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Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accounting

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Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accounting: documented and qualified family connections PARENTS THIS CURRENCY CHILDREN Astur-Leonese and Castilian solidus–dinero accountingAstur-Leonese and Castiliansolidus–dinero accounting 1100–1500 · QualifiedLater contribution or absorptionQualified connection · 1100–1500 · Period of differentiation, not an exact foundation date. Spanish escudo —1864 account unitSpanish escudo —1864 accountunit 1864 · DocumentedDocumented connection · 1864 Spanish real / peso de a ochoSpanish real / peso de aocho 1497–1603 · QualifiedEarlier ancestry; immediate parent openQualified connection · 1497–1603 · Period of differentiation, not an exact foundation date. Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accountingCastilian maravedí / real devellón accounting Currency history

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Rivero Hernández distinguishes the later Castilian maravedí unit of account from earlier physical coinage. [1]

The 1497 reform summary rates a real at 34 maravedís, a ducado at 375, and a blanca at one-half. [2]

Gonzalo de Baeza’s treasury accounts beginning in 1477 converted payment amounts into maravedís. Firm account-unit witness; does not create an ancestry edge to the concurrent real. [3]

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January 1182 fuero of SantaMaría deCortes computes monetary penalties at five…

January 1182 fuero of SantaMaría deCortes computes monetary penalties at five sueldos per maravedí. This is an account-unit witness, not a coin-issue date. Association with the later billon-maravedí/realdevellón identity remains qualified; this is not a proved continuous obligation chain. Association with the later continuous currency identity remains qualified. [4]

Fernando III's treaty debt of 21000 maravedís was payable in specified amounts of…

Fernando III's treaty debt of 21000 maravedís was payable in specified amounts of billon; the 1218 renewal retained the obligation and payment alternatives. Association with the later continuous currency identity remains qualified. [5]

Rating context

Rivero Hernández distinguishes the later Castilian maravedí unit of account from earlier physical coinage. The 1497 reform summary rates a real at 34 maravedís, a ducado at 375, and a blanca at one-half. [1] [2]

Sources and evidence

  1. Iván Rivero Hernández; Historia Mexicana 73(2), 2023 · El oro y los “pesos de oro” en los inicios de Nueva España. Una propuesta de reinterpretación
  2. Iván Rivero Hernández; Historia Mexicana 73(2), 2023 · El oro y los “pesos de oro” en los inicios de Nueva España. Una propuesta de reinterpretación
  3. José María de Francisco Olmos, En la España Medieval 21 (1998), pp. 115–142 · La evolución de los cambios monetarios en el reinado de Isabel la Católica según las cuentas del tesorero Gonzalo de Baeza (1477–1504)
  4. Gonzalo Oliva Manso · Cien años de moneda en Castilla(1172–1268). El siglo del maravedí de oro, Espacio Tiempo y FormaIII31(2018),483–519
  5. Gonzalo Oliva Manso · Cien años de moneda en Castilla(1172–1268). El siglo del maravedí de oro, Espacio Tiempo y FormaIII31(2018),483–519

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