1 Oord - Jobst Maximilian fourfold arms

Gronsveld was a tiny lordship wedged between the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and the Spanish Netherlands, perpetually in dispute over its sovereignty and jurisdiction. Jobst Maximilian von Bronckhorst-Batenburg, who held the lordship across this period, exercised the right to strike small copper coinage largely because no neighboring power had the administrative energy to stop him. The oord denomination itself was a low-value everyday piece, and copper issues from minor lordships like this circulated by local convention rather than any broader monetary agreement.

KM#12 is catalogued across a 25-year span, suggesting either intermittent restrikes from the same dies or a protracted minting campaign — the distinction matters for die-variety collectors.