Stuiver 'Bezemstuiver'

Overijssel's stuiver coinage of this period was produced under the fragmented monetary administration of the Dutch Republic, where each province retained the right to strike its own silver — a system that generated chronic complaints about underweight and debased provincial issues circulating alongside those of Holland and Zeeland. The "bezemstuiver" nickname, derived from the broom bundled into the provincial arms, distinguished this type in everyday commerce from superficially similar pieces struck elsewhere.

At under a gram of .583 silver, these were working coins ground through daily transactions for three decades.