Medal of Luang Pho Ban Laem – Tao Wessuwan, Wat Chulamanee, B.E. 2564 (2021)

The medal of Luang Pho Ban Laem – Tao Wessuwan is a bell-shaped (champi) two-sided medal: the front enshrines the image of Luang Pho Ban Laem, a standing Buddha image, one of the five brother Buddha images of the Siamese land; the back bears Tao Wessuwan of the Cātummahārājika heaven. It was created by Wat Chulamanee, Amphawa District, Samut Songkhram Province, in the Buddhist year B.E. 2564 (2021 CE).

Purpose of the edition: 1. to raise funds for establishing the Sangha affairs of Samut Songkhram Province; 2. for public welfare works and others.

Reservations opened nationwide; some items closed for reservation on 31 March 2564 at 5:00 p.m. Every piece bears a serial number.

Materials, Numbers Made, and Reverence Prices

The temple set out the production as follows.

1. Pure gold with red rachawadi enamel, front and back (approx. 22 g) — made to reservation · reverence price 55,000 baht

2. Pure gold (approx. 22 g) — made to reservation · reverence price 53,000 baht

3. Pure silver with red rachawadi enamel, gold mask, front and back — 799 medals · reverence price 10,000 baht

4. Pure silver with red rachawadi enamel front and back, gold mask on front — 799 medals · reverence price 6,500 baht

5. Pure silver with red rachawadi enamel — made to reservation · reverence price 2,500 baht

6. Pure silver — 1,559 medals · reverence price 2,000 baht

7. Gold-rich nawaloha with red enamel, genuine silver mask, front and back — 999 medals · reverence price 1,700 baht

8. Full-formula nawaloha — 999 medals · reverence price 1,000 baht

9. Lead trial-strike with gold-gilt mask, front and back — 999 medals · reverence price 1,000 baht

10. Sacred metal gold-gilt with red enamel — 1,999 medals · reverence price 700 baht

11. Sacred metal nak-gilt with white enamel — 1,999 medals · reverence price 700 baht

12. Sacred metal plated three-metals, polished — 1,599 medals · reverence price 700 baht

13. Alms-bowl-lid metal (thong fa bat) — 5,000 medals · reverence price 300 baht

14. Sacred metal with ancient black patina — 30,000 medals · reverence price 200 baht

15. Committee set of 5 medals (great-sacred-metal gold-gilt sandblasted polished; great-sacred-metal silver-gilt with gold-gilt mask, front and back; great-sacred-metal silver-gilt with red enamel, front and back; great-sacred-metal silver-gilt with green enamel, front and back; and great-sacred-metal silver-gilt with blue enamel, front and back) — made to reservation · reverence price 2,500 baht

16. Sacred-powder 108 after the formula of Luang Pho Itthi, gilded within the mould, front and back — 1,199 medals · reverence price 300 baht

17. Chusa (cinnabar-red) powder after the formula of Luang Pho Itthi, gilded within the mould, front and back — 1,199 medals · reverence price 300 baht

18. Sacred-powder after the formula of Luang Pho Itthi — 20,000 medals · reverence price 100 baht

19. Chusa (cinnabar-red) powder after the formula of Luang Pho Itthi — 20,000 medals · reverence price 100 baht

Gallery of the Various Materials and the Production List

For information on obtaining these pieces, please enquire directly with Wat Chulamanee, Amphawa District, Samut Songkhram Province.

Note: This account is compiled from the production information and list published by the temple, to record the history of this edition, and is not intended for any commercial purpose whatsoever.