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1 Giulio - Alexander VII Narrow papal arms
| Issuer | Papal States |
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| Year | 1655-1667 |
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| Value | 1 Giulio (0.1) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (1655-1667) |
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Alexander VII — born Fabio Chigi — ascended to the papacy in 1655 after serving as the chief papal negotiator at the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, a settlement he publicly despised for the concessions it granted to Protestant powers. His pontificate coincided with a period of sustained monetary pressure in the Papal States, where repeated debasement of billon coinage drove demand toward higher-denomination silver issues like the giulio.
The "narrow arms" designation distinguishes this emission from a parallel type with broader escutcheon proportions — a die variation significant enough to warrant separate catalog classification under Berman.