Tao Wessuwan Medal, Edition “Bun Isan” (Wish-Fulfilling, Great Fortune), Rains-Retreat B.E. 2563, Luang Pho Itthi, Wat Chulamanee, B.E. 2563 (2020)

A Tao Wessuwan medal, edition “Bun Isan” (wish-fulfilling, great fortune). The obverse bears the standing figure of Tao Wessuwan within a bell-shaped frame, and the reverse bears yantra and sacred script together with the edition name, “Wish-Fulfilling, Great Fortune.”

It was created by Luang Pho Itthi of Wat Chulamanee, Samut Songkhram Province, in B.E. 2563, with mind-resolve throughout the B.E. 2563 rains retreat, for the purpose of funding monks’ quarters at Wat Chulamanee (Samut Songkhram) and the ordination hall of Wat Si Sanga (Sakon Nakhon) · 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. 18 g (with serial number) — 363 medals · reverence price 54,000 baht

2. Pure gold, approx. 18 g (with serial number) — 263 medals · reverence price 52,000 baht

3. Pure silver with red rachawadi enamel and gold mask (with serial number) — 2,363 medals · reverence price 7,000 baht

4. Pure silver with red rachawadi enamel (with serial number) — 2,563 medals · reverence price 2,500 baht

5. Pure silver with green rachawadi enamel (with serial number) — 2,163 medals · reverence price 2,500 baht

6. Pure silver with blue rachawadi enamel (with serial number) — 2,163 medals · reverence price 2,500 baht

7. Pure silver (with serial number) — 3,363 medals · reverence price 2,000 baht

8. Full-formula nawaloha (with serial number) — 3,363 medals · reverence price 900 baht

9. Maha-chanuan gold-plated (with serial number) — 8,000 medals · reverence price 400 baht

10. Thong-thip alloy (with serial number) — 15,000 medals · reverence price 300 baht

11. Polished copper (with serial number) — 25,000 medals · reverence price 300 baht

12. Antique blackened chanuan (with serial number) — 50,000 medals · reverence price 300 baht

13. Committee set of 3 medals (with serial number), maha-chanuan silver-plated with black enamel / gold-plated with black enamel / naga-plated with white enamel — 3,563 sets · reverence price 1,500 baht

14. Gold-coloured bamboo-powder, gilded in the mould (with gold takrut inserted) (with serial number) — 999 medals · reverence price 1,000 baht

15. Gold-coloured bamboo-powder, gilded in the mould (with silver takrut inserted) (with serial number) — 999 medals · reverence price 500 baht

16. Gold-coloured bamboo-powder, gilded in the mould (with serial number) — 2,999 medals · reverence price 200 baht

17. Gold-coloured bamboo-powder — 20,000 medals · reverence price 100 baht

18. Chanuan with foreign silver plating — 2,000 medals · token of thanks for hosts of the kathina merit at the two temples

19. Chanuan with foreign copper plating — 2,000 medals · token of thanks for hosts of the kathina merit at the two temples

20. Chanuan with foreign brass plating — 2,000 medals · token of thanks for hosts of the kathina merit at the two temples

Gallery of the Medals in Their Various Materials

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