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1/4 Decimo 'Cuartillo', United States of Colombia
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Colombia |
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| Year | 1868-1888 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse lettering | 1874 |
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| Mintage | 1868 - KM#143.1a, Bogota Mint - 23,000 1868 - KM#143.2a, Popayan Mint, genuine examples may not exist - 1869 - KM#143.1a, Bogota Mint - 183,000 1869 - KM#143.2a, Popayan Mint - 1870 - KM#143.1a, Bogota Mint - 92,000 1870 - KM#143.2a, Popayan Mint - 1871 - KM#143.1a , Bogota Mint - 413,000 1871 - KM#143.2a, Popayan Mint - 155,000 1872 - KM#143.2a, Popayan Mint, overdate 1872/1 exists - 41,000 1873 - KM#143.1a, Bogota Mint, genuine examples may not exist - 1873 - KM#143.2a, Popayan Mint, overdate 1873/2 exist - 1874 - KM#143.2a, Popayan Mint - 1874 - KM#143.3, Medellin Mint - 1875 - KM#143.2a, Popayan Mint - 1876 - KM#143.2a , Popayan Mint, genuine examples may not exist - 1877 - KM#143.2a, Popayan Mint - 25,000 1878 - KM#143.2a, Popayan Mint - 25,000 1879 - KM#143.2a, Popayan Mint - 1880 - KM#143.2a, Popayan Mint, narrow & wide date - 1881 - KM#143.1a, Bogota Mint - 1881 - KM#143.2a, Popayan Mint, narrow date - 1888 - KM#143.2a, Popayan Mint. Genuine examples do not exist. - |
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Colombia's fractional silver coinage of this period was a direct consequence of the 1863 Rionegro Constitution, which established a federalist republic of nine sovereign states and necessitated a new monetary framework. The cuartillo filled a genuine gap in everyday commerce — smaller than any other circulating silver piece — and was struck across multiple decades despite the chronic instability of federal finances and repeated disputes between Bogotá and the state governments over mint authority.
The low silver fineness of .666 reflects deliberate policy: keeping bullion content below face value to discourage melting, a persistent problem with higher-grade fractional coins in the region.