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1/4 Real 'Cuartillo'
| Issuer | Republic of New Granada |
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| Year | 1837-1848 |
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| Composition | Silver (.666) |
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| Reverse description | The mint name BOGOTA arcs across the upper portion of the field in large raised capital letters, flanked on each side by a small five-pointed star in the lower field. The denomination 1/4 DE REAL is inscribed in three lines across the center and lower field, with the fraction '1/4' prominently displayed, followed by 'DE' and 'REAL.' terminating with a period. The entire design is enclosed within a continuous beaded border matching that of the obverse. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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New Granada's cuartillo occupied an awkward position in daily commerce — too small to be practically useful, yet necessary to complete a decimal-adjacent system that never quite resolved the colonial fractional legacy. The republic struck them across multiple mints with inconsistent alloy control, and the .666 fineness itself was a compromise figure set during the monetary reforms of the 1830s when the new government was still negotiating between inherited Spanish standards and a rationalized national system.
The Hernández reference numbers spanning 29 through 37 reflect genuine die and assayer variations across the Bogotá and other provincial facilities — not a single homogeneous type.