Engel Pubblico Deposited
The name frequently applied to any coin with the device of an angel. In Brabant the Brusselaar (q.v.) receives this name from the figure of the archangel Michael on the same.
An ordinance of 1404 in the archives of Frankfort a M. orders the striking of Engels, these coins to be valued at one third of the Turnose. Cf. Paul Joseph (p. 223).
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)