Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stiver \Sti"ver\, n. [D. stuiver; akin to G. st["u]ber, Dan.
   styver, Sw. styfver.]
   A Dutch coin, and money of account, of the value of two
   cents, or about one penny sterling; hence, figuratively,
   anything of little worth.