10 Gram Silver Elephant Bar

harveypb

I picked this 10 Gram silver bar up at the local coin show because I never saw one like it before.
Has anyone ever seen a silver bar like this before??
Was it made for any particular purpose??

TIA

Harvey

Meltdown

That is really cool. I have never seen it's like before. You should post this in the precious metals section.
A lot of guys know their rare silver over there.

Weiss

Southeast Asian or more likely Indian. It's probably a representation of Ganesh from the Hindu faith.

CaptHenway

Never seen that one.
TD

BobSav

Pretty cool ! I take it that the seller had no information ?

Bob

michiganboy

I would have to say that a cool looking bar.

PerryHall

Based on the motif it appears it came from India and it looks like it was intended as jewelry. Since jewelry in Asia is frequently bought and sold as bullion, it shouldn't be surprising that they would mark such a piece as to weight and fineness. Nice pick-up and certainly very interesting.

milkcoin

<< <i>I picked this 10 Gram silver bar up at the local coin show because I never saw one like it before.
Has anyone ever seen a silver bar like this before??
Was it made for any particular purpose??

TIA

Harvey

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very cute, my son would love something like that.

CoinCrazyPA

Very nice piece, I say India also they sell a lot of 10gram items over there.

renomedphys

Most definitely Indian. Probably intended as a gift for a young one.

HCumberdale

That is most certainly Ganesha and made for the India market.

He is said to be the god of wisdom and obstacles. He will remove obstacles when they need to be moved, and place them when someone needs to be hindered from their plans. He is probably the most loved and revered of all the Asian gods, and Hindus, Buddhists, and even Muslims show respect to him.

I too feel it was made to be presented as a gift. Precious metals are the gift of choice among Indians, though gold is more favored.

I would certainly have bought this if I had seen it, and probably given it to my Hindu inlaws.

Very neat find!!

Edit: If the bar is thick enough that it could stand up, it may have been intended to be an altar piece. Hindus typically have an altar somewhere in their home where they put images/statues of their gods, and frequently the gods are made with precious metal or at least plated with gold.

CoinCrazyPA

<< <i>That is most certainly Ganesha and made for the India market.

He is said to be the god of wisdom and obstacles. He will remove obstacles when they need to be moved, and place them when someone needs to be hindered from their plans. He is probably the most loved and revered of all the Asian gods, and Hindus, Buddhists, and even Muslims show respect to him.

I too feel it was made to be presented as a gift. Precious metals are the gift of choice among Indians, though gold is more favored.

I would certainly have bought this if I had seen it, and probably given it to my Hindu inlaws.

Very neat find!!

Edit: If the bar is thick enough that it could stand up, it may have been intended to be an altar piece. Hindus typically have an altar somewhere in their home where they put images/statues of their gods, and frequently the gods are made with precious metal or at least plated with gold. >>



This makes sense.

harveypb

Thanks to all who replied.

By the way, the bar is thick enough to stand up on its own.

I'll probably keep it for now.

If I get tired of it. I'll put it up on Ebay....