page_title: Angel (Manx coin)
section_title: History and mintages
hierarchical_section_title: Angel (Manx coin) / History and mintages
context_page_description: The Manx Angel are gold or silver bullion coins distributed by the Isle of Man and minted by private companies. The Isle of Man is not part of the United Kingdom. It is a Crown dependency and thus can mint its own coins. The coin depicts Archangel Michael slaying a dragon. The silver coins have not been minted every year, but has an erratic schedule. Angels are legal tender but they do not have a fixed face value; instead, like the Krugerrand or Mexico's Libertad, they are legal tender to the value of their precious metal content.
context_section_description: 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) and the English Tower Mint for coins after 2016 .
  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 gilding applied to the Angel side of the coin and the 2017 silver coin had gilded highlights.  Each year, the ​¹⁄₂₀-ounce gold coins had a different privy mark above the dragon's head.  Each year's privy mark related to a different day from the song 12 Days of Christmas.
  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
caption: 1470's gold coin was the first English coin depicting Angel Michael
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