Evidence coverage: AD 972–1878. This is the span of collected observations, not the currency’s lifetime.
This record includes associated currencies and earlier interpretations. The article selects the evidence relevant to its own history.
No distinct successor currency is established in the loaded view.
The 1878 surviving rent is stated both in libra and peseta terms; retain as contractual equivalence unless further evidence establishes actual general account replacement.
C1946Barcelona cathedral sale charters record 10 denarii and 1 solidus 3 denarii respectively: actual transaction prices.
Sources and qualifications →A Barcelona sale names denarios curribiles, documenting a local denomination convention without proving a new account identity.
Sources and qualifications →The Taula ledger credits Arnau Esquerit 35 lliures for salary on 8 August; another entry values 10 florins cash as 5 lliures 10 sous. These are accounts distinct from settlement instruments.
Sources and qualifications →Joaneta’s dowry transfer on 7 July is entered as 600 lliures in linked debit and credit accounts.
Sources and qualifications →The 21 May deed imposes 1600 libras annual rent, payable in Spanish gold or silver coin: account denomination and settlement medium are distinguished.
Sources and qualifications →The 8 March deed specifies 210 libras catalanas annual rent.
Sources and qualifications →The 31 July confirmation preserves an annual 1 libra rent and gives its equivalent as 2 pesetas 67 céntimos. This is a specific contractual valuation, not a universal extinction date.
Sources and qualifications →The 1878 surviving rent is stated both in libra and peseta terms; retain as contractual equivalence unless further evidence establishes actual general account replacement.
Sources and qualifications →Local Barcelona accounting tradition, grouping its money-of-account denominations. Regional scope does not include every Catalan county or imply stable purchasing power, metal content or an unchanged coin standard.
Sources and qualifications →Catalan denier–solidus–libra accounting extends the Carolingian system. Retain the Barcelona branch and qualify the regional separation chronology.
Sources and qualifications →Dated evidence, not exact birth or extinction dates.
Barcelona cathedral sale charters record 10 denarii and 1 solidus 3 denarii respectively: actual transaction prices.
C1895A Barcelona sale names denarios curribiles, documenting a local denomination convention without proving a new account identity.
C1896The Taula ledger credits Arnau Esquerit 35 lliures for salary on 8 August; another entry values 10 florins cash as 5 lliures 10 sous. These are accounts distinct from settlement instruments.
C1897Joaneta’s dowry transfer on 7 July is entered as 600 lliures in linked debit and credit accounts.
C1898The 21 May deed imposes 1600 libras annual rent, payable in Spanish gold or silver coin: account denomination and settlement medium are distinguished.
C1899The 8 March deed specifies 210 libras catalanas annual rent.
C1900The 31 July confirmation preserves an annual 1 libra rent and gives its equivalent as 2 pesetas 67 céntimos. This is a specific contractual valuation, not a universal extinction date.
C1901Dated observations, not a proven complete lifespan.
Barcelona cathedral sale charters record 10 denarii and 1 solidus 3 denarii respectively: actual transaction prices.
p229 Table1: Barca I103 and I104
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Original manuscripts not inspected.
A Barcelona sale names denarios curribiles, documenting a local denomination convention without proving a new account identity.
pp226–228; Barca I213
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Original manuscripts not inspected.
The Taula ledger credits Arnau Esquerit 35 lliures for salary on 8 August; another entry values 10 florins cash as 5 lliures 10 sous. These are accounts distinct from settlement instruments.
p669, folioLXXIII, Arnau Esquerit; dated MCCCCIIII
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
This is a primary ledger edition; manuscript images and editorial introduction in volume I were not inspected.
Joaneta’s dowry transfer on 7 July is entered as 600 lliures in linked debit and credit accounts.
p684, accounts Joaneta and Gabriel Burgès
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
This is a primary ledger edition; manuscript images and editorial introduction in volume I were not inspected.
The 21 May deed imposes 1600 libras annual rent, payable in Spanish gold or silver coin: account denomination and settlement medium are distinguished.
Resultando1835 deed, second condition; lines18–26
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Court reproduces deeds and registry entries; originals not independently inspected.
Online transcription has numerical/date errors: avoid the inconsistent299-libra redemption total and anomalous 1817 authorization date.
The 8 March deed specifies 210 libras catalanas annual rent.
Resultando1842 deed; lines54–56
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Court reproduces deeds and registry entries; originals not independently inspected.
Online transcription has numerical/date errors: avoid the inconsistent299-libra redemption total and anomalous 1817 authorization date.
The 31 July confirmation preserves an annual 1 libra rent and gives its equivalent as 2 pesetas 67 céntimos. This is a specific contractual valuation, not a universal extinction date.
Resultando1876/1878 agreements and registry quotation; lines33–42
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Court reproduces deeds and registry entries; originals not independently inspected.
Online transcription has numerical/date errors: avoid the inconsistent299-libra redemption total and anomalous 1817 authorization date.
Regional ancestry from imported Carolingian account units to Barcelona’s locally documented solidus/denarius accounting; the compressed intervening sequence and exact independent identity boundary remain unresolved. The date interval brackets the research horizon, not a documented founding date.
p219 explicit importation of account units; pp226–230 Barcelona991 convention and972 prices
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Original manuscripts not inspected.
The 1878 surviving rent is stated both in libra and peseta terms; retain as contractual equivalence unless further evidence establishes actual general account replacement.
Registry quotation of31July1878 agreement, line42
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Court reproduces deeds and registry entries; originals not independently inspected.
Online transcription has numerical/date errors: avoid the inconsistent299-libra redemption total and anomalous 1817 authorization date.
Local Barcelona accounting tradition, grouping its money-of-account denominations. Regional scope does not include every Catalan county or imply stable purchasing power, metal content or an unchanged coin standard.
See scoped account observations.
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Original manuscripts not inspected.
See scoped account observations.
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
This is a primary ledger edition; manuscript images and editorial introduction in volume I were not inspected.
See scoped account observations.
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Court reproduces deeds and registry entries; originals not independently inspected.
Online transcription has numerical/date errors: avoid the inconsistent299-libra redemption total and anomalous 1817 authorization date.
See scoped account observations.
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Inspected late contracts retain libra wording alongside peseta valuation; a completed general termination is not established.
First judgment, Resultando clauses:1835 deed,1876 compromise,31July1878 confirmation; web lines18–42,54–62
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Court reproduces deeds and registry entries; originals not independently inspected.
Online transcription has numerical/date errors: avoid the inconsistent299-libra redemption total and anomalous 1817 authorization date.
Catalan denier–solidus–libra accounting extends the Carolingian system. Retain the Barcelona branch and qualify the regional separation chronology.
Printed pp. 6, 11–16; PDF pages 42, 47–52
Not a complete origin, lifespan or current-status audit.
Publisher preview PDF, introductory account-system passages inspected; entire volume not inspected.
Publisher preview inspected, printed pp. 5 and 11–13.
Separate chapters on Valencia and Majorca are outside this preview; no immediate local parent or conversion decree is claimed.