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Meaning of mencales



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1.-plural mencales of mencalMencal or mencallo ( from Arabic mitqal ) 18 moneys worth pepiones = 4, 66g of silver or perhaps 18 moneys Burgos = 9.32 g of silver. Their equivalence with the Maravedí varies between 3.5-to-1 and 5-1. ( the most common ).
2.-plural mencales of mencalMoneda of little value that was used in Castile by the year 1175.
3.-mencales plural of Castilian equivalent to a salary and a half mencalMoneda.

  










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