Maravedí (Castilian monetary unit)

  1. Maravedí.
  2. The Castilian maravedi by the time of Pedro I of Castile (mid-14th century) had ceased to be minted and became an accounting monetary unit, i.e. a reference value for other coins and a reference value that was very familiar at the time.
  3. 1 silver maravedí (Alfonso X, 1281) = 1 French gros tornés (Louis IX, 1266)
  4. 1 maravedí (Enrique II, 1373) = 6 cornados = 10 dineros = 12 cinquenes = 60 meajas.
  5. Bibl: De Francisco Olmos, José María, 'La moneda de la Castilla bajo medieval. Medio de propaganda e instrumento económico', in II Jornadas Científicas sobre Documentación de la Corona de Castilla (siglos XIII-XV), Madrid, 2003, pp. 298-302.

 

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