diff --git a/interpreter/shared/src/main/scala/sigmastate/exceptions/SigmaTyperExceptions.scala b/interpreter/shared/src/main/scala/sigmastate/exceptions/SigmaTyperExceptions.scala
index b5802e39ca..3795526d0f 100644
--- a/interpreter/shared/src/main/scala/sigmastate/exceptions/SigmaTyperExceptions.scala
+++ b/interpreter/shared/src/main/scala/sigmastate/exceptions/SigmaTyperExceptions.scala
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ final class MethodNotFound(message: String, source: Option[SourceContext] = None
 
 final class NonApplicableMethod(message: String, source: Option[SourceContext] = None)
   extends TyperException(message, source)
+
+final class UnexpectedType(message: String, source: Option[SourceContext] = None)
+  extends TyperException(message, source)
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diff --git a/sc/shared/src/main/scala/sigmastate/lang/SigmaTyper.scala b/sc/shared/src/main/scala/sigmastate/lang/SigmaTyper.scala
index ccc0784abe..1fd22dd746 100644
--- a/sc/shared/src/main/scala/sigmastate/lang/SigmaTyper.scala
+++ b/sc/shared/src/main/scala/sigmastate/lang/SigmaTyper.scala
@@ -42,19 +42,21 @@ class SigmaTyper(val builder: SigmaBuilder,
     } yield res
     node.getOrElse(mkMethodCall(global, method, args, EmptySubst).withPropagatedSrcCtx(srcCtx))
   }
+
   /**
     * Rewrite tree to typed tree.  Checks constituent names and types.  Uses
     * the env map to resolve bound variables and their types.
     */
   def assignType(env: Map[String, SType],
                  bound: SValue,
-                 expected: Option[SType] = None): SValue = ( bound match {
+                 expected: Option[SType] = None): SValue = { val typedValue = (bound match {
     case Block(bs, res) =>
       var curEnv = env
       val bs1 = ArrayBuffer[Val]()
-      for (v @ Val(n, _, b) <- bs) {
+      for (v @ Val(n, givenTpe, b) <- bs) {
         if (curEnv.contains(n)) error(s"Variable $n already defined ($n = ${curEnv(n)}", v.sourceContext)
-        val b1 = assignType(curEnv, b)
+        val expectedTpe = if (givenTpe != NoType) Some(givenTpe) else None
+        val b1 = assignType(curEnv, b, expectedTpe)
         curEnv = curEnv + (n -> b1.tpe)
         builder.currentSrcCtx.withValue(v.sourceContext) {
           bs1 += mkVal(n, b1.tpe, b1)
@@ -518,6 +520,16 @@ class SigmaTyper(val builder: SigmaBuilder,
     v => s"Errors found while assigning types to expression $bound: $v assigned NoType")
     .withEnsuredSrcCtx(bound.sourceContext)
 
+    expected match {
+      case Some(expectedTpe) =>
+        if (expectedTpe != typedValue.tpe)
+          throw new UnexpectedType(
+            s"expression $bound was expected to have type: $expectedTpe but has type: ${typedValue.tpe}", bound.sourceContext.toOption)
+      case None => {}
+    }
+
+    typedValue
+}
   def assignConcreteCollection(cc: ConcreteCollection[SType], newItems: Seq[Value[SType]]) = {
     val types = newItems.map(_.tpe).distinct
     val tItem = if (cc.items.isEmpty) {
diff --git a/sc/shared/src/test/scala/sigmastate/lang/SigmaTyperTest.scala b/sc/shared/src/test/scala/sigmastate/lang/SigmaTyperTest.scala
index 85476c3c6d..e4a97b370e 100644
--- a/sc/shared/src/test/scala/sigmastate/lang/SigmaTyperTest.scala
+++ b/sc/shared/src/test/scala/sigmastate/lang/SigmaTyperTest.scala
@@ -658,4 +658,14 @@ class SigmaTyperTest extends AnyPropSpec
     )
     typecheck(customEnv, "substConstants(scriptBytes, positions, newVals)") shouldBe SByteArray
   }
+
+  property("Inferred - Ascription mismatch") {
+    val code =
+      s"""{
+         |  val price: Long  = 1.toBigInt
+         |  price
+         |}""".stripMargin
+
+    typefail(env, code, 2, 22)
+  }
 }