There was the usual scarcity of money, and the extensive military and diplomatic operations in which the Crown was then engaged absorbed every Maravedi that Ferdinand could lay his hands on.
"Christopher Columbus, Complete"
Filson Young
Everybody complimented him on his bargain, declaring the horse was worth a hundred and fifty ducats as surely as an egg was worth a Maravedi.
"The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes"
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
For though I have reason to believe that not one penny's value of the estate has been misemployed since it has been in his hands, yet will he give nothing-no, not a Maravedi to the redemption of his mistress, saying that the letter is addressed to Richard Godwin and not to him, etc.
"A Set of Rogues"
Frank Barrett