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2 Stuivers
| Issuer | Holland, Province of |
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| Year | 1614-1670 |
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| Value | 2 Stuivers (0.1) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts a rampant lion to the left, crowned, holding an upright sword in the right forepaw and a bound bundle of arrows (representing the seven provinces of the Dutch Republic) in the left. The denomination numeral '2' appears to the left of the lion and the initial 'S' (for Stuivers) to the right, dividing the value across the field. The design is characteristic of the heraldic Holland lion type struck throughout the seventeenth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Holland's 2 stuiver pieces occupied an awkward position in the Dutch monetary hierarchy — too small to matter in wholesale trade, too valuable to ignore in daily retail transactions. The province struck them intermittently across more than five decades, with output concentrated during periods when small silver was in short supply rather than as a consistent annual issue. The long date range masks what is effectively a series of sporadic campaigns rather than continuous production.
The .583 fineness was set by the States of Holland, not the generality, reflecting the province's considerable autonomy in regulating its own coinage before stricter union-wide standards took hold.