Maravedí (tax)

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 was known as the foral coinage. The purpose of this tax was to prevent the king from minting more currency, thereby depreciating the circulating value of the current coins.

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