EDWARDS, "angelots and _Edwards_" (R216,_d_), see Angelots. I am further inclined to doubt whether the pieces referred to were of current or recent striking. It is true Edward VI. reformed the coinage, but as the angelots (at least) are specifically referred to as "old," and as the angelot is probably that of 1420, the _Edward_ is also likely to be the angel of Edward IV. introduced in 1465, which bears an effigy of that king. The angel of Edward VI., of the third coinage of the reign, _does not bear an effigy of Edward VI._ It may not be out of place to detail the various issues, though this cannot, of course, settle the point as to what coin was meant by the _Edward_. Kenyon, on "The Gold Coins of England," says there were four distinct series of _gold_ coins issued during the reign of Edward VI. _First Coinage_ (_January 1546-47_):--HALF-SOVEREIGNS (value 10s.). _Obverse_--king in robes and crowned, enthroned, the figure of an angel on each arm of the throne; _reverse_--shield bearing arms of France and England quarterly, supported by lion and dragon. CROWN (value 5s.). _Obverse_--rose, crowned; _reverse_--shield with arms, crowned. HALF-CROWNS (value 2s. 6d.). Type like the crowns. _Second Coinage_ (1548):--TREBLE SOVEREIGN (value £3). Type like last half-sovereign, except that king has no robes, and holds a sword instead of a sceptre. SOVEREIGN (value £1). Same as £3, only with different mint-mark. HALF-SOVEREIGN (value 10s.). _Obverse_--bust in profile to right; _reverse_--oval shield, crowned, and garnished. CROWNS (value 5s.). Same as half-sovereign of this coinage. HALF-CROWNS (value 2s. 6d.). Same as half-sovereign of this coinage. _Third Coinage_ (1550):--DOUBLE SOVEREIGN (value 48s). _Obverse_--king seated, holding sceptre and orb; _reserve_--shield with arms, upon a large double rose. SOVEREIGN (value 24s.). Same as double sovereign. ANGEL (value 8s.). Type similar to angels of Henry VIII. The type seems to have been fixed in Henry VI.'s reign. The Archangel Michael was on the _obverse_, trampling with his left foot upon the dragon, and piercing him through the mouth with a spear. _Reverse_ has shield bearing arms of England and France upon a ship. [_No effigy of Edward VI._] ANGELET (value 4s.). Same as angel. _Fourth_ _Coinage_ (1552):--SOVEREIGN (value 20s.). _Obverse_.--three-quarter length of king in profile; _reverse_--same as sovereign of second coinage. HALF-SOVEREIGN (value 10s.). _Obverse_--same as sovereign; _reverse_--square shield crowned between E.R. CROWN (value 5s.). Same as half-sovereign. HALF-CROWN (value 2s. 6d.). Same as crown. Hawkins, on "The Silver Coins of England," says of Edward VI. SILVER _coinage_, there were GROATS, HALF-GROATS, PENNIES, HALF-PENNIES. _Note_--All silver. SHILLINGS--_Obverse_--king's