Papal States 1676 giulio KM-387

from the Tom Fitzgerald Collection

This type was minted in 1676 as a sede vacante issue after the death of Innocent XI. The SCWC lists two different giulii for 1676, one sede vacante (shown here) and one for Innocent XI (KM-409). The giulio was ten baiocchi, while the piastra, the Italian equivalent of the German thaler, was 105 baiocchi (3½ testone).

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 3.19 g, silver, 0.917 fine.

Catalog reference: KM-387, Ber-2061.

Source:

• Berman, Allen G., Papal Coins, South Salem, NY: Attic Books, 1991.
• Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
• Francesco Muntoni, Le Monete del Papi e Degli Stati Pontifici, 4 vols. Rome: P & P Santamaria, 1973.

Link to:

• 1676 mezzo grosso, sede vacante
• 1676 grosso sede vacante
• 1676 testone, sede vacante
• 1676 testone, "SVB·TVVM PRAESIDIUM", Innocent XI
• 1676 piastra, sede vacante
• (1676) piastra, St. Matthew reverse
• (1676-89) piastra, DEXTERA TVA·DOMINE PRERCVSSIT INIMICVM, Innocent XI
• (1676-89) piastra, NON PRODERVNT IN DEI VLTIONIS, Innocent XI
• (1676) quadrupla d'oro, SVB TVVM PRAESIDIUM
• 1677 testone
• (1678) giulio, year III, GRESSVS·MEOS·DIRIGE·
• Coins and currency dated 1676
• return to coins of the Papal States