Unique Burma/Myanmar Coin, Buddha & Elephant 0

[redmoon1-migration]

Very unique old Burma/Myanmar coin.

Observe: Buddha and elephants

Reverse: 1180(Burma year, AD1818)??

Silver made and weight is 12.7g

 

I can't read old Myanmar language any more.

This is a coin or token? Please help me.

 

[CyberspaceVoid]

The dated side also shows a series of stupas ("mounds" that contained Buddhist religious artifacts) of which Bagan, Burma, has the greatest concentration in one place (literally thousands).

[loner12344]

I am Burmese and can read the language, but it appears as gibberish to me. It may be some other language..... perhaps Ceylonese?

[redmoon1-migration]

It is sure Buddha token used in Burma. But there is little information about this token.

[silvergreen]

This is an ancient and rare Buddha Coin that may not be possibly found anywhere else. This coin was found accidentally washed over (maybe due to flooding throwing up swirls) on the bank of the Hooghly River, also called Ganga River, about 35 to 40 years back (unable to recall exactly) and was kept in safe custody since then. I wish to sell this coin. Any idea what it might be worth?

[JKK]

All I can tell you is that it does not appear among coin types of Burma/Myanmar from 1701-2000.

[kbbpll]

I have never seen this style of Buddha image before, so it would be interesting to know what it is. The pose is common, but the full hair and crown/headdress is unusual.

[Just Bob]

My guess is that it is not Buddha, but is a representation of another figure. I am also guessing it is not an actual coin.

But, I could be completely wrong.

[RWB]

The token is posted for sale on several clones of Indian auction sites.

Thakurpukur, Kolkata, West Bengal.

"Description

This is an ancient and rare Buddha Coin that may not be possibly found anywhere else. This coin was found accidentally washed over (maybe due to flooding throwing up swirls) on the bank of the Hooghly River, also called Ganga River, about 35 to 40 years back (unable to recall exactly) and was kept in safe custody since then."

The price is: 9,00,00,000 in India Rupee, but the digits shown on the auction site are gibberish.

Note that the hair is entirely wrong for Buddha.

[OfficialGRG]

Hello there.. I do also have the same coin that has been kept by my late grand father for the long time and I guess he got it while serving as Indian army.. but the back part is quite different from the coins above so I do like to know more about this coin.

[Phil Hauret]

I too have never seen this before and I suspect it is an Indian token or amulet. I agree with the comment above that the Burmese is gibberish, probably an attempt to make it look like it came from Burma-Myanmar. I would certainly not pay 9 crore rupees for it. 

[Henri Charriere]

I rarely venture onto this Forum and Topic -- now over TEN YEARS OLD, but I have a legitimate question:  is there a provision  somewhere, apparently unknown to most viewers, that specifically prohibits contacting an auction house that states it is unlawful and illegal to submit detailed glossy photos to them for the purposes of running them by their specialists in an effort to ascertain their correct identification and chances at auction?  What other alternative is available after search engines come up blank  and with the absence of store-fronts, there are few other means to determine what you inherited from family generations ago, undocumented, has hit dead ends?

I would be willing to go to Myanmar but the reception U.S.military assets received when they arrived to deliver emergency supplies in the wake of the flooded Irawaddy Delta: "What are you doing here?" was less than hospitable. 

I seems to me the only logical choice would be to offer "this coin that was handed down down from generation to generation, request a reference to a source and indicate a willingness -- absent sentimental value -- to sell it?  What' the worse that can happen, "LIFE" on Parchman Farm? 

It's worth a shot... and if subsequent posters discovered anything substantive in the meantime, feel free to share it here -- or risk suffering thr abuse from other members who suffer from extreme allergies to resurrected threads.