Stevensweert, a Dutch municipality in the province of Limburg, on the River Meuse. As Hedel had fallen into the hands of the
State troops, Frederik van den Bergh, Lord of Hedel and Stevensweert, established a mint in Stevensweert in 1580. Immediately,
whole and half daalders and stuivers of poor quality were produced, intended for circulation across the borders. As a result
of strong resistance, particularly within the German Empire, to these coins and the resulting difficulties in selling them,
the mint was closed again as early as 1582. In 1611, the manor came into the possession of Hendrik van den Bergh, who established
his own mint in Stevensweert that year and had daalders, peerdekens, double stuivers and duiten struck there, modelled on
those from the Republic. In 1618, Herman-Frederik inherited the estate from his father, who, however, continued to manage
it. It was not until 1626 that coinage took place in Herman-Frederik’s name. Between 1626 and 1633, the mint at Stevensweert
developed into a mint of considerable stature, where, in addition to the coin types already mentioned, numerous other coin
types in gold, silver and copper were struck based on examples from, among others, the Dutch Republic, Metz, Cologne and the
Papal States. The mint was closed shortly after its capture by the States Army in 1632. Stevensweert was soon recaptured by
the Spanish and coinage was not resumed. In 1714, Stevensweert became definitively part of the Dutch Republic.
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