Commemorative Tao Wessuwan (Cātummahārājika) Medal, Champi Form, Edition “Nine Monasteries of Mae Klong,” Luang Pho Itthi, Wat Chulamanee, B.E. 2563 (2020)

A commemorative medal of Tao Wessuwan of the Cātummahārājika heaven in the champi (magnolia-bud) form, edition “Nine Monasteries of Mae Klong.” The obverse bears the standing figure of Tao Wessuwan within a champi-shaped frame, and the reverse bears yantra and sacred script together with the edition name, “Commemorative Medal of the Nine Monasteries.”

It was created by Luang Pho Itthi of Wat Chulamanee, Samut Songkhram Province, in B.E. 2563, on the occasion of the kathina offering to nine monasteries, for the purpose of restoring nine monasteries (a kathina offering to nine temples) of Mae Klong · consecrated in Buddhābhiṣeka–Devābhiṣeka rites with mind-resolve throughout the B.E. 2563 rains retreat · the pieces were to be received around October B.E. 2563 · the temple recorded the materials, production numbers, and reverence prices as follows.

Materials, Production Numbers, and Reverence Prices

1. Pure gold with red rachawadi enamel, approx. 17 g (with serial number) — made to order · reverence price 54,000 baht

2. Pure gold, approx. 17 g (with serial number) — made to order · reverence price 52,000 baht

3. Pure silver with red rachawadi enamel and gold mask (with serial number) — 999 medals · reverence price 7,000 baht

4. Pure silver with red rachawadi enamel (with serial number) — 1,599 medals · reverence price 2,500 baht

5. Pure silver (with serial number) — 1,599 medals · reverence price 2,000 baht

6. Full-formula nawaloha (with serial number) — 1,199 medals · reverence price 900 baht

7. Lead (with serial number) — 1,199 medals · reverence price 900 baht

8. Blackened copper (with serial number) — 30,000 medals · reverence price 200 baht

9. Committee set of 3 medals (with serial number), silver-plated chanuan with naga-gold-plated mask, enamelled red / green / blue — 2,000 sets · reverence price 1,600 baht

10. Alpaca (nickel silver) — 5,000 medals · offered to Luang Pho Itthi

11. Thong-thip alloy — 9,000 medals · offered to the nine monasteries

12. Gold-plated chanuan with black rachawadi enamel — 3,000 medals · for distribution to helpers of the event

13. Nawaloha with silver mask — 1,000 medals · for hosts of the nine-planets bowl set, 5,000 baht

14. Chanuan with red enamel and genuine silver mask — 3,000 medals · for hosts of the nine-planets bowl set, 1,000 baht

Gallery of the Medals in Their Various Materials and the Merit-Offering Form

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 merit-offering form published by the temple, to record the history of this edition, and is not intended for any commercial purpose whatsoever.