- sing. مرابط Murābit). The
Spanish word
maravedí is
unusual in
having three do****ented
plural forms:
maravedís, maravedíes and maravedises. The
first one...
-
totaling about 14,000
maravedis for the year, or
about the
annual salary of a sailor. In May 1489, the
queen sent him
another 10,000
maravedis, and the same year...
- The
Maravedi or
coinage is an
ancient tax
levied in
various peninsular kingdoms such as the
Kingdom of
Aragon and the
Kingdom of Navarre. In Castile, it...
-
support of
Christopher Columbus's voyages.
Berardi invested half a
million maravedis in Columbus's
first voyage, and he won a
potentially lucrative contract...
- open, the
Catholic Monarchs gave him an allowance,
totaling about 14,000
maravedís for the year, or
about the
annual salary of a sailor. In 1488 Columbus...
- centuries,
ranging in
value from 2-870
maravedis,
depending on the year. The name
originated as the "double
maravedi" (hence "dobla"), a term used by Castilians...
- real at two and half
billon reales (reales de vellón) or eighty-five
maravedís. This coin,
called the real de
plata fuerte,
became the new standard,...
- An
Almoravid dinar coin from Seville, 1116. (British Museum); the
Almoravid gold
dinar would set the
standard of the
Iberian maravedí....
- in
France and
other pre-decimal
currencies such as Spain,
which had 20
maravedís to 1 real and 20
reals to 1 duro or 5 pesetas. The
classical Roman Empire...
- de
monedas emitidas en España" [Types of
Currencies Issued in Spain].
maravedis.org (in Spanish).
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