | - | - | - | NR (b) |
6,000 | ||||||||||
2016 | - | - | NR | - | - | NR (b) | - | - | - | 100,000 |
5,000 | ||||||||||
2017 | 15,000 | - | 2,499 | 999 | - | 100 (b) | - | - | - | NR (b) |
5,500 | ||||||||||
2018 | 15,000 | - | - | - | - | 100 (b) | - | - | - | 15,000 |
2019 | - | - | 2,499 | 999 | NR | NR | - | - | - | 9,999 |
See also
- Angel (coin) - the historic English gold coin
- Ukrainian Archangel Michael - similar gold and silver bullion coins minted for the National Bank of Ukraine, also featuring Michael
- Manx Noble gold and silver coin
- Bullion
- Bullion coin
- Inflation hedge
References
- ^ "Manx Angel". Colnect. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
- ^ "Isle of Man Gold Angels". APMEX. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Isle of Man Angels". CIT. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "2017 Isle of Man Angel". Tower Mint. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "2018 Isle of Man Angel". Tower Mint. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-4402-4896-2.
- ISBN 978-1-4402-4897-9.