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2 Mu Patriotic Liberation Army - Rebel Coinage
| Issuer | Patriotic Liberation Army (U Nu) |
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| Year | 1970 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Burmese (Myanmar) |
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| Reverse description | The central field features the Burmese script monogram of U Nu, the exiled Burmese nationalist leader and former Prime Minister, rendered in raised relief. The inscription is enclosed within a large eight-pointed star with incuse outlines, whose points extend nearly to the coin's rim. Eight small five-pointed stars are positioned individually between the points of the larger star, evenly spaced around the field, lending a ceremonial and patriotic character to the design. |
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U Nu's Patriotic Liberation Army was a short-lived insurgent coalition formed after the 1962 Ne Win coup, operating largely from the Thai border. By 1970, with the movement fragmented and poorly funded, these gold pieces were almost certainly struck not for battlefield circulation but to raise hard currency from sympathetic overseas Burmese communities and foreign supporters.
The KM#44 attribution places this firmly within recognized rebel coinage scholarship, though surviving examples are rarely accompanied by provenance documentation.