1 Stuiver

West Friesland operated as one of the seven sovereign provinces of the Dutch Republic, maintaining its own mint at Enkhuizen and later Hoorn with a degree of independence that occasionally produced issues technically non-compliant with the Union of Utrecht's monetary regulations. The stuiver denominations from this period were frequently subject to complaints from other provinces about substandard fineness — a recurring administrative headache for the Munt-generaal throughout the 1670s.

The Franco-Dutch War, then at its height, drove exceptional demand for small silver coinage to pay troops and supply chains. Hoorn's output for 1676–1677 reflects that pressure.