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Message:: [QUOTE="bgarg, post: 278924, member: 1876"]There are some extremely rare Kushan coins with Buddha's image on them. Great Kushan king Kanishka I issued gold dinars with Buddha's image on reverse. Their are only 4 dinars known in existence at this moment. One is in British Museum, second one is in Hirayama's collection in Japan, third one was in Boston Museum (unfortunately lost few years ago) and the fourth was available in market couple of years ago and was sold in one of the CNG's auctions. Apart from these gold dinars, there are copper coins of Kanishka I with Buddha's reverse.  The two known types with Buddha's image are 1> In Standing Sakyamuni "Gautam" position. 2> In seated Abhaydan "Maitraya" position.  Even these copper coins with Buddha reverse are extremely rare and in last couple of years I have seen even a very low grade coin sells for several hundred dollars. Last year in one of the CNG's auction, there was a decent "Maitraya" reverse coin and high bid was more then $3000. Apart from these Kushan coins, I believe there is one Shri Lankan silver coin issued to celebrate 2500 years of Buddhism. I don't think it had a Buddha's image on them, but just the image of Chakra on reverse. Good luck in your hunt and let us know when you add some coins in your collection. Regards,Ballabh Garg[/QUOTE]