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Shan State - 1/8 Tical Rebel coinage
| Issuer | Shan State Army |
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| Year | 1971 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Reverse description | Denomination expressed in crudely incised characters across the field: the fraction '1/8' rendered with the numeral '1' above a horizontal bar and '8' below, flanked to the left by an arrow-like symbol and to the right by a leaf or plant motif. The letter 'T' (abbreviation for Tical) appears to the upper right of the fraction bar. All elements are hand-engraved in a rough, primitive style typical of rebel or emergency issues, with no surrounding legend. |
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| Mintage | 1971: ND (1971) |
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The Shan State Army began issuing its own coinage in 1971 as a direct assertion of administrative independence from the Rangoon government, financing insurgent operations partly through control of regional trade routes. These fractional tical pieces in gold were functional currency within SSA-controlled territory, not symbolic strikes for collectors — a distinction that matters when assessing actual survival rates.