Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accounting
Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accounting: a historical unit of account.
- Dates in use
- Introduction and ending not established
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This currency also received later contributions, distinguished below from its origins.
The story
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]
Turning points
Account-unit observation
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]
Account-unit observation
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
- 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 C335 ↗
- 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 C336 ↗
- 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) C1279 ↗
- Gonzalo Oliva Manso · Cien años de moneda en Castilla(1172–1268). El siglo del maravedí de oro, Espacio Tiempo y FormaIII31(2018),483–519 C1932 ↗
- Gonzalo Oliva Manso · Cien años de moneda en Castilla(1172–1268). El siglo del maravedí de oro, Espacio Tiempo y FormaIII31(2018),483–519 C1941 ↗
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“Castilian maravedí / real de vellón accounting.” The Family Tree of Money. © Field Technologies, Inc. Reader edition 2026-10-13; research dataset v44. https://familytreeofmoney.org/currency/T-FTM000621.html