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4 Reales Heavier
| Issuer | Casa de Moneda de Quito |
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| Year | 1841 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse lettering | EL PODER EN LA CONSTITUCION 4 R 1841.M.V. (Translation: Power in the Constitution) |
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| Mintage | 1841 MV |
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The Quito mint had a troubled and ultimately brief existence as a republican institution — Ecuador's government shuttered it permanently in 1862, unable to justify the cost of maintaining a highland facility when Guayaquil's commercial port made coastal minting more economically rational. The "Heavier" designation in KM#24a reflects a documented weight standard adjustment, distinguishing it from the lighter 4 Reales type struck concurrently under the same general authorization.
Ecuador in 1841 was barely a decade out of the Gran Colombia dissolution, and monetary standardization remained genuinely contested between regional factions.